My first week back at Houghton and it was lovely to be back in the tranquility of the garden. Blue skies appeared between heavy rain and the sun shone.
The Pond has flooded and the red stems of the Cornus are poking up as the water merges into the meadow.
I am lucky enough to be working where you can watch Woodpeckers fly by, Buzzards, Kites, Swans and even catch Moles! We managed this down by the fishing beat where the little lovely had been making quite a mess of the grass.
Lots of clearing still to be done and today was concentrated on the Wall of the Long Border. Some bulbs are already peeking out so we had to be careful where we walked but we tied in and pruned overgrown Roses and cleared seriously out of hand Clematis.
I had a long chat with the Bittercress in the Walled Garden yesterday, carpeting the ground under the beautiful red Crab Apple trees. I spent 2 hours clearing it and it did smell nice even if it is unwanted!
Lots of life in the garden to look forward to, Hellebores in flower, Hyacinth bulbs saying hello, Roses forming buds, Sedums forming clumps of rosettes ready to ping up, even some Roses we propagated into the soil a while back are shooting out stems.
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