Gardening

We woke to a beautiful, bright day—however a little cool, around 19°c. Ideal for a day in the garden.

The slope and walled garden both needed mowing and strimming, so we had quite a bit to do. We put on our work clothes, and got started nice and early.

Brian began in the walled garden, strimming first, before mowing and edging the beds. I started up the hill dead-heading some of the irises and the roses.

After that, I went to get the electric mower from my new garden room.

It’s just so easy now to take the big mower out and begin straight away. It’s also so lovely having somewhere I can sit and look at the garden, especially the little containers I’ve collected whilst visiting vide greniers, which I have now planted to go around it.

Once he’d finished the walled garden, Brian came up to help me on the hill, bringing his trusty big strimmer with him.

It makes short work of the areas the mower can’t easily reach.

Just a bit of weeding and pruning left, and our work for the day was done. It was a very long day, but the gardens now look amazing. Ready for a houseful of guests this weekend.