Julie is a free-lance gardener living near York, England. After training in Horticulture, she has spent the last 25 years combining life as mum of 4 and farmer’s wife with practical gardening, designing and construction. Her work ranges from creating new gardens (or parts of gardens) to routine maintenance and advice.
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Rained Off
October 6, 2009
Working outdoors in gardens is often uplifting. Bird song, gentle breezes, the different textures, colours and scents of foliage and flowers, the satisfaction of creating something beautiful by the means of physical labour can be very rewarding.
…Other times it is just wet!
I was rained off today and have spent the day trying to catch up with paperwork. When I sit down to the farm accounts, I occasionally find my mind absently wandering to thoughts of any garden design work I might be working on. Sketches doodled on the back of envelopes and stacks of plant catalogues seem to accumulate amongst the Calf passports and invoices at the best of times!
Today has been a string of constant interruptions. Bulb catalogues left temptingly nearby were responsible for wasting quite a while and then my mind strayed off to thoughts of one of my own garden projects, a mini earth sheltered house (currently unfinished)…and I now have an evening ahead of farm paperwork so please excuse me!!
Until my next blog, please have a look at the photos I took during one of my moments of wandering earlier today…http://www.flickr.com/photos/julieparishruralgardener
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