Keeping Calm / Spring Fever

I have various strategies to overcome that feeling of being over-whelmed at this time of the year.

Number 1 .... you make a new year`s resolution not to grow so much and so far I am sticking with it.

Number 2 ..... you give yourself a do-able number of jobs for one morning/afternoon.

Number 3 .... you have no plan at all and just do whatever needs doing (this is Steve)

Number 4 .....   when you look around the garden, just enjoy the good things and mentally make a note of what needs doing next.

Number 5 ..... always remember that everything gets done in the end.

With all that in mind ..... it is still sometimes panic stations!!!!

Yoga helps.

It has been a lovely day, all the more so since yesterday was pretty dire. The new turf has been well watered and no hoses needed.

I did a bit of weeding in the honeysuckle bed.

Then I did the barley bags for the pond.

If you stay at the farm and visit the garden, do not be alarmed by these bags. They will be submerged by late spring and can look a bit odd. The idea is that the barley straw gives off natural chemicals that discourage the growth of blanket weed. It works very well.

Steve got going with cleaning the polytunnel. He did have to plan that because he had to take the soft brush.

It looks great.

I began a big tidy up inside. Lots to throw out and a few plants to sort through.

I planted 8 of last year`s dahlia tubers.`

(What a boring picture this is!!)

 

That`s better ....last year`s dahlias.

The rhubarb has gone mad.

Crumble for Easter Day pudding I think.

 

An area to develop.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Forgetmenots are just beginning to flower. They seed themselves all over the garden.

 Paula planted these alongside our new area.

A new project.

It may be filled with dahlias.

 

Another new project.

The damson looks beautiful.

It will be hard to prune it in May though, when the fruit has formed but it needs doing.

Some odd bulbs I heeled in, looking lovely.

I spent the afternoon pricking out tomato seedlings and cosmos in a baking hot greenhouse at home. Lovely to be out of the cold wind.

The new scarecrow has a head. Now I am waiting for a wig to come in the post!!

Happy days.