Substack diary no. 135: Sunday, 26th. April 2026
This morning I find myself dwelling on the constraints of being a private tenant, which can limit your ability to make improvements around the home or, in this case, the garden.
I managed to get quite a lot of gardening done yesterday, especially at the far end along the party fence. The area is littered with broken bricks and roof tiles, I assume from the time the bungalow extension was built in 2006, eleven years before I moved in. I managed to remove those along with a substantial number of weeds and general detritus. I also topped-up the pond, not to its fullest extent but I held onto the hose for 20-30 minutes, which is not only tiring but also a hit on my water bill that I cannot really afford. My hose does not quite reach from the tap to the pond, hence I must hold onto it and ‘spray’ the water into it from a metre away.
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Colin Anderson 