April

April did not start well but the last two days have been beautiful, lots of sun and warm.

The hepatica and primrose above contrast well.  There is also a small portion of a plum tree that is so full of bees we should have a load of plums, provided we don’t get a frost of course..

Lots of work to be done to clear all the beds.  Today I have been working in the vegetable garden and planted potatoes, broad beans and beetroot.  So far I have garlic (some planted in the autumn and some a couple of weeks ago), onions and shallots.

Yesterday Roger came over for the first time.  Roger helps me in the garden.  He used to work in a nursery so is a total source of knowledge plus has a beautiful garden of his own.  He cut down all the grasses whilst I cleared up the beds in a stretch of the garden we call The Avenue as it is a fairly straight stretch with trees on either side of the planting.  The photos at the top of the page show it a couple of years ago.  Once the plants start to grow and flower I will update the photos.