Well, D Day has come and gone and Vicky and I are still waiting for our little bundle of joy to arrive. We have though been able to get on with the remodelling of the back garden, which now in Mid-April is really starting to come to life. The strawberries, raspberries, gooseberries and blueberries are all showing good signs of new growth and fruit development. All 3 of the new apple trees are in leaf and blossoms are just starting to appear, not the same can be said for our Victoria Plum, but hopefully she’s a summer time girl.
The lack of space is a new challenge for us although taking some inspiration from Alys Fowlers TV show the edible garden, we are determined to create a garden that mixes both edible with beautiful. Vicky has planted up an array of pots with flowers that add colour and will help attract pollinators to our fruit and veg. She has also scattered some wild flowers in the raised bed around a pair of Apple trees. We’ve included some sun flowers and climbing sweat peas to add even more colour and some height into the garden.
Finally we tried to create a small rock garden area under the neighbours cypress tree, a dry shaded area where not even the grass would grow. I’ve been undertaking some pruning to said tree in order to increase the light in our garden but also to discourage the local pigeon population that like to perch I’m its branches and shit on us.