In an English Country Garden

Is anyone here interested in Gardening?

The awful weather we've had in England in early summer 2024 wasn't too bad for the gardens; the flowers are finally beginning to bloom, strawberries have been abundant and lawns seem to require cutting daily.

We've cut the lawn, pruned hedges, eaten hundreds of strawberries, made strawberry jam, propogated plants from cuttings (so many that we've given them away, as we did with the strawberry jam!) but we haven't been able to sit and relax in the garden because there has been a constant cool wind.

Following a heatwave in 2022, last year's weather set the standard for what we are experiencing this year.

The roses and climbers we planted a couple of years ago did nothing last year but are quite prolific this year. Similarly, although the fruit trees we planted in the winter of '22 died in the below freezing temperatures, their replacements from last winter are (fingers' crossed) growing well!

 

If you'd like to add your comments about gardening topics, that would be great! Meanwhile, looking out of the window at the lawn, it's time for another cut.