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There's a chill in the in the air...

Brrrr it's getting a bit chilly down on the confetti farm and the petal shed is starting to shiver, never the less it's a great place to be; who doesn't love a woolly hat, a good old pair of boots and some snuggly layers, we think Jess has been rocking her woolly hat during the winter tidy up.  The winter chill has set in so Jess has been putting the flowers to bed in the Shropshire Petals garden.

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The team are quite excited about the garden, it's our new project... Apparently we each get a patch (a tyre, a trough or a pot) and there's elements like scents, bee-friendliness and colour.  The Garden project combines biodiversity, recycling old tractor parts and re-using an old area; the back of our petal shed has gone amiss for a while now, we want to inject a bit of colour and add some life, so come summer we'll pop a table and chairs out the back and it should be a little haven for wildlife and a little hive for the SP team - our chance to have a cuppa and quiet relax during the busy harvest.      

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Jess has been removing the old plants, weeding to create a stale seed bed and adding organic matter - once the area is put to bed it will be left until the spring when the planting and growing commences.  In the mean time we get to choose our seeds, decisions decisions!  Should I go for a colour theme, a scent theme, or a big mix, there's oodles of options!      

We've also each acquired a few lovely geraniums that wouldn't withstand the winter frost outside so we've took them home for safe keeping indoors, though mine is now very settled at home so I can't see it returning back to work in a hurry, far too pretty at home! 

Love as always SP x x 

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