Busy, busy...

You have your hands full Melchi.......made me tired just thinking of all the work!

Lovely blog Melchi. I have a similar approach to 'weeds'. I know I'll never be rid of the ground Elder, Nettles and Cleavers,so no point stressing...just pull them out when I can be bothered. OH has a contrasting approach, involving a strimmer and a blow torch! ;)

My goodness you have been busy!! good for the soul, so they say!!
I cannot believe your roses have flowered after all those years, we won't give up on a couple of iffy ones now!! a great blog.

I have still got to tackle my wildlife/woodland border you put me to shame Melchi will have to get into it on Thursday no hopes until then as Lottie is here to help me have fun in the garden. :O)

Thank you Paul, but I think I'll have to work a bit harder to catch up with you! I don't work like that every day!

Thank you, Karen. I have a bit of a running battle with cleavers as well. I hate the feel of them. I sympathise with the strimmer and blowtorch approach, but I am far too laissez-faire about the garden to go that far!

Yes, Dd - very good for the soul (apart from the smug feeling - that's probably not so good). Apparently, one should never give up on roses!

No, I don't really put you to shame, Barbara! The rest of the garden is still its usual, slightly messy, self. And I'm sure you'd rather be spending your time with Lottie!

You deserve a rest after all that - I feel tired just reading about it. I tend to leave Herb Robert but remove wood avens and the usual baddies, trying to get all the cleavers before it seeds, but some must always get missed because up it pops again. Seem to have won the hairy bittercress battle but now have more speedwell than my share. You can't win but you can keep on fighting!
Your roses are lovely, especially the red one - what a joy it must be to have them doing well again.

Thanks, Stera - I am very pleased with the roses. Herb Robert is such a pretty flower, isn't it? I love to see it peeping out amongst other plants. I can't make up my mind whether I like the smell of it or not. You should have seen the forest of it down at the bottom of the garden! It's easy to pull up, though.

I like Herb Robert too, and I leave it alone if it isn't interfering with the other plants.
I've got a little weed called Scarlet Pimpernell. It appears in various places every year. I leave it alone also :)

I loved reading this and was delighted to see the beautiful roses, they must make you feel so proud when you see how well they are doing now.

Our cottage garden is a haven for weeds - the worst being couch grass which grows amongst most of the perennials. Then there is the bind weed and the creeping buttercup and numerous others! We do our best to pull them up but know that they will always be there but hopefully never quite taking over!

Thanks, Hywel. I remember seeing Scarlet Pimpernel years ago in the south, and rather liking it. I don't have any of that. I have Speedwell, which I love when it flowers in the lawn. It can go a bit wild in the borders. I like flowering plants in the lawn, and I have a patch of daisies. My lawn hardly deserves the name, really, but as long as I keep it mown and it stays fairly green, I'm happy.

Thank you, Wildrose. I have loads of couch, as well. There's nothing to recommend it, is there? The only cure is to dig it up and start again, and I'm not going to do that! The tiniest bit of root starts it off again. I just pull it up knowing I'm only doing a short-term cosmetic job.

I am offering you my knowledge aboutt how to prune rose climbers. Otherwise, your blog was excellent, I liked to read it.

That sounds good, Katarina - I am always open to advice.