Monday 16 April 2018

Finally...

Spring is here!
 
Dutch tulips are blooming.

 Wild Garlic.
 
 Heavenly snakeshead fritillary
 
 The magnolia has flowered in anticipation of some bees or butterflies - fingers crossed.
 

Positively Japanese inspired blossom
 

 Tomatoes and peppers planted up
 
Vegetable seeds planted
 
 A beautiful relic of summer past
 
This is the sad state of the grass between the veggie beds after a winter of rain and snow so we have bitten the bullet and have plans involving bricks or pavers - cost will probably dictate which; the rest of the lawn will be hollow tined, scarified and dressed with loads of sharp sand and seeded. 
We may even cut down the large yellow conifer just beyond the second bed on the right as it is getting far too big for the garden.  We inherited it when we moved in and on reflection it was a mistake to keep it as it's slowly creeping across the lawn.  I'm hoping to plant a flowering currant and a ceanothus in its place, under planted with spring bulbs - much better for the bees.

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