Garden Blogs

We were sat on our patio the other day, enjoying a cuppa and watching the garden grow, discussing our plans for the front garden and our new water feature/pond. New thoughts sprang to mind and the discussion went something like this……… “Should we move the oil tank? It’s on it’s last legs and in the wrong place for refilling and possibly should be condemned. If we do this, we could site the new tank in a better position than the current one. If we dig the pond and then in a year or two’s time the tank needs replacing the pond will be in the way. We could then terrace what is left of the lawn area, (the dogs chase each other around the tree – very little grass left!!) which will make it easier to maintain as it’s on a slope.” ……… when, to our utter surprise and amusement we witnessed a couple of Sparrows land on our runner bean canes and start to tug on the string which is holding them together; they persisted until they had managed to brake / unravel bits and flew off with them in their beaks. A few minutes passed and they came back to start the process all over again, it was really quite funny. Anyway, upon close inspection of the canes we realised the Sparrows must be in need of huge nest repairs because some of the canes where only held together by a wing and a prayer. We have left the bits of string still attached (obviously their need is greater than ours) but we have reinforced the canes using plastic ties. Surely they will not need these??? Back to the pond discussion … how does one small job grow into a mammoth task? The garden is really enjoying the warm weather interrupted by heavy showers, everything is growing well and some of the flowers are starting to bloom. I will need to harvest the kohl rabi soon as they have suddenly got quiet big and if left will go woody. Dug up our first potato root today, not as many potatoes as I would have hoped for, maybe it’s the variety, I’ll have to check. Just one photo this week, taken from our bedroom window just after a heavy downpour.