July seems to have turned into a month of bits and bobs in the garden as there are so many small jobs which demand our attention. Many of the shrubs have grown unruly with all the rain, so to begin with we pruned the
Cornus and
Ribes in the spring garden and cut out the branch which had reverted away from its variegation on the
Vibernum. Then the tomatoes needed feeding, watering and pinching out, always a pleasant task with their fragrance wafting through the warm greenhouse. After lunch we decided to turn violent in the woods, now that the Himalayan balsam
Impatiens glanulifera is flowering it is easy to spot and pull up before it catapults its seeds and conquers new territory. They were originally introduced as a decorative garden plant, but I think they look like triffids so I don't mind a bit of wanton destruction in this case!
"But make no mistake the weeds will win, nature always bats last" Robert M Pyle
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| Shandy also having trouble with weeds! |
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