Sections of my Garden April 2020

Welcome back Thelma, I am so pleased you are still gardening. I am so sorry to hear the sad news of your husband. Sending you lots of hugs.

Your bulbs look stunning, such a good show. Keep in touch x

I just hope it works. Thinking on the latest of no digging just top feed and let the worms do the rest I cannot see why I cannot rotate some of my beds for certain veg and to have some with bulbs in permanently in beds, to allow certain veg to be planted in between.Thinking on it an old uncle of mine who was a gardener in a mansion many years ago, his garden was never dug he used to say that encouraged the weeds. whereas us farmers plough the arable fields every year! Things go around in circles. I just thought it prettied up my garden early on and encouraged me to cut down on the veg, which are all inclined to come together and only feeding one makes a big difference. Cheers Eileen.

Wow Thelma! What a big veg. garden you have there, but it looks wonderful with all the spring bulbs in it. I can see you would have trouble eating all the veg you could grow in there. Here's an idea.....use some of your raised beds to scatter annual seeds on for cutting flowers for the house. Or even plant some Dahlias in them for the same purpose. So sorry to hear of your loss. x

I am sorry to hear about your husband Thelma.
Your garden looks wonderful. The Tulips look good enough to eat. ☺️ It is lovely to see the vegetables growing in between the flowers.

Its a jolly good idea and looks good. What a good thing you bought all those bulbs - excellent therapy. You should have plenty of space for some veg when the y die back.

Sorry to hear of your loss Thelma, sixty three years of marriage is fantastic he sounds like a lovely bloke and what you have done with all those veg beds is really good, the bulbs look so nice, don’t you find planting bulbs a labour of love, to be honest I love every aspect of horticulture apart from planting bulbs which I find laborious, I did a similar job for a customer in October, he phoned me up and said I have brought a few spring bulbs for you to plant, and what the heck he had a sack of daffodils and thirty plus bags of tulips each with twenty five in, I remember that soggy October day on my knees in the pouring rain, it was lousy but his garden looks incredible they have all come up, they were very expensive unusual bulbs, and he has posted pictures to all his friends around the world, so a big well done to you Thelma.

Thanks for all your replies, it is encouraging me to keep going, with the aid of my stationary bicycle trying to get my fitness back along with some press ups. and so far I have not had time to be lonely in lock down. I should not grumble at 84. Apart from my labours in the garden,being in a little village where quite a few surgeons and Drs . with small children live and no park, I have opened my garden gates and told them all to take the children around on their daily family walk about to watch the tadpoles develop and enjoy the garden.They bring their own jam jars to bail a few out to inspect closely! I have a wonderful colourful cockerel which I move around each day, and they have to fine him. I do most of my work out side early in the day before they walk around so I get lots of waves and chats through the window, keeping my back garden private that I can still roam outside and potter. I feel I have an extended family, caring for me and willing to bringing in supplies if I need.

That's wonderful! More power to your elbow. Maybe I should try a press up now and again...

Thelma you sound to be such a very special person and I feel sure everyone that knows you must love you.

You have made your garden look beautiful and yet manageable too.

Nice to be meeting you for the first time.
xx