Amarylis	Camelia	Hyacinth
Orchid		Pineable, nearly ripe
	Amarylis, flat out!	Camelia	Orchid
A succulent	heather in the garden	first crocus	snowdrops
		pineapple ...	...
... harvest time	crocuses	snowdrops
primroses	the first tete-a-tete	dwarf iris
amarylis now there are four!	March 2012	North Staffs Pineapples The next batch!	Tete-a-Tete spectacular this year
Primroses	part of the rockery	middle of the month	Forsythia
April 2012	The cleaned and sealed drive	the team	Camelia
	Berberis		Skimmia
Easter Cactus	A further riot of Amarylis
Red, replanted, tulips			Now we have the red Amarylis
		Tulips in the sun
May 2012	The Olive Tree ...	... putting on new shoots	The sole red rhododenron
white rhododenrons ...	... in profusion	bluebells	in the rockery
The garden in good order	The colourful Japanese Maple	Rennovating the fence	sectins removed
	replacements
	the repaired section	Tony, helping with the painting	The painted fence
	Simon, cutting back the hedge	the hedge cut back	the work force, Pat, Tony and Simon, at liesure
cleaning the pond	June 2012	broad beans	lettuce
potatoes	Japaense Maple	Wigelia	Aqualegia
Clematis	Lilac	Tree surgery June 2012	The Ash and the Willow
	The willow from the field	Tom Broad arriving	Removing the Ash
	Tom Broad at work	almost done	a break for Tom Broad (left) and his colleague
feeding the remains into the wagon	removing the top		The Willow after thinning the Ash is gone
from the field		Delphinium (dark blue only lightly rendered)
Rhododendron (orange poorly rendered)	Cactus flowers
Rose: Queen of Sweden	Rose: Belle Epoque	Rose: Korresia	Rose: Pat Austin
Clematis	Another cactus flowering
Mistle Thrush			Paeony
		Fuschia
Sysyrinchium present from Tony & Brenda		in the rockery name not known	lavender & huchera
clematis		climbing roses
July 2012	Gooseberries part of the 5.7 kg crop	Blackcurrants
		Part of the 3kg harvest	Auguist 2012
Another cactus flower	Dahlias
Day Lillies	Hosta	Hydrangea
(September)			Another Amarylis!
(September)	Tomato Harvest	Tortoiseshell October
Birthday December 2012	The best gift: manure for the roses
The cake

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