Out in the garden

It must have rained in the night. The ground is looking damp. It's certainly freshen up the day. It has been becoming very warm & heavy, not entirely pleasant, so it's good to have something fresher.

I actually got out in the garden for a bit yesterday. The astilbe suddenly looks better for the loss of all that dead brown growth of last year. The St John's wort has also had a prune. A few weeds have come out from around the pinks.

The bog garden, too, has been tidied up. The bark mulch is once more on the bed rather than on the paved patio area where it has floated off to during the wet winter months. The dead sunflower from last year has gone. The hydrangea had a prune.

The globe flowers have become covered with golden balls, a splash of colour for the spring. Last year we didn't really see them. They were in bud before we went off to France for our May holiday. By the time we were back the odd petal was all that remained. The rest had blown or washed off. 

Bank holidays, in a tourist area like this, are very conducive to getting on top of the garden. Anywhere you might normally go - shops, pubs, a stroll along the prom or to the park - are just so inundated with people. It is so much more pleasant to do those things when there are less people around. No, it's time to batten down the hatches & get on top of chores around home.