Meaning I go out in my garden which is quite small, and do a few minutes of weeding just about every day now. It keeps it tidy, keeps the weed seedlings under control <I have a huge problem with sycamore seeds> and isn't such a big job.
I love May best of all, because of the speed in which everything changes. I go away quite a lot, just for a few days at a time, and returning home, everything looks so different in such a short space of time.
This week I've been busy moving stuff around. I'm a great mover of plants, and rarely lose any. I give them gallons and gallons of water <I've got an underground tank for rainwater> and a liquid feed every week. This seems to be the answer. I also chat a bit and encourage them!
My one disappointment in my cherry tree Prunus Serrula which has the most beautiful mahogany shiny bark which peels slowly off the trunk. It rarely flowers, just once when I first planted it, puny white flowers, not like a cherry at all. I'm not really bothered as I love it for its bark, just wonder why, that's all.
I've got some gorgeous deep purple tulips in blue stained window boxes, mixed with deep blue primulas. I wasn't sure if the colour scheme would work out, but it has. I love the plain tulips, especially red.
My pond has recovered from a small duckling arriving last year and demolishing all the plants. She didn't eat all the roots apparently as they seem to be recovering. I've planted a Gunnera and the white arum lily beginning with a Z can't remember the name...in the water's edge, which should add to the jungley feel of my back garden. I have a big pond which fills a third of the garden, with a little beach and a brick wall at the back where I sit and 'pond stare'
If I only had room for the pond, I would still have as big a one as I could, the pleasure it has given outweighs a flower garden and lawn.
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