Spring is nearly here...the echiums are budding, the lavender is coming out, the magnolia, freesia and other bulbs are all showing their colours. Gladioli is unfurling her pink flag...
We are in lockdown for at least 7 days whilst dealing with the return of covid-delta variant. The garden is coming back to life with calendula, alstromeria and nasturtium re-sprouting (and Martha making fresh diggings). Unfortunately lockdown came just as I was ready to go to our Floral Club meeting that evening but decided to stay home instead as I am sure most everyone else did who got the message. A shame because that was when a speaker from Mitre 10 was going to chat with us, and there would have been orchids for sale, plus I am sure Janette had some babianas for me.
That also meant no new garden books to preview..and there are some good ones like these
Petal Power by Julia Atkinson Dunn
The Forager's Treasury by Johanna Knox
The Abundant Garden by Niva Kay and Yotam Kay
I should have said I'll take them home anyway and read them...but I guess I will just have to stick with the library books I had already borrowed which include a book on vertical gardens called 'Growing up the Wall' and one on Botanical Beauty.
Otherwise, I have a few jobs to do including neeming my lemon tree that still has scale, it did fruit but I neglected to harvest the three lemons that it had and they succumbed. And also pruning and neeming the tangelo tree.
I also may finish tidying up the buxus hedge though I haven't yet decided whether or not to clip a cat into it.
