Erica Surveying the Curves

We are pondering executing the uninspiring Mulberry tree.  Judith has been lobbying for this for years. We gave it a decade to come good but it hasn't.  A new herbaceous border needs a wider bed so the island border probably gets the bullet too.

Oops

Working on the new bed and found the lazily placed pipe from a few years ago. Think I will re-route it now there are no plants in the way.

Back in Blighty.

The garden was in a sorry state when we got back from NZ, though it was about the worst day of the year to look at it again. The lawn is mostly moss. The roses are gone to seed and the vegetable garden is covered in grass. The raised beds were a cat toilet. We'll post photos when we remember but there are not too many. It was so upsetting!
We didn't get very far with the New Zealand garden. It was a short growing season and it is hard to motivate yourself to invest in a garden you are leaving after a year.