Winter clean up

A winter clean up, mostly of the garden, was certainly needed here.    The garden was so overgrown and messy.  And I think our neighbours were beginning to despair.   It took many days and many trips to the reclying depot to complete the job.

We can finally see the lattice fence at the back of the garden and the neighbours conifers.

The sorbus and the lilac have been tamed, both had been suckering all over that back stretch of the garden.   I am now determined not to let it happen again. Famous last words, so they say.   The plum tree, has also had all its competing neighbours removed, so maybe we will get some plums again.   Last year the plums rotted before they ripened.  No sunshine or air circulating around tree, I think.

I have never been able to stand in this part of the garden and look towards the house.

All clean and tidy and ordered.  I feel so good.

In the meantime Walter climbed onto the roof and scrubbed the roof of the motorhome.   Living dangerously! 

The builders sandbags, very useful for filling with garden rubbish.   Easy to put into the back of the car.   No mess either.

The view out of the kitchen window, towards the tidy patio, with table and chairs ready for next summer.   I now have two orchids, the new one from Hans and Jose, in full bloom, and our original one just about to come into flower.   They love this spot on the window sill, just enough warmth and sunshine.

 So we can now sit back, and enjoy the cold days, and look out of the window, and think, all is well in the garden.   No doubt the moles will soon discover the tidy garden, and start clearing out their tunnels.  Perfection does not last.