Normally Sunday is our best work day but I did not give much time to the garden today - glorious weather and the garden should be enjoyed too. I did find time to yank out our very sad medlar tree. This used to be on the top level but we moved it last Spring to make room for the kids' climbing frame. The weather for the move was perfect, though it was a little late. The tree thrived for two weeks and then we had five weeks of blistering March/April weather. I watered it every night but it was not enough. The tree produced leaves this Spring but it was half hearted and nothing much else happened. The fact I could pull a 10 year old tree straight out of the ground tells the story of how sad it was. We'll get a new one. Medlar jelly is delicious (though the cooking process produces the most hideous muck imaginable).
I also found time to top dress an area of the lawn that has been low for ages.
I dug up the turf a month or so ago but did a rubbish job. The top dressing was dug out of the lawn borders (French drain?) when I replaced the "mower killing" stones with soft bark. The white fleece is to give some shade to that area. The lawn gets blasted by the Sun and a little shade makes a massive difference.
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