Molly's Lotment - Digging the Weeds

Morning Mist

Brilliant day today. Really feels like Spring is 'Sprung'. The low mist at the foot of the hill just before the sun rose was something else.  A great day to start on the weeding. Weeds never fail to grow in abundance even if nothing else will. It's so easy to over do things and end up with a bad back for the rest of the week so gently does it (note to self.)

Bergenia along side the path

The Bergenia by the side of the path has really come into it's own this year. I chopped off several pieces  last year and planted them in one of the beds at the top of the garden. Even so the clump that was left, has spread with abundance all along the side of the wall, a forest of dark green, elephant ear leaves and a maze of pink flowers.

Seed Heads of Last Year's Sedum

Seed heads from last year's Sedum are still holding out. The relay of Winter handing the baton over to Spring and yet I feel  I want them to hold on just a bit longer. The rich copper colour is so pretty.

Weeds

Couch grass, creeping buttercup and dandelion roots have run amok amongst my day lillies and aquilegia.  A job pending tomorrow if the weather's dry and sunny. The one thing I really like about weeding is that you can see where you've been and I love little encouragement monuments.






But today, I've cleared and planted one little piece of ground by the stream.  I sowed foxgloves, lupins and delphiniums in trays last July and planted them out today.  I buried hostas underneath the apple tree and planted pulmonaria, stachys and sweet william. It looks so bare at this moment in time, but I'm so looking forward to watching them grow.

One down and three to go.