April 1997

Things to do in April - dig out any frost tender plants remaining in the garden. Put compost in the Island Bed and all up the Driveway Border. Take cuttings of penstemons, daisies and roses...

Dig grass by pond and replant it by the BIG GUM. Shift Sparieshoop and Apple-Blossom Flower Carpet rose. Plant some daffodil bulbs, put newspaper and compost on the vege garden, get rid of the nasturtiums, and dig out the dahlias by the compost heap.

Enjoy the Garden!

And don't forget to enjoy the garden!

More Things to Do

Todays ideas - shift all the red Centanthuses to go with the red and yellow aquilegias in the Driveway. Lift remaining dahlias and LABEL them. Buy three Gertrude Jeckyl roses.

Gardener's Comment in 2009

In the midst of all these lists - just the one human sentence, to enjoy the garden. I must have been running on automatic. And specifically three Gertrude Jeckyls (a pink David Austin rose) - interesting...