Because of a few changes to the reticulation system and a light pruning in February there has been a very good display in the rose garden. We have had the best display of roses for many a year. As a matter of fact they have provided many vases of cut flowers throughout the summer months.
We planted a cumquat and a mandarin last year I have just been out to water them both, but there has been no fruit from either of them so far. The lemon tree however is still as prolific as ever.
The advice from all my garden centre contacts is to keep composting it makes for excellent winter gardens. That being so, this weekend, Easter weekend we must get a supply of compost and get our exercise from tending the garden beds. Mix this with the job of cleaning out the dead summer annuals should keep these areas in good order for the next year, and keep me fit. Certainly in March the soil in the flowerbeds will need to be revitalised and this will need to be followed up in the winter months to follow.
If you are going to plant some bulbs this autumn a bed prepared with ample compost and stable manure will have time to settle down before the next months planting begins. So we will be selecting our bulbs for autumn planting this next week.
As it is going to be cooler, despite all the pessimistic words above, the time is now ripe for a bit more work on the paving, which I left when the weather began to be too hot for heavy lifting. I had already removed some of the old cement blocks and carried them to another position. So what I have now is a proposed new paved area around the back of the garden and a levelled piece of ground that will be paved with brick paving the same colour as the house bricks. That job is due to started next week, so watch this space.
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