We are almost there with preparations for garden opening and I cannot believe it has zipped around again so quickly! We spent time preparing the Veg garden borders this week, weeding, edging, raking leaves, pruning. These borders will be full with Ferns, Hostas, Tulips and Alliums. Right now most plants are biding their time but we have Galanthus popping up. One which looks quite different to the usual is Galanthus elwesii 'J Haydyn' which is a bluey-green leaf, lighter than the traditional image of a Snowdrop leaf and tall with a large flower head. Early too, it is ahead of the game.
I pruned the gorgeous Hydrangea quercifolia, such delicate faded flowers, a shame they need to go really but the plant will be happy for it.
As you enter the Veg garden there sits a Daphne bhoula 'Jacqueline Postill' which is smelling great right now. The Euonymus is holding on, many of it's orange berries have tumbled to the ground but it still looks vibrant. Aconites are coming up, with their little frilly ruffles, I love the yellow of these.
We spent a day trying to finish the Veg digging, almost there. A cracking day for it, blue sky, fairly warm, no wind. The light at the moment is best up until lunch time and then as we return after lunch the sun is glowing low in the sky and fading for the day. We managed two more plots, one more to go. We also dug muck around the Sweet pea canes to give them a head start.
We have all our Veg seeds now, many varieties I have never seen, so it is exciting to be planting new crops. We are battling with nature right now and having to trap both Mice and Moles, poor little fellas.
As I was finishing up the digging, two Swans pottered across the Japanese garden, almost silently, stretched their wings and crossed the river. So beautiful, so serene, couldn't be a better place to be.
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