HIGHER MORWELL GARDEN DIARY

19th June 2016

Paving slabs and wood planks were delivered on Friday and a start has been made on the first bed in the polytunnel. The weather has been dull and the wildflower garden is currently flattened by the weight of the rain. The deer have completely defoliated one of the new laurel bushes in the north-east corner - we thought laurel was poisonous? Although all the materials are ready to go the weather just isn’t reliable enough to try out the cement mixer and start building the potting shed patio.

The path and boarding for the first bed are just over half-way down the tunnel now, and a few herbs that were really suffering in the greenhouse have been planted by the door. Lesley has sifted a lot of the soil heaped in the middle and the large amount of stone and smaller grit removed has gone down the back of the wall behind the house as filler. The major dig will start soon, the ground on the right of the picture needs to be lowered by about a foot.