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Are you sitting comfortably? Part 12 of a very occasional series.

Posted on June 7, 2017 by greenbenchramblings

So back again with another selection of garden seats discovered on our visits and wanderings around gardens of all sizes. Every garden however small needs one seat, but every garden deserves as many seats as the design allows. Gardens are … Continue reading →

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Starlings under the Pier

Posted on March 23, 2017 by greenbenchramblings

Aberwyswyth on the mid Welsh-coast is a seaside resort and a very traditional small seaside town, with promenade, castle, Georgian hotels all along the sea front and a pier pointing out to sea. This pier is there for the entertainment … Continue reading →

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Oh we do like to be beside the seaside! A Crazy Lighthouse

Posted on March 20, 2017 by greenbenchramblings

We do love to be beside the seaside and love the surprises it gives us! When we visited Burnham-on-Sea we were in for a real treat, a big colourful surprise which took us totally by surprise. It was a lighthouse … Continue reading →

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Kinny’s Patch

Posted on March 10, 2017 by greenbenchramblings

Kinny’s Patch – a few acres of valley on the English and Welsh border – is a very special place where wildlife shares its home with a little collection of domestic animals. Kinny has been a friend of Jude, the … Continue reading →

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The one that nearly got away! – My Garden Journal in November

Posted on January 31, 2017 by greenbenchramblings

Imagine my surprise when checking back through my list of posts to find my Garden Journal for November still waiting to be posted. It nearly got away but here it is. Better late than never! Imagine we are back in … Continue reading →

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My Garden Journal in October

Posted on November 8, 2016 by greenbenchramblings

Here is the 10th visit to my Garden Journal 2016 as we look at what our patch has got up to in October. Peppers feature strongly and cover the first 4 pages of this month’s entries which begins with the … Continue reading →

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Snapshot: Greenbenchramblings

Posted on October 7, 2016 by greenbenchramblings

Originally posted on Digging for Dirt:
Malcolm Mollart is the author of a long-running garden blog Greenbenchramblings which is inspired by the garden he created with his wife, Jude, in the South Shropshire Hills. In June of this year, Malcom paid…

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