No rain today

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First Sunday in August and the sun shone.
I decided to do some light pottering and pond maintenance.
The removal of a dustbin full of myrriophylum allowed the fish to gain access to more surface for feeding.

I trimmed the grass edges of the borders, quite a relaxing task and one I find quite soothing. I then cleaned out the bunnies, children are meant too but I enjoy doing it once in a while. They always seem pleased to see me, grunting and snorting as they run around the hutches. [Rabbits not children :o) ]

I then did the boring, mundane job of sweeping up the leaves, sawdust , spent flowers etc and to my delight I found ‘my prince’.

The frog hopped into the fuchsia to hide from the sweeping brush.It came from my father-in-law’s garden when he died is now in flower. I think it is Alice Hoffman; unless anyone else can shed light on it.

After all of that gentle gardening I decided to take a photo of the front flower bed from the usual spot. So many plants have now gone over whilst autumn is slowly turning her hand to the garden.

I absolutely love these lilies the true Tiger lily, Lilium lancifloium, formerly L. tigrinum. The little black bulbils drop off and grow into new plants that in about 3 yrs from now will flower in their own right.

Well the sun was still shining and after a quick tea, I tidied up the empty plant trays and pots that had been scattered in different places around the garden. It certainly is tidier than it was this morning but hubby still thinks there are too many plants waiting to go into the ground.

But that will have to wait for another day and another task.
There are two areas waiting for an overhaul now.

Of course the dandelions keep popping up all over the place. I hadnt noticed them until I looked at this photo of Persicaria and Nigella.

Hope to go to a garden centre at Reighton tomorrow and spend a few pennies that I saved during all those rainy days :o)

• 2 Aug, 2009
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