It’s been a while since I meandered round the garden, I spent several hours gardening today and I finally feel like it’s starting to look like a garden again instead of a building site.

Last weekend I was working on the pond area, we had the path made wider here and therefore the beds narrower. Nearly all the plants were dug up and moved to safety for the building work. Late winter was the perfect time for moving everything as it was all still dormant, the problem being that I didn’t label everything and one clump of roots looks much like another clump of roots!! Some of the plants have just been planted not really knowing what they are, there may be a few moves before the end of the year.

I went a bit mad on hostas at the local nursey, I do like hostas but I didn’t quite realise how may I already had, though some are from another part of the garden so I might move them back later, I’ll see how the bed looks later in the season. That huge hosta on the left is one I’ve had for years and it rarely gets eaten by slugs so it looks good for months.

As you can see I’ve still not done anything about the duckweed problem in the pond!

Today I’ve been working on the ‘pottery’, my collection of pots down by the patio. I cleared out things that hadn’t survived the winter or were really past there best, ones that needed transplanting out to a border. I weeded, repotted and generally tidied. I put all the spare pots in the dead space at the back, there’s a small ledge there which has now got smaller pots on and then the big pots in front. I’ve tried growing stuff here but it’s in complete shade and very dry too, so I’m pleased with the new use for the area.

The top of the garden is gradually coming together though there’s still a lot of gaps, there’s no point filling it up straight away or there wouldn’t be anywhere to put future impulse buys!!

There weather here in the UK has been unseasonably warm and dry so we’ve had plenty of occasions to sit and enjoy the garden with a cup of tea or a glass of wine.