Look on My Works, Ye Mighty, and Despair

In Xanadu did Kubla Khan a stately pleasure dome decree

But I've got to get these beanpoles up and now it's half past three.

Shamed by Nature and Neighbours

Next door cut back their buddleia bush. I was shamed into tacking two in the border. Too warm for heavy trousers (I was happily lolling in a deck chair an hour earlier), I got my just deserts in the nettles.  

A hacked back buddleia is not an attractice thing.  Meanwhile, Nature puts on an effortless display. Aren't we all arrogant.

Tidying and Playing

A late start yesterday, but I've run out of excuses not to tidy the path into the veg plot.  Genie livened things up later by pretending to do some work:

We had a go at making a bean wigwam (in anticipation of the yet-to-show runner bean plants).  Couldn't find a roll of string for love nor money, but found some electrical wire ties.  Not massively pleased with the semi-completed result, but we've got a little while yet to improve it.

Raking the Moss out of the Moss

Fixed the 'rake' attachment to the scarifier and raked the small lawn.  More moss than grass.  The moss box on the machine is too small to be much use for a job this size.

Remembering Pippy and her love of making little heaps when raking the lawn in Hornby:

In the afternoon, Genie helped me lay some stumps as stepping 'stones' in the veg plot (trying not to disturb the onions sets just peeping out of the ground now).

A Warm Day for Worm Work

Dug over one of the two enclosed beds.

..and cleared under the birch tree. Easier climbing in than out again!

Meanwhile, the rest of the garden is not waiting for tidying.

Un-pottering

I ignored my own advice to tackle on job at once.  There's too much to do! Today, much weeding. Genie took some of the many new strawberry plants and potted them up.

I concentrated on weeds and our early crop of dandelions and brambles.  Cleared under the veg plot Acer (every veg plot should have one), around the compost bins and the paths around the blackcurrants.  I put a line of bricks to divide up the veggies - not a good job - taking in too many tasks at once.   It's not organised enough for pottering yet!

Planting, Path, Patio

Yesterday, we planted a few seeds for carrots, beetroot and lettuce. Just a few so we can plant more later and avoid a glut (I should be so lucky).

Today, I added a few feet of kerb to the path behind the tall wall to keep the soil off the path and widen it a little.

I finally finished clearing a heap of brambles from the patio. This has taken three wheelie bins. Well, the same wheelie bin three times.  The patio needs re-laying, but not today!