The Chips are Down

 Well the chips aren`t entirely all down but we put in a good effort to do so. The pile went down quite a bit anyway.

Some people may wonder at my excitement for a pile of chipped bark, but it is so useful to us and after its done its job on the paths, it can be shovelled onto the beds. Lovely stuff.

 
We had a late start due to the rain but we soon got stuck in. 

I decided to begin on the paths from the compost heaps. The chipped bark was smouldering inside so just as well we used a lot. 

I even had time to weed the insect hotel area and spread bark there too. The bright yellow crabapples were all but going down my neck. The nettle roots, also bright yellow, had spread under the insect hotel from the other side of the fence. What an incredibly successful plant this is.

At the end of all that shovelling, we were sweating.

So I had a nice easy time, picking dahlias and taking these photos.

 

Steve harvested yet more peppers, runner beans and another hidden aubergine.

 

Elsewhere around the garden, more fungi are appearing.

 

And Boogie Woogie flowers on and on, covered in many heads.