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

Cactus in Recovery

I “inherited” a number of plants from the Foxe pack when they made their move to USA.

@foxeinsocks despaired of this one, it seems to have had an attack of leprosy.

But, after a week or so on the cactus windowsill, taking in the sun, a new, green sprout has appeared.

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

Just taking a look around

It’s been a really soggy summer and the garden has not had the best attention. Baskerville Manor did get some shrub donations from the Foxe family garden and we are hoping they will take.  Fingers crossed.

One advantage of having an undisturbed garden and garden shed is that a robin family has taken up residence – here’s mum (or dad?) on the roof,and one of the juniors perched on the sun lounger that has not as yet been used for any other purpose this year.

Alien spores? Triffids?

These wierd looking things are the first shoots from the clump of red lilies I split last year. Unfortunately some of the other pieces planted elsewhere fell victim to canine excavation procedures. Good reason for keeping the favourite plants in containers, out of reach of the hounds :)