Spring Clean

Although we've had a week of rain thoughts have turned to Spring and the garden.  As we are opening the garden again, and as we think we have a couple of gardening clubs coming, we needed to do something about the 3 Albizia trees in the front garden.  One is dead, one is half-dead and one is struggling; as it is they will look just like sticks with leaves on for years!!!
So we have replaced them with crab apples (the silk trees have been put into pots).  We went to our local friendly garden centre but they had nothing in stock.  They said they would look for us but Sue said we wouldn't pay more than 50 euros a tree.  Two weeks later they phoned us to say they had 3 trees at 50 euros each.  We were amazed when we went to the centre and they were about 4 metres tall.  They were delivered yesterday and so, today they went in.

One out ...

... and one in ... three times.

This is our third attempt at growing trees in the front garden and we hope it is third time lucky.

The start of Spring has also stirred me into using some old shutters to make new doors for the pigeonnier.

I made a door for the bottom opening which was originally the chicken coop, and a replacement little door for the 'window' where the rabbits lived.  We've kept the fleur de lys feature.

It's only taken 10 years for this!!!