Seize the day…

Our weather this week has ranged from balmy sunshine to rain, sleet, snow and ice, with the daffodils and camellias taking quite a battering. With the impending arrival of the greenhouse I felt compelled to seize the best day to clear the area where it’s going to sit. This has been a herb bed and an asparagus patch but all of these are now relocated – although the asparagus has done so badly over the last 3 years it might just be for the chop! There were two large rosemary bushes in the way so the first came out and straight into a pot for a young friend. The second turned out to be more difficult because it was actually two plants intertwined. Why do we have so much rosemary? I often cut tall stems of it to put in with flowers in a vase where it grows roots in no time , then gets shoved into the soil and thrives, although it’s great with lamb too. We have four other substantial bushes dotted around the garden! There’s also mint of all flavours – chocolate, apple, pineapple…..not much culinary use but they were a great teaching aid with year 5. Warned not to disturb the soil too much, I then had to do that silly walk to press the soil down again. I’d had enough by then so gave in to the offer of a cup of tea and perused the seed catalogues!