Fair Weather Gardener

I'll be the first to admit that I'm a bit of a fair weather gardener. I'm more than happy to order seeds, plan the garden and update the blog when the rain is coming down outside but I need to at least see the sun to get me motivated enough to pull on the wellies and get stuck in. Fortunately, despite the intermittent hail storms, this weekend the sun came out and I was more than happy to get out and do a bit of digging.

The vegetable plot is organised into deep beds which, as we never walk on them, never need digging. A bit of hoeing and the occasional addition of some compost but that's about it. The flower beds on the other hand are a different matter.

Slightly neglected over the winter, the weeds had definitely taken over the flower border. However, we eventually managed to uncover a couple of last year's plants that had survived the winter and cleared enough room to plant out some of the new batch, maturing nicely in the greenhouse.

We are planning to put a new path in, running along the edge of the flower bed, so, in preparation, wanted to include some herbs. I therefore planted out the purple sage that we bought at our last garden centre visit and transplanted a lavender that has followed us on our last house move.

 

 

 

The final job was to tidy up some of the various pots we have about the garden, including the winter pansies which have been giving a splendid display all through the winter.

Now to sit back and wish for more fair weather...