Rutty Sark Gardens

Gardens | Garden Maintenance | Garden Design | Occasional Cameos from the Dog

[Rutty Sark Gardens @ruttysark]

In my books, the best kind of deliveries come in bulk bags. This one contains peat-free compost which will be added as mulch to a soon to be planted hedge row. #mulch #mixedhedge #compast #gardening

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I thought it was just cats that did this?
#doginabox #korthalsgriffon #dogsoftwitter

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Just when I thought gorse couldn’t get any better... it snowed. 😍

#ulexeuropaeus #gorse #eastsussex

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I had very glamorous role models when I was growing up. No really, I did! #yourenotcominginlikethat #allweathergardener #claysoil #autumnwintercollection #ifaughtthemudandthemudwon

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Desk day. Planning for planting a native mixed hedge & wildlife friendly rockery. #eastsussex #gardendesign #gardening #wildlifegardening #sussexgardener

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@KGCGB Ha ha! He loves the neighbours.

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Just a hunch, but I think our dog is missing the neighbours! Walked in to see this carry on. (Ignore the state of the room, it’s about half way up a very high DIY mountain 👩‍🎨🪜🔨).
#korthalsgriffon #dogsoftwitter #lockdown

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Always a tricky balance - #fruittreepruning - removing enough to ensure good health, space, light, vitality & room for new growth to establish, versus leaving enough behind to ensure a good yield and a satisfying form.
#fruitgardening
#gardening
#pruning

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Apple tree pruning today. A completely engrossing job, which at first has me scratching my head and wondering where to begin and quickly, as I start looking closer, ping pongs me around the place, doing the obvious and then editing from there.

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Here’s my scruffy, amateur & very soggy shout out to @hometidesuk who make beautiful A1 prints of #tidetables specific to ~ 600 locations across the UK. I am very biased (my other half makes them) but they are awesome. They look great & tell me when to walk the dog. 🌊🐕

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New neighbours at work.

[Joanne Fletcher 🏳️‍🌈🌱 @FletcherFoley]

I'm not saying next door's hard landscaping has had an effect on drainage but...

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@FletcherFoley Oh no! It almost looks right for growing rice! Just goes to show what a difference the choices we make in our gardens can have on the environment around us. Like the Christmas wreath. 🌿

[hometides 🌊 @hometidesuk]

It’s amazing what you can find at low tide. DINOSAUR FOOTPRINTS!! An iguanodon walked this stretch of beach about 120m years ago. Really incredible to see.

[hometides 🌊 @hometidesuk]

Low tide. Such a magic time to walk along the beach. This week has so far seen us making A1 prints of 2021 tide times for #northwoolwich #brighton #exmouth #hastings #hammersmithbridge & #whitstable. It’s exciting to see where orders may come in from next. 🌊🌖🌝🌞

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Brief but very enjoyable standing (well crouching) & staring at some snowdrops today, whist waiting for my nursery order to be put together by the wonderful @GreatDixter nursery. I can’t wait to put all the new plants in my customer’s garden next week.
#plantshopping #gardening

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But there we go, I guess you’ve got to go where life takes you. I’m excited for new projects known & unknown, but sad not to have taken my usual lunch break walk round Great Dixter’s gardens for the last time. 🌿
#endofanera #velcrodog #homeworking #korthalsgriffon #dogsoftwitter

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The realties of working from home!
For quite a while I have spent one day a week working at @GreatDixter helping with digital design & marketing. This was my last week working there, as I move to focus solely on my gardening business...

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I can’t say I considered much before now about how or when I would move on, but I can guarantee it wasn’t ever in my mind that I would be wrapped up in blankets on the sofa, laptop open, being leaned on by a dog with serious separation anxiety...