Yesterday we finished the pergola.  It really looks good. There are pictures of it on the website under projects.  I now have a barrow full of plants to put into the ground now to add extra interest.  I have bought the rose Rambling Rector to go over the pergola and with the mock orange which is already in place plus a clematis (yet to be purchased) and a winter flowering honeysuckle it should be covered in no time. So now I am off to go planting - Oh joy. 

I have done it again.  Some of the seeds I have sown have done so well that I am not quite sure where I shall be putting everything when it comes time for pricking out.  I had hoped to take the bobble wrapping off the greenhouse by now but it has gone very cold again so it will have to wait for a while I think.  We have been asked to open the garden a couple of extra times this year for gardening clubs to wonder at will.  We are both thrilled at the requests despite the extra work it will involve and of course it will bring in extra money for the National Garden Scheme so that will be a big bonus.

Now we are in April the under gardener is busy at work on a pergola which is to be sighted at the entrance of the woodland.  With the different levels of ground here this is not going to be easy, not to mention the difficulty of digging holes for the down posts which will have to be dug around tree roots.  However I think the finished result will look very good.  The wood has be purchased and we have borrowed a special spade to dig post holes with so now we are all set.