Springtime foliage in the barn garden
So there is social isolation. And there is social media isolation. I bet you were thinking that I was in the latter category.
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Au contraire. I have just been so appalled by the aesthetic challenges of my garden this past fortnight, I didn’t have the heart to show you.
Well, I will. Because this is an honest account of what it is like to deal with a real garden. But for now I think I will ease you into the mess.
Pictures of the barn garden in Spring.
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I ought to have been mooching about the place in that magical spring light -which takes place between around 6pm to 6 44pm.
But I always seem to be toiling away elsewhere.
So a slide show if you will.
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The rosemaries; particularly Miss Jessop’s Upright are fantastic. If you are considering a rosemary, this is the winner. It has a vivid blue which does. not really show in my photo skills. And really is more upright in shape.
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And of coarsen the mighty iris – now that I have pulled off the dying last year’s foliage, it looks fetching.
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Everything else is crammed in and sort of burgeoning. Bright red species tulips in the ground, plus crocus. And the santolinas have been hacked back and poised for the off.
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This is a wonderful time in the garden. A few more weeks and things will be madly, deliciously, out of my control.