Every year I forget and every year I am glad I forget just how beautifully the spring is, as by forgetting I am in for a wonderful surprise each year.  The trees are so heavily laden with blossom this year it is quite spectacular.  The grass that only a few short weeks ago looked positively grey is now green and lush and the plants so long dormant are now bursting through the ground at a terrific speed.  That reminds me I must now go and put in a lot of plant supports. 

It is another Bank Holiday and the sun is not going to shine.  I think we might go and visit another NGS garden to get inspiration for our own.  I am waiting for the hedging plants I have bought for the edge of the bank where it meats the road, 120 plants to be exact and that is going to be quite a job getting them in and when such a job is around the corner I find a visit to another garden is just the kick up the behind I need to ignite the enthusiasm for a job I am not relay looking forward to. 

Well the under gardener has finished the new trellis in the terrace garden and it is looking very good.  I spent a good deal of time painting it though and it is a mind numbing job.  This had to be carried out in the garage as it has been very cold and very windy here.  The wind is the main reason for the trellis being put up as this part of the garden get hit by summer winds and all the plants start leaning towards the centre of the garden and I spent a good deal of time hauling them back.  I am hopeful that the trellis will break up the wind and let the plants stand tall for the summer.  Now what shall I buy to plant up the trellis? 

Every season I sow seeds and promise myself that I will not go overboard.  However again I find myself with so many small plants now germinating that once potted up I simply will not have the space for them and I don't think the under gardener will be pleased to see more plants in the cottage. 

The under gardener has finished putting in the new gate. ( see picture on website ) and it looks very good. However just 48 hours after it was completed a large branch from the Douglas Fir which is above it fell off and landed on the gate.  The gate was not damaged but the catch was and it needed some attention.  Several large bits of this fir has recently come to the ground during some high winds that we have been experiencing.  I am now worried that something is going wrong with the tree.  It has been here well over a 100 years and it would be such a pity if we were to loose it.  Positive thought, it will be just fine.