A satisfying afternoon

We had no call from PD yesterday. This is unusual & a little worrying. We ring him. He's just decided against going the Pub. There's nothing actually amiss.

With peace of mind we hastily get into the garden . This is an unexpected chance to get a few chores done. While the Fox earths up his spuds again, I continue clearing the bog garden.

During our holiday the bog garden had become green. Unfortunately it became green with weeds rather than plants. I know, weeds are only plants growing in the wrong places, but that doesn't stop me wanting to look at the dogwoods & hydrangea rather than chickweed & grass.

By the time the spuds were topped up we were ready for a break. Off we popped to the Post Office to return some goods bought on-line. By then we were ready for a drink so we popped along to our local pub for a change.

After a couple of drinks, and still not 5 pm, we set off to buy some bark to cover the largely cleared bog garden before the weeds start reappearing again.

We've pondered long & hard about what is the best mulch for this area. We put bark down last year. The disadvantage we discovered, is that when the bog flooded into a pond, the bark floated off the soil all over the paved area. How about gravel or slate instead? In many ways that appeals. The problem is we suspect the weight of the stone would mean it would just sink into the bog. At least you can sweep the bark back over the garden. On this basis we've bought some more bark this year.

I've still not cleared the entire bog garden, but at least two thirds is done & covered with bark. Hopefully I'll get the rest done soon and we've still got one bag of compost to put all over the ground the moment it's cleared.

All in all it was a satisfying afternoon. We both felt we'd achieved something worthwhile as well as enjoying our drink out. We duly celebrated our efforts with a bottle of pinot grigio & some jazz in the evening.