Helen's Garden Renovation Project

Today I decided it was time to re-route the road to nowhere, leading from between my apple trees to the back hedge.

The Path to Nowhere

I thought a path between the apple trees would be useful for maintenance and would provide a route to the greenhouse and the vegetable bed behind it. However, I soon realised that it looked wrong because it appeared to just disappear off into the back hedge. Also, the area between the apple trees will get some sun, and I can’t waste any sunny bits of my garden. So I rerouted the path to run parallel to the edge of the lawn, and this will provide a dry route to the left hand corner of the garden, as well as allowing access to the apple trees and other plants in that area.

The path re-routed to run behind the apple trees.

I have ordered a little bundle of plants from J Parkers, but they say it can take 28 days for delivery, and I only ordered them 12 days ago. The plants were competitively priced. I am not worried if they turn out to be small, because small plants need less water. It is certain that we will have a hosepipe ban by the end of April, and it could be sooner. I need to get rid of some more plants in pots, either by composting them, planting them, or giving them away.

After some early morning fog, today has developed into a warm sunny day. But where are this year’s brimstone butterflies? I haven’t seen any yet.