All Is Forgiven

 You may recall our post 20 days ago when I was very cross and disappointed that the deer had feasted on our many tulips and our longed for Spring display was not going to happen. As a gardener when you plant anything in your minds eye you see it in it's full glory so are particularly affronted when for what ever reason it fails to live up to expectations. Well Mother Nature must have felt very sorry for us so she sprinkled her fairy dust and hey presto.......

We really do think it is a miracle as we could see no way that the flower buds could have survived the munching.

A Different Year, a Different result

 Last year we had a glorious display of tulips in the garden.

But this year will be very different ! The weather has been very wet but also somebody has decided that they wanted a change of diet.  

As you can see these tulips will not be blooming this year!  We think it is most likely Deer who are grazing on the tulips.  We have tried covering some with fine netting but anything left exposed is nibbled.

On a more positive note, we are excited by the proliferation of the Anemone Blandas up the Allée.  It must be about 5 years when we planted the first bulbs and we have added more since then.

We think we will have a carpet in another 5 or so years!!!

PS if you click on a picture you get a full screen view.