some parental help
Frantic Gardener on Jun 29th 2006
Always makes a difference! my dad gave the topiary a number 1. if we ever move, think i wouldn’t buy a house with topiary, as unless you are really keen or have a gardener, it is just too much work teetering on a ladder! Chris helped with that.
I hoed and weeded, and elder daughter watered. Mum weeded and watered as well. The fruit bed is looking quite respectable. the brassicas and onions in it are doing well, the srawberries are coming along nicely. rather typically my dear husband trod on some newly planted brassicas as he didn’t expect them there - what is worng with eyes? Its bad enough having an 18 monther doing that!
we went and bought a trachelspernum asiaticum to grow ovver the arch by the door [south facing and sheltered]. I think the jasminoides have better flowers, but a x3 price tag.
the veg bed is OK - not as good as i would have liked. aphids and blackfly and all that type of horror seem to be reaching epidemic proportions. we never had to pinch the top off broad beans in leeds, but we do here!
A question - i would like to rmove some of the ivy on the house wall. is there a special way of doing this to not destroy the brickwork?
photos to follow, as finally taken a few more.