Lucy on March 12th, 2010

Yes, the title says it all. I got my Polka raspberries in last weekend, beneath a beautifully blue sky. I’m ashamed to say that although Stephen at Victoriana Nursery Gardens sent through a very informative leaflet about caring for my raspberry canes, I have a feeling that it may have be sabotaged by my bunnies. [...]

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Lucy on March 1st, 2010

Big ‘F’ for Fail!
No, I didn’t cajole myself into trudging out into the pissing rain and wind and cold to plant my raspberries. I’m sorry. I just couldn’t do it. It was my last day before my new job started, it was warm in the house, fecking cold out of the house, and I was [...]

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Lucy on February 27th, 2010

I was hoping to greet you all with many pictures and words detailing the amazing number of things I’d done this week. But it was not to be.
I finished work on Monday, and was given a beautiful bay tree as a leaving present.
During Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, I waited for my wages to arrive. And [...]

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Lucy on February 15th, 2010

Feckin’ grey weather. I can’t stand it. It’s bleak and dull and sucks the life and colour out of everything. BOO. I’m over it. I’ve had enough of jumpers, and wearing three pairs of socks. I don’t feel snuggly and warm and certainly not festive at all. I’m fed up of having to wrap up [...]

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