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I worked hard today!

Posted on 9 Apr, 2008 10 comments

It was a sunny day so I got busy in the garden. I made a start on placing plant supports round a few of the more ‘floppy’ ones like the Acanthus and three Veronicas. Then I tidied the back garden which is colour-themed purple, gold and white.

It’s amazing how many tiny weeds are attempting to grow – I gave them short shrift! There were even some brambles pushing up – we thought we’d dug them all up when we made the borders!

At the moment, most of the plants are small – lots of Winter Pansies, Anemone blanda and a few Calendula – but there’s one beautiful purple Iris in bloom. My friend in the village dug up two clumps of hers for me – and they have thrived. The colour is perfect!

I planted Clematis and a white Solanum along the trellis, so that something would be in flower in each season.

This is C.alpina ‘Helsingborg’. When the borders were tidy I turned my attention back to the side garden grass edges. What a mess! I decided to use the edging tool as well as the shears.

This area of the garden has not been dug over properly and has a lot of stones in it. it was hard work with the edger as I kept hitting stones which had to be dug out before I could continue.
It was worth doing, though. It looks a lot tidier.

I had clipped the edges of the curved borders in this part of the garden early this morning before Henry and I went for our walk – so it is beginning to look properly tidied.

I am not looking towards the other end of this area, though – it’s a mess! And I haven’t made much progress in the front garden – I love my garden but it is very big and takes a lot of time! Ah well, there’s always tomorrow – but although I am tired, it was worth the hard work! What shall I do next?

Comments

Janette

9 Apr, 2008

You have had a busy day Spritz you garden looks lovely and if you are looking for something else to do my edges need some work done if you have some spare time lol

Treesandthi..

9 Apr, 2008

Looking good.

Irish

9 Apr, 2008

a good days work there spritz, garden looks lovely

Jacque

9 Apr, 2008

Looks So much Better u must be worn out after all that work ??

Poppy

9 Apr, 2008

Looking great. Lucky you, I have had heavy showers all day so couldn't do anything out there.

Spritzhenry

9 Apr, 2008

I'm tired, Jacque, but not worn out - got to keep at it, as with a large garden and only me to cope with it, if I don't get out there as often as I can, it would be overwhelming. As you well know, it's very satisfying when you can actually see the results of your hard work! Sounds as if we were lucky with the weather!

David

9 Apr, 2008

You're an inspiration to many of us, I'm sure, Spritz! Every time I read about your gardening days, I want to get out there and do some "work". What should you do next? Sit down with a cuppa and just admire it all for a while!

Bonkersbon

9 Apr, 2008

Have to say Im impressed love the colours and the close ups beautiful , thank you for recent advice re- camera got one now but garden a jungle. nice to hear Ken better. How is it you dont know people on this site but feel welcomed ?