Just taking a look around…

		Garden in July VIEW SLIDE SHOW DOWNLOAD ALL

A really hot day when the dogs resorted to wearing wet towels to keep themselves cool

Short lifespan

My trusty heavy-duty lawnmower died on me late last summer, so I have been relying on a teeny weeny Tesco job that struggled on until yesterday.  Today I made an expedition to Power City and purchased a brand new Black and Decker Super Dooper able to cut long grass when wet and make tea at the same time mower. 

I assembled it, plugged it in and charged gleefully through the jungle until I reached a large rock at the end of the garden. 

RIP new mower.

Just taking a look around

		September garden VIEW SLIDE SHOW DOWNLOAD ALL

Just taking a look around

		Garden in August VIEW SLIDE SHOW DOWNLOAD ALL

Almost as soon as the Foxe pack left, the good weather returned and the garden has begun to forgive me for the neglect it suffered last month.

The montbretia was being thrown out by a neighbour in favour of a cobblelock driveway, about three years ago. Now thriving in the Baskerville Manor parklands.

The summer lilac is a blow-in.  The fuchsia was in the bargain bucket in Tesco with about one leaf. 5 years later, also thriving at Baskerville Manor.

Love seat

So what do you buy in the middle of the wettest July since, well, the last wet July?  A garden seat of course.

Here we are enjoying a spot of evening monsoon on the new loveseat, which is covered with a car blanket (or whatever you call those things fussy people throw over their beloved vehicles) to keep the rain from rolling down our backs