Brambles Sting!

Brambles are mostly finished.

Spot the two robins!
Hauling out bindweed and brambles have left me scratched and sore...

Brambles sting! And we have two Robins...

Chillies

After yesterday's rain, we managed to spend a few hours pulling up some of the rampant brambles and bindweed at the bottom end of the garden and I am scratched and stabbed.

Squeaky, my 6-year-old, took some pics of mum in action, picking brambles and rhubarb, pulling some more apples down, and working hard. Making up for my 'woe is me' post yesterday? I still feel overwhelmed by the work involved in taming our garden but I am being inspired with new things we can do.

Apples from tree have been juiced.

An aside, my hubby and I got a babysitter and went for a rare night out - to a quiz run by North Herts MS Society, which we had much fun doing and hopefully spending money on helping the branch to help others with the Monster. We neither won nor got the booby prize. And it had the bonus of putting me in touch with people who help with Extra Smile, a church group who support local families with house or garden projects.

Last of this years rhubarb.

Overgrown and abundant already!

Gooseberries growing...

Strange seed buds on the rhubarb? My dad grew it but I have never seen this...

Lovely yellow roses.

Angelica.

White roses.

      

Aquelegia and alliums in the herb garden.

Adding another clematis and a purple buddleia...

May 7th, 2017

Feeling poorly but gardening helps...I woke this morning with a streaming cold and wasn't facing the day with enthusiasm. However an hour outside, cleared the snuffles and I have another bit planted and tidied up while putting more weeds in the brown bin. 

It's little by little that's helping me here, as the garden isn't small and I have to deal with it in manageable chunks. I have some things going on that perplex me - I haven't seen rhubarb do this? And other things that excite me - I have gooseberries appearing. We have mixed rhubarb and gooseberries and made delicious crumble and pie. I am not sure what to do with Angelica (also sprouting) or the flowers on the chives.