...........and 'twas the first really warm day. the wind has changed at last and the freezing breeze turned to something more mellow................i forgot to take the seedlings in last night but they looked fine..........lemon balm not doing so well and the peppers a bit slow but everything else seems OK.............
............so, back to Ground Elder wars...............it obviously wasn't going to respond to being toasted or poisoned, nothing for it but to get down there and dig it up. hard work but strangely satisfying...............bought a new push-mower, much more satisfactory, the hover mower was scalping the lawn badly and even on the high setting was cutting it too short............this looks much better. i'm going to try and make it partly a herb lawn..............plant some herb seeds in the holes where i've dug weeds out or where it's gone a bit bald.........they won't mind being cut and it will smell nice when walked on.............
..............thought about getting some annuals for tubs etc but actually..............it looks OK without. there's so much flowering away that i think it would just look crowded and messy. even the front looks fine as it is. it's actually quite nice to have the patio open............the sunflowers can go in a big tub near the wall,...............swee'peas are in and we'll see if the experiment of putting them at the front is any more successful.............
.....and yes the yellow very very jaggy rose is out.............with more flowers than i think it's had before. usually the organic rose is the first out, but a bit of healthy competition won't do it any harm............
