After finishing up the DIY in the babies room, the results of which you can see below, I finally managed to get to spend some time in the garden! And what a weekend it was as well. Although a heavy frost greeted Saturday morning, it was clearing going to be a corker of a day. It didn't let us down. Bright sun and blue skies all day. In fact in the backyard, out of the very mild breeze, it actually felt warm! Warm enough to have lunch outside. Tidy!
The Frost, in the morning, see below, quickly gave way to warmth, so after a trip to the garden centre for 100 liters of organic compost, it was time to get busy in the garden. The first task was re-potting all of the hedge cuttings I took last year. Most had survived the winter so transferring them to some bigger pots was required. They are not quite ready to go out into the hedge row yet, although there are a couple of gaps screaming out for their need.
After a required break for a little flat pack manufacture, thank god for IKEA - or not ;-), it was back outside and into the garden to enjoy the sun. The lawn has been slowly growing since the end of winter and in the past couple of weeks it seems to have decided to burst back into life. Happily I am glad to say Toby Buckland from Gardeners' World does know what he is doing! The lawn looks great after scarifying last Autumn following Toby's guidance. In that blog entry I did say " don't find out until Spring so by then they will probably be long gone anyway so I won't be able to chase them down ". After scarifying the lawn looked so bad I was worried it wouldn't come back. It has, and seems to be better than before. Unfortunately despite the lawn surviving Toby Buckland, from Gardeners' World hasn't. He is no longer on the show which is a real shame, but I think that's a story for another blog.
After mowing the lawn for the first time this year, for some reason this is a great thing ;-), that was that for Saturday. More flat pack manufacture called which alas forced me back inside! Oh there was a bit of weeding thrown in for good measure as well. Although the lawn does look as though iut has struggled through the winter well there is a little bit of moss that needs sorting, as well as a few small bare, shady patches that will need reseeding. All in all pretty good though.
Sunday was not as bright as Saturday but still such a beautiful day. This meant spreading the rest of the compost around the hedge boarders. I got through about 8 meters before what was left over of the 100 liters of compost was gone. 100 liters doesn't get you too far. It'll be back to the garden centre next week to get probably 150 more liters for the rest of the garden and hedges.
Glad to see the Peonies are coming back as well. The first shoots, see below, are poking through. Hopefully, in a few months, they will look like what you can see below!
Below are the peonies in bloom last summer.
Anyways to top the garden work off for Sunday, in between helping Mon make curtains, I had to sort out the cleaning of the BBQ! It was so warm and nice this weekend I was almost tempted to have a BBQ this evening. Although the nights are still far too cold, as Saturday's early morning frost clearly highlights! Still it cannot be too far off for BBQ season to officially start! Fingers crossed ;-)
Oh that being said, as I have now cleaned the BBQ, in preparation for a summer in the garden, that probably spells the end of summer! It'll probably rain for the next 4 months ;-)
Have fun
cheers
m
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