Rescuing the garden .

You did well to get the fork in at all Eileen. The ground has been like concrete. We did have some rain yesterday, halleluia, but the soil is only moistened to a couple of inches and its still bone dry underneath that. But at least it has helped the peas a bit. Hope you are getting better - horrid to be poorly in the warm weather. Don't rush it though, it can be counter productive. I need to take my own advice...
I didn't know youcould get Hellebores that flowered in the summer??

Take it easy. I’m afraid that turning the earth will bring hundreds of weed seeds to the surface. Once you do get a good rain these weeds will take off like a rocket and smother your garden. As painful as this may sound to you my advice would be to let the garden go on its own so you can continue to rest and get better.

Its Sue Stera but I'll let you off, there are places where it is impossible to get a fork in without jumping on it, obviously I haven't touched those areas, last year I had a couple of hellebores that started to produce flowers in August, this one has surpassed that, everything is flowering early but not lasting as long, no surprise there, if we do get a few mins of drizzle its usually dried within mins so we aren't actually gaining anything, the leaves appreciate it though and as they say it all helps.. Like you I will advise others but no patience with myself whatsoever....

Thanks L'strife, once I was up and about I needed my gardening stints, its definitely therapy for me, do you know I would be pleased to see a few weeds growing, it would mean things were growing, lol.....

Oops Sue, sorry about that. Dementia setting in...
Lol re the advice - I guess we all find it easier to dish it out than to follow it! But its so frustrating when you can see all the work that needs doing but can't do it...

Sue, I'm sorry you're still not 100%..it's so sad you've lost so much during the hot week and while you've been poorly too. It's been out of your control though.
You definitely still have a wealth of lovely colour in your garden, and I'm pretty sure things will perk up and reappear when the drizzle arrives!
You must put you first though, keep yourself well as you can..the garden will bounce back soon..plus, it still looks good with those pretty pics you've posted!
Best wishes x

Some nice photos Linclass. My garden looks bare in places like yours. We will have to see what survives & make fresh plans next year. That will be quite nice I guess.

Kate thankyou, pleased to say both daughters and myself are clear now, thankfully hubby has shown no signs of contracting the virus, fingers xx it stays that way.. We have had overnight rain, YAY!!!! first good downpour for months, I have been saving the top lawn by using waste water, we had enough rain to top up the water butts so I can now save the bottom lawn as well, every little helps doesn't it, I don't mind walking further down, the garden has really perked up today and the birds are loving scrabbling around looking for grubs, they were in hiding whilst it was hot....

F'few I agree its good to plan ahead isn't it, lesson learnt here, now know I need to change the planting in the rose garden, pansies looked pretty but its too dry for them whereas the spreading plants around the edge have survived, scrambling and mingling well, an excuse to look for more alpines.....

Good to hear you’re all on the mend now! Plus, thankfully your OH didn’t succumb to the virus!
We’ve had some good old drizzle through the day and it did rain a little yesterday too!
All good!!! It’s warm and sunny this afternoon/evening now..

I don't know how I missed this last blog Sue!
I am hoping you feel much better now!!
Your garden is doing well despite the heat and getting the fork in was a good idea!