Sunday, 20 April 2014

April - from apple espaliers to grassy bouquets

The garden and surrounding woods are looking fabulous, even the bits still covered with leaves and weeds. It's such a lovely time of year, and one of my apple espaliers is looking particularly special.


The other one has far less blossom, so we'll see how many apples develop on each. The box hedge is growing like mad too, unlike poor Monty Don's in Gardener's World. Box blight is not fun when your whole garden is framed with the stuff.


My funny wood shed patch is filling out nicely. Luckily the comfrey is coming back well after I thought I'd lost it during the drought last summer.

The raised beds are waiting expectantly... the leeks will soon be all gone, and C now has the front left bed for flowers as well as fruit and veg. She says it's OK to have veg as long as they flower!


And here's some of what's going in next... 
I feel more confident this year, but the addition of a million pink and purple flowers for C are not helping things! Especially when she's keen to help sometimes, but not others. Today we went for a walk after the much-needed rain had stopped, and she picked this lovely bouquet, taking a real interest in grasses for the first time! 
Happy Easter everyone! 

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