The second eleven

Well the second 18 actually. But it doesn’t have the appropriately natty cricket analogy. I’ve been in among the lavenders this morning. It’s cooler and overcast and rain is threatening. So I thought I’d nip down and try and sort out the easy lavenders on the flat first.

Each plant needs a bowl of space for a large downpour around the base of each lavender. We don’t seem to do rain well here.  It’s either completely absent (only 65mm since Christmas) or bucketing. And I’m rather dreaming of some bucketing over the next week. Hence the need to get the plants ready to take a beating.

I’m going to try and attack the steeper slope this afternoon.

Here’s a snapshot of yesterday afternoon’s tick off the list task. I planted out the iris bulbs I bought at Columbia road. I’m trying desperately to find their name (Andrew asked) but it will take a bit of a rummage.