Damp Days

The garden seems damp and dark. I keep thinking the weather is improving( ie not so cold or wet) and then it rains again. I'm so full of admiration for the endlessly cheerful Carole Klein out in the garden in all weathers... and with a smile on her face. I'm like the soil I need to warm up a bit before I get going.

We've cut back some of the old growth and need to hire a shredder. It's beginning to pile up!

But plenty of work to be done. We took the box plants out in the autumn to clear the ground under the apple tree of weeds. Now we're putting the box back through a membrane to stop the weeds returning. I find planting through membrane messy and time consuming. And how to add goodness to the soil in later years?

 

This is still work in progress. A further square of box is to go round the circle and then the membrane covered in slate bits.

Spring may be just around the corner. the snowdrops are out and our fabulous double pink camellia is covered in buds.