I was busy with my camera yesterday. We have been here for just over a year now, and there is no comparison with the state of the garden now to when we moved up here after six months of neglect. My job now is to try to keep it under control, and begin to replace the plants that I don't like or I do not think are 'right'. I think that large evergreen (possibly an aucuba) will be going...
This is the main 'rockery' area that has been completely planted up with spring bulbs...
Continuing on from the photinia ...
On to the end section where I have planted mainly grape-hyacynths and narcissi between the saxifrages. You can see the bank of red-hot pokers - these marked the end of the garden for the previous owners. However, we also bought the cowshed which can be seen at the end of the house, and the barn behind it. We have now been granted planning permission to knock it down and build an extension...
I am actually growing plant labels...
Buddleia after major surgery. The shrubs underneath can now actually be seen. I will be underplanting with some dog-tooth violets...
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Same diference, Geek or Greek. Both are double Dutch to me.
You have an hour extra to update your bloggs to-morrow.
infact I believe you said that you kept dogs and as they will not recognise the time change they will make sure that you are up at BST as opposed to GMT.Therefore an hour to write up will be available.
You are quite right, Jen decided to wake us up at 6.45, and I got up and took them out. After a cup of coffee and a ciggie I went to work in the garden...and apart from lunch continued out there until it started to get dark around 4.30 p.m.
Our horticulture consultant completed the pruning of the rose bed to-day and gave the garden a full bug check (Just like a Rentokill survey). From conversations with him I understand that he is a professor of Entomology).He only charges the equivilant of about £30 UK per hour. It is really amazing how many unseen insects live in a garden.Living in a sheltered climatic region we are not subject to the harsh UK winters that your garden will soon be subjected to.
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