Had a short break from gardening duties over the last few days: my social life got in the way then the weather turned a bit grey and chilly. I didn't abandon it altogether .... I managed a bit of tidying but my heart wasn't in it!
Anyway brief spells of sunshine enticed me out the door today so I returned to work on the centre bed.
The irises needed rescuing so the sunshine can hit the tubers or the plants will struggle to flower next year. There are two years worth of weeds and dead leaves covering them.
It took two and a half hours of kneeling down weeding to once I had loosened the soil with a garden fork. I dug up all the white geraniums but there are hundreds of seedlings scattered around ... it is a real pest.
I removed some of the foxgloves and the forget-me-knots as you can have too much of a good thing sometimes!
The cooch grass was the main problem and I'm sure there are plenty of roots still in the ground!
There is a very small patch in the centre that still needs attention but it began to rain slightly so I cleared away for today.
The red lobelia will be planted tomorrow .... I also have a couple of chysanthemums, a few achilleas and salvias ... and not forgetting about 500 bulbs all needing homes.
Hoping for another decent day tomorrow.
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