The Race against Nature

The Head Gardener is now starting to get 'twitchy' as she sees more and more things that need doing before everything is growing rampantly. So, apart from weeding beds, cutting the lawns there are 'projects' that need finishing.  One of these is the new Sundial bed in the courtyard.  For the past three days Sue has been digging up Stachys from the Raised Bed and we have been planting it in this new bed.

The idea is to fill the whole bed, so we're going to need a lot of Stachys … and about 5 more days of work!!!

One of the 'joys' of living in the countryside is dealing with various 'pests'.  Yesterday late afternoon we were visited …

… by these three chevreuil (roe deer) who were very interested in rooting in the Long bed.

After 12 years now we are resigned to sharing what we grow!