Thanks @ajn Must point out that all the “technical” processes with over-wintering etc is done by Madam Tharg, aka Marg. She knows which plants to choose, where and how to keep them over the cold times and how and when to plant etc. I do the simpler (Idiot’s Guide…) stuff like watering (1 hour minimum – 53 pots), feeding, dead-heading. We both enjoy it, particularly when the front-of-house display gets neighbours and passers-by to stop and chat/Great fun.
Weather today will head towards 23C or more. Bright, clear and very little wind – latter most useful for spraying drive to kill weeds; can’t risk the weed killer get on flowers. Also got a teak garden bench which needs a couple of coats of oil.
Quite right about great place to sit and watch (and listen). This week been endlessly entertained by blackbird’s endlessly inventive tunes. Other garden birds have included a couple of woodpeckers, just about every garden commoner – long-tailed tits are most entertaining. Overhead this week have had a couple of buzzards, sparrow hawk, kestrel, peregrine, egrets and herons AND two passes by the “trips round the bay” Spitfire.