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		<title>a wing and a prayer&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Jun 2011 21:47:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>michael 'hazeltree' thompson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Did someone call my name? – a goldfinch on the feeder… We are all enjoying the sunshine and dry weather here in Dorset but in other parts of the country it has turned to drought and our thoughts and prayers are for the farmers, especially for those renting farms on low margins that their crops [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=hazeltree.wordpress.com&#038;blog=12786594&#038;post=1232&#038;subd=hazeltree&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Biggles to the rescue&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Jun 2011 08:40:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>michael 'hazeltree' thompson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The forget-me-nots that weave their way delightfully through the borders have come to an end and I spend quite some time pulling them out. Their grey seeds fall to the ground assuring they will return again. A wily old bind-weed makes its way up the stem of a prickly berberis and dares me to pull it out without getting snared by the thorns.

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		<title>my French herb garden&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jun 2011 08:00:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>michael 'hazeltree' thompson</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[French garden]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[herbs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[lavender]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[parsley]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[thyme garlic]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Lavenders take me to my birth-place in Southern France in a haze of deep intense blues under the sun. Aromatic thyme and sultry sage reminds me of the parched rocky banks of Crete, whilst the enchanting fragrance of the jasmine climbing on the wall of my patio transports me to mystical India!

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		<title>allotment: the sneaky frost&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 29 May 2011 18:45:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>michael 'hazeltree' thompson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Vegetable gardening is all about timing at this time of year. We scan the weather forecasts for signs of a sudden late frost. We consult the television gardening gurus. We look over our shoulder at other allotment plots and see what everyone else is doing. The time comes though when we must throw caution to the wind and plant out our tomatoes and courgettes and hope for the best.

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		<title>a wing and a prayer&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 28 May 2011 09:40:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>michael 'hazeltree' thompson</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Alabama]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[green hairstreak]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tornados]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[We dedicate this photo and our prayers to all those who are suffering from the effects of the tornados that hit Alabama, Georgia, Mississippi and Tennessee and other states this week.

The butterfly is a green hairstreak that is to found resting on the leaves of small shrubs. It can be hard to see. Its top side is brown and the underside green and is hard to see even when it is flying. I took the photograph on Fontmell Downs in May of this year.
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		<title>How I sort of won a gold at Chelsea&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://hazeltree.wordpress.com/2011/05/27/how-i-sort-of-won-a-gold-at-chelsea/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 May 2011 08:00:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>michael 'hazeltree' thompson</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Chelsea flower show]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Diarmuid Gavin]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rosa Alchymist]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The free-flowing style of our garden means that sometimes it looks divine and sometimes it looks a dishevelled mess. But there come moments for every garden when they look their very best and all the hard work put into them proves to be worthwhile. At this time of year they still hold the flush of spring growth. The roses are beginning to bloom. And the sunshine makes everything radiate with joy. This is a blessed time indeed.

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		<title>a postcard from St Ives&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://hazeltree.wordpress.com/2011/05/25/a-postcard-from-st-ives/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 May 2011 08:02:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>michael 'hazeltree' thompson</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Cornwall]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[St. Ives became a colony for artists who were drawn by the ever-changing light of the bay. Down side-streets galleries invite you to browse their paintings and sculpture.

The town though remains steeped in its Methodist history. First and foremost this is a fishing village with its tales of heroism and tragedies.

 
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		<title>allotment news &#8211; for the love of a woman&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://hazeltree.wordpress.com/2011/05/23/allotment-news-for-the-love-of-a-woman/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 May 2011 08:00:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>michael 'hazeltree' thompson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Good news. The chap who owns the plot next door has finally turned up. His excuse for having done nothing whatsoever this year to his allotment is that he is busy with all the arrangements for getting married next September. A reasonable excuse I suppose.

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		<title>On a wing and a prayer&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://hazeltree.wordpress.com/2011/05/22/on-a-wing-and-a-prayer/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 22 May 2011 08:00:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>michael 'hazeltree' thompson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This Sunday our thoughts are for the Middle East and the hope that one day peace will reign in the hearts of the leaders…

The photo is of an Adonis Blue taken on Fontmel Common.
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		<title>will send you a postcard!&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://hazeltree.wordpress.com/2011/05/20/will-send-you-a-postcard/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 May 2011 07:03:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>michael 'hazeltree' thompson</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[back-ache]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I feel fine when I am up and walking about but when I sit down then my back seizes up. I have become a character in a Greek tragedy, doomed to spend the rest of eternity walking the earth unable to rest for even a moment. My wife is fed up with all my moaning and groaning and has booked me an appointment with the doctor.

 
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