what a glorious day it was......really hot..........i love being able to put on my grubby old shorts and am quite chuffed that i can still fit into them........i had them when i was in Australia and used to wear them with a khaki sleeveless shirt and my Akubra hat, i was all tanned then of course and looked like a park ranger........
..........so, the clematis. it may be carrying metaphors too far, but it was while i was struggling with a particular relationship that it fell off the wall..........it had become top-heavy and tangled, and was beginning to strangle the roses, also the jasmine had completely disappeared into its depths and wasn't getting the chance to grow..........i had to cut away most of the vegetation to re-fix the netting, and it's actually a wonder it stayed up as long as it has given how weak the fixings were.........the basic stem is thick and strong, so cutting away all the foliage won't hurt it, i weeded and fed around the stem and it lets in a lot more light, and also lets more light and food to the jasmine.........it will be interesting to see what happens to the relationship. basically we care for each other a good deal more than either of us is prepared to admit i think, but it had got top-heavy with all sorts of tangled stuff which needed to be cut away.......i suppose we needed space, and more light and food, but the basic plant is healthy......
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