It was just Alyson and me on a very damp Norton morning yesterday, Giles and the dogs being away on family business, it's astonishing how the weather is always appalling when they are away! I definitely made the right choice of attire though having togged up in full waterproofs, fifteen minutes into removing bindweed in the peony border and we were soaked through. It's a strangely satisfying if monotonous task finding out where each tortuous coil of foliage begins near the the roots and then wrenching it free of its victim. The treatment is mainly cosmetic as it wont take long to grow back, but for the NGS opening today everything must be as good as possible. Fingers crossed the weather is supposed to be better today and if we get a glimmer of sunshine the peonies are poised to burst forth into glorious colour, who would have thought they could be in bloom in June, nearly a whole month later than last year!
To all of you planning to visit the garden we hope you enjoy it and take home with you some of its special magic.
PS Happy fathers day dad xx
"A father is a fellow who has replaced the currency in his wallet with snapshots of his kids" Anon
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| Still beautiful when rain washed |
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