Tree down and plants destroyed
Someone said that gardening is just doing housework outside. And they were right.
The tree in the back yard has been cut down. It seems so wrong - but then the roots made it impossible for plants to grow well and both I and our neighbour are fed up with our floors being covered in its beastly little seeds for most of the summer. But it does seem wrong. I now have to research what to replace it with. Depending if the stump has been ground out sufficiently of course.
But. I have renewed energy so have been sorting out the yard and the balcony, and a bit outside the front door. And although nothing is yet as I'd like it to be I can see the promise in it. So long as I throw enough money at it. It's always interesting to see which perennials have survived - when I was digging a hole for one of the lovely large, white hellebores I bought the other day, I tore out what I thought were Virginia creeper roots, but they weren't, they were too bulbous. So it looks like I destroyed a really strong plant that was just about to burst forth.
I also got all the plants taken out from the garden on top of the shed. Camden Council had replaced my plants with theirs about 10 years ago and they've steadily become uglier. The chap who dug them out seems to understand what I'd like to do - drought-proof plants, grasses etc. - so it's going to be interesting to see what we come up with. He hadn't heard of Beth Chatto or Piet Oudolf but I've sent him some links, to my Pinterest page (https://www.pinterest.com/gailromanes/garden/) and to oudolf.com.
But. I have renewed energy so have been sorting out the yard and the balcony, and a bit outside the front door. And although nothing is yet as I'd like it to be I can see the promise in it. So long as I throw enough money at it. It's always interesting to see which perennials have survived - when I was digging a hole for one of the lovely large, white hellebores I bought the other day, I tore out what I thought were Virginia creeper roots, but they weren't, they were too bulbous. So it looks like I destroyed a really strong plant that was just about to burst forth.
I also got all the plants taken out from the garden on top of the shed. Camden Council had replaced my plants with theirs about 10 years ago and they've steadily become uglier. The chap who dug them out seems to understand what I'd like to do - drought-proof plants, grasses etc. - so it's going to be interesting to see what we come up with. He hadn't heard of Beth Chatto or Piet Oudolf but I've sent him some links, to my Pinterest page (https://www.pinterest.com/gailromanes/garden/) and to oudolf.com.
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