Blossoming

We said cheerio to our chambre d’hôte guests early, as they had a tasting arranged at our village champagne producer, Robert-Grandpierre, at 8am.

It was a gorgeous morning and we were keen to get some jobs done in the garden.

The fruit trees had started to blossom, as spring was finally starting to show itself. We started by mowing and strimming the slope. The peonies are poking through so I was careful not to run over them. I’ve marked where they are with stakes until they are tall enough to see easily.

We also have a number of daffodils that my friend and I planted a few years ago, and look full of sunshine naturalising across the slope. I’d like to plant a lot more under the trees as part of my garden plan, this will probably need to wait until the autumn.

It had turned into a pretty warm day, around 20°c, and we ended up quite exhausted trying to finish all the little jobs, but it was very satisfying seeing the results of our hard work.

Gardening now seems to give us both a lot of pleasure, and it’s so much easier when we are working on it together.