Finally, we had some rain this week. I’ve been putting out bedding plants and donations for the last month or so, and they’ve all been looking a bit sad because it has been so dry (and I’m reluctant to water them – water costs money here!)
I still have a lots of plants to put out, but the ones I have seem to have virtually disappeared. What looked like reasonable sized areas to fill are actually very large – which is why the ‘small’ herb bed I dug over a few weeks ago took four hours to do. The front garden has absorbed 10 cyclamen, five trays of bedding, two shrubs… and still looks like bare soil. I’m hoping, with a bit more rain, that what is there will actually spread out, and in spring the 300+ bulbs I planted should also help.
It occurred to me that I ought to keep a record of progress, so I went out this week and took photos of the current state of the garden. I think it’s just made me realise even more quite how much work there is to do!