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View from Whitecroft Driveway - Spring 1991408 viewsReplacing the front lawn. All of our turf and topsoil are piled on the right. This was removed, and the new turf planted directly on the clay. Not a good plan: the new turf drowned and needed to be replaced.Feb 24, 2008
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Pengethley Manor Hotel - Easter 1991347 viewsWith Marjorie posing in the doorway of the hotel.Feb 24, 2008
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GrandFather Getting out of the Car - Easter 1991447 viewsAt Pengethley Manor Hotel near Ross on Wye --- heading in to have our Easter lunch.Feb 24, 2008
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Marjorie and GrandFather at Pengethley Manor - Easter 1991367 viewsLooking fine after our Easter lunch.Feb 24, 2008
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The Walsh Family at Easter - Pengethley Manor - 1991407 viewsChase (who seems to have lost her hands), Marjorie, GrandFather, and Me --- in an era where folks actually wore coat and tie. And when I could still fit into mine.Feb 24, 2008
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Replacing the Lawn at Whitecroft - Spring 1991421 viewsLooking across our pond to Sandpits Farm.Feb 24, 2008
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Front of Whitecroft, Minus the Lawn - Spring 1991377 viewsAll of the topsoil and turf are piled on the left. These were removed, and the new turf planted directly on the clay --- whereupon it drowned. This work was specified and overseen by Corscadden Associates, a firm of landscape architects who should have known better. Their PI insurance paid for the re-do.Feb 24, 2008
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Whitecroft Lawn - Spring 1991432 viewsWe hired Corscadden Associates, a firm of landscape architects in Wales, to improve the undulations in our lawn, and to make our pond more visible from the house. They did a detailed specification, obtained bids, and recommended the low bidder. Unfortunately, the low bidder's plan was to simply scrape away all of our topsoil and plant turf on the clay. The turf all drowned, and we had another firm do the replacement --- paid for by Corscadden's professional indemnity insurance. This is the original work, with the front of Whitecroft (and well) on the left.Feb 24, 2008
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Whitecroft Lawn Repairs - Spring 1991359 viewsOur original turf was removed, and the idea was to smooth the lawn and plant new grass. Unfortunately all the topsoil was removed as well, so the entire project had to be redone. This is the front lawn, looking towards our pond.Feb 24, 2008
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Auntie Jean in the Greenhouse748 viewsFeb 23, 2008
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Auntie Jean By The Pool639 viewsSummer 1990. The Wendy house still in the background, as well as a lot of elm trees.Feb 23, 2008
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Auntie Jean in the Greenhouse466 viewsThere was a peach tree growing in the greenhouse, and lots of flowers and orchids.Feb 23, 2008
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