Wednesday 17 April 2019

Changing weather

It is misty, damp weather today, but warmth and sunshine is promised for the end of the week. Hurrah, I'll finally be able to get some seedlings into the ground. The wind has eased and everything feels far more promising. The cold weather has meant that the daffodils have flowered for far longer than usual.
Blossom on the pear and plum trees is also looking good.

It is too damp to work outside but, whatever the weather, I can't resist wandering about the garden to see what changes are taking place.
The new ladder has made clipping the bay tree a far easier job. I'm trying to get it as spherical as possible.
The large shrub that covered the pergola has been cut down. It died of either old age or the drought, most probably a combination of the two. I thought I would miss it, but am actually enjoying the open view.
I've got a repeating theme of rounded forms throughout the garden. These box balls sit in an untidy herbaceous border. The idea is to give some formal structure to the chaos that grows up around them!
The veg garden is ready to spring into action.


and in the greenhouse the auricles are coming into flower.
It's a lovely time of year!

10 comments:

  1. Your gardens are splendid, Rosemary!

    It is the most lovely time of year and the next two weeks will be the prettiest of all. I have been out in my gardens cleaning up the winter debris and although it is not my favorite chore, it has kept me busy and I know the results will make me happy.

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    1. Dear Maybe, my photos gloss over the messy bits, the pesky ground elder springing up everywhere! But its impossible to feel anything but joyful on days like these, with the prospect of good months ahead.

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  2. Looking lovely, Rosemary! I like your old dry-stone walls.

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  3. Wonderful and such lovely round shapes in your garden. For me sights like this reminds me so much of an English garden.

    cheers, parsnip

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    1. It's a wonderful time of year, Parsnip, I'm outside the whole day long. I've seen some images on a topiary site where the box balls were cut in at the base and looked as though they could just be rolled along. Now I'm planning to cut mine to look the same.

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  4. Your garden is huge, and looks great no matter which part you show us. Auricles are among my favourite flowers!
    We've had very cold weather up until Sunday. Now all of this week it has been much warmer during the day, and for tomorrow, as warm as 24C is forecast. I can see my first stop at the icecream parlour coming up soon!

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    1. We try to grow as much food as we can, with competition from deer, badgers, bugs and pigeons for the finished product. And the vine weevils LOVE my auriculas! Even so my garden is a source of real pleasure.
      Ice-cream parlour - now that sounds good!

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