It was a lovely spring day yesterday. Still some snow on the ground and quite a bit on the hills, but the sun came out, the birds were singing, the winds were light and I ended up starting on the tasks that are needed to get the garden in shape after the winter.<\/p>\n
It is still a little too cold to do many things but I was able to cut back last years dead growth and see the shoots of new growth appearing below. I also cut back the ‘hedges’ to tidy them up and generally checked on everything in the garden. Despite the cold winter most things seem to have survived OK, although we may have lost the red Cordyline.<\/p>\n
There are a few plants that I want to move around as they have outgrown their current spots in the garden and there are plenty of plans for new beds, borders, seating areas, sheds and wildlife areas. We also need to get the grass looking a little nicer, but considering the state the garden was in just a year ago it isn’t looking too bad out there.<\/p>\n
Plenty to do but it feels good to have made a start so that I’m on top of things.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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