The 'Delargo Towers' Garden - July 2014

Here it is me dears - the new garden. I must say, I do miss the old garden with its bumble bees and hover flies to keep us company. 

What we have now is definitely bigger and sunnier but also bleak, barren and as it turns out a toilet for all the local foxes. The bees have been replaced by horrid flies.

With the help of friends and a large white van most of the plants have come with us.

There are four apple trees that were once trained as espaliers, now wildly overgrown and heading for the sky.

They have now had a hard Summer prune and I will try to get some shape back with the Winter pruning.

With no beds or borders in the "fallow field" that passes for a lawn and so much to do inside, the plants are all on hold and being kept in pots.

They are still doing their best for us though.

Most of our old favourites are here.

And some newbies too -

Like the Korean Mint with its fabulous orange flower.

Lilium Oriental hybrid 'Stargazer'

And a whole host of Dahlia 'Bishop's Children' all grown from seed.

Not a garden as we know it yet but it has potential. We have declared war on the foxes after not being content with pooing every where, they started to dig and uproot things (including in the pots) and to leave bits of dead animal and take way for us in the morning.

In the words of the great Sir Winston Churchill:

"We shall not weaken or tire. 

Neither the sudden shock of battle 
Nor the long-drawn trials of vigilance and exertion

 will wear us down. 

Give us the tools and we will finish the job."

Ta Ta For Now

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