A Day in the Garden

This post should have been posted last night unfortunately my photos had not downloaded.  I think technology and I are fated to never blend!  I had 74000 emails and I am now down to 66000.  Still a few more to go before puter will be working correctly.

I have been in the garden for most of the day and now am absolutely cream crackered.  Very slowly am edging my way to the end of part one of operation Tugging Ivy.  Further fun in this regard is planned for tomorrow weather permitting.  I hope to start early.  I have split the garden from the tree to the shed into three parts.  I think the Ivy section is the toughest part of it.  I have dug out massive roots today and the soil in parts is like concrete.  Very hard on the hands.  More garden rubbish is piling up.

Section two is where the bush remnants, Buddhlia and bramble section are and then lastly Section three the area designated for the patio which has all sorts in it and on it.

Where I left things yesterday.

Some of the many large roots removed.  Still more to go.

Starting to make slow progress.

Edging along little by little.

I am pleased with what I have achieved today though despite it being hard work.  I want those greenhouses up so that my Tomatoes, Cucumbers, Gherkins and Melons have a home as well as Basil and Marigolds in the greenhouses then I can get on with the hanging baskets and then get my Runner Bean plants both purple and green into the garden, get my canes set up and then my string lattice work woven.  I am hoping to be able to get a row of peas in as well.  The Courgettes, Pumpkins, Pattypan Squash, Butternut Squash and Florence Fennel also need planting up.  Some of my seeds I have not been able to locate so will just have to go with the flow and with what I have been able to locate.

Once I get this first part of the garden sorted I can get on with the other stuff in short bursts.  I still have a lot of stuff to do in the house.  However whilst the weather is fine I am getting stuck in, in the garden.

Pity the Brambles have to come out here, but  do have three Bramble sets currently in pots to go in somewhere.

The bit left to do as I left it last night.

OH knew I was in the garden whilst he has been working, he just did not know what I had been doing.  I showed him the photos tonight - I think he was a bit gob-smacked with what I have actually managed to achieve.  I think he has not quite grasped the fact that I am enjoying the gardening despite it being hard work.  I am enjoying turning a sows ear into a silk purse.  I also want to be able to sit out in the garden, perhaps working some of my craft projects when the weather is nice and the light is good.  It will also be good to have friends and family over and to be able to socialise and entertain utilising the garden, perhaps on the promised garden swing OH promised me for my birthday a few years ago and which am still waiting for.

I am determined to get things done, as I want to carry on with the gardening into next year building on what I have achieved this year if I possibly can weather and health permitting.  I think being in the garden out in the fresh air is helping me generally for the better.  Last year it certainly did and despite it being a milder winter than usual, overall I have had a better winter than I usually do.

It is peaceful in the garden and I am starting to find myself a little bit - I pick up on what is going on with people and sometimes I get over-saturated and just need some time for myself. Trying to manage this aspect of my personality is not always easy for me.  It is a WIP - there is no right or wrong way and each of us needs space now and then to recharge the batteries.

I found this Rose on my one and only Rose bush in the garden.  Very lightly scented but pretty all the same.

  

If I can continue on, reclaim the glass greenhouse and clear the jungle this year as well (once the three segments highlighted have been dealt with above), I will have more growing and planting space overall and have the ability for next year in starting off the seeds a lot earlier.  Just need to locate a good electric propagator. Does anyone have any recommendations?

Right cup of coffee time then time to get stuck in.

Catch you soon.

Pattypan

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