{"id":24125,"date":"2017-04-15T18:15:33","date_gmt":"2017-04-15T17:15:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/?p=24125"},"modified":"2017-04-15T18:15:33","modified_gmt":"2017-04-15T17:15:33","slug":"getting-top-garden","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/2017\/04\/getting-top-garden\/","title":{"rendered":"Getting on Top of the Garden"},"content":{"rendered":"

Bank Holiday weekend and a chance to do some gardening. What’s more, I’m pleased to say that I’ve managed to get on top of things out in the garden\u00a0and all is looking well. There’s not much to see at the moment but things are well on their way.<\/p>\n

The Lawn<\/h2>\n

The lawn has been mowed and\u00a0I’ve treated it with weed and feed.\u00a0It’s been a little neglected on the weed and feed front over the past year or so, but hopefully a few treatments this year will get rid of the weeds and see it thick and luxuriant again soon. There’s very little moss in it at the moment which is a good start.<\/p>\n

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The Lawn<\/p><\/div>\n

I’ve also tidied up all of the edges which always makes a big difference to the garden.<\/p>\n

The Beds and Borders<\/h2>\n

All of the beds and borders out the back have been weeded today and all the dead wood cut back. I\u00a0don’t have as much time as I’d like to spend\u00a0in the garden so\u00a0I’ve been trying to make it a little easier to maintain. It never quite works the way you want it though and the plants seem to move to where they want to be rather than where I want them.\u00a0I’ve been trying to establish more perennial shrubs that\u00a0don’t need too much care and lots of plants that self seed. It seems to be working and most of the shrubs are now springing into life. The Gunnera’s that we have dotted around the place certainly seem full of life.<\/p>\n

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Gunnera<\/p><\/div>\n

The phormium is still trying to take over too, as is the pampass grass but both have been hacked back a little\u00a0now to keep them in check. The big hydrangea is going well but the other three that we have planted are taking quite a while to get established. All three are still quite small. The same is true of the lilacs. One of them was doing really well so I planted another to hopefully do just as well. The second one\u00a0has been growing but\u00a0isn’t very big yet. Meanwhile the first one suffered with some sort of disease so I cut it right back. It does seem to be coming back healthily now, but is\u00a0also quite small.<\/p>\n\n\t\t