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According to my mother, as a teenager I would leave the house for a night out dressed up to the nines, every hair just so. But I would leave behind me a trail of debris, with my bedroom a bombsite and the bathroom in chaos. The pictures below might suggest
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Hall of shame 2 - I keep meaning to clear this and put a poly tunnel up.
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A snapshot of part of the birch tree border after a big end-of-spring clear up.
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Hall of shame - inside the shed.
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Valerian - under-rated, easy, colourful, long lasting.
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I didn't get as far as Tatton Park - I drove on auto-pilot to Dunham Massey and that was all the inspiration I needed. Wide drifts of Meconopsis Sheldonii with a wisp of white geranium behind and a carpet of pink Persicaria in front. Brilliant. Fabulous clumps of
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Magnolia 'Wilsonii' at Dunham Massey
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June and July are my gardening weak spots. Once I decided that roses, sweet peas and lavender were not just for the elderly, things improved a bit, but I don't really know how to do summer colour. I have a complete horror of summer bedding (something to do
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I think these are (clockwise from L) David Austin's Evelyn, The Times, Dublin Bay, another David Austin but I'm not sure which one, and my climbing Iceberg. By the end of the day I hope to have added Mme Alfred Carriere for the new fence.
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One of my top ten - Giant yellow scabious or Cephalaria gigantea. 5ft high but delicate and airy. Easy, reliable and beautiful.
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What does it mean if it rains all day on the first day of June? Probably nothing more than that you get a wet garden. Had lunch in the conservatory and watched a wren flitting between the moss lining in the hanging baskets and the house wall. They have an
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The extra day makes such a difference. I get two days gardening and a day for other stuff. The runner beans are in, the pumpkin patch is cleared and ready. I've re-arranged the polytunnel and might even have the garden tidy before the day is out. We'