This morning I went out into the garden to at least get the prepared square planted up, it was a bright but very cold morning. I took the photo of the plants, not too many for now!
I did get the bed planted up before setting about the bed under the bushes.
I started to work along from where I had stopped the other day, when I had cleared the corner a bit I decided this unsightly bush needed to come out.
This turned out to be more of a challenge than I had thought. It really didn’t want to budge, and o had trouble finding the roots that were stopping it from moving. I trimmed it back and eventually managed to turn it over.
I haven’t filled the hole in heat as I will need to find the rest of the roots.
I perhaps did a yard more of first de rooting but the whole area I have done will need much more clearing .
After I had cleared the tool away and had a bit of lunch I walked to Dunkeld to get some fresh vegetables to make up a stir fry. The greengrocer wasn’t open, another shop that says it has vegetables didn’t have any so ended up at the Co-op. There was a reasonable selection. It had rained, not sleet but very icy on the way there but was dry gain on the way home. Snow hd been a possibility this afternoon.
After tea Tina drove us up to the Hermitage, it hailstoned for a few minutes there, but cleared quickly.. it was nice to go at a different time of day.
We wondered if that had been the work of a beaver, a very shredded tree trunk!
Feeling pretty achy this evening and frustrated with the printer! But not intending to do much more this evening.
A busy day then…..again. The raised bed looks nice and should be easy to look after. The bush on the other hand was definitely a challenge. But you like a challenge 😂 I know you, and you wouldn’t have gone back in the house until it was out. It looks like it was a bugger, and the roots will be more of a bugger too 😊 It wouldn’t be the same if you moved to a house that had a perfectly manicured garden. Wouldn’t it be nice though?
ReplyDeleteYou said about the possibility of snow up there, so when I saw the tree trunk I thought it had snow on it. It took me a second to realise it was shredded wood! Definitely a beaver I’d say, unless you have packs a very large mice up there 😂 The Hermitage is a nice place to visit at any time of the day. It’s just lovely to look at and to hear the water running. I’m sure it would cheer me up 😊
Not surprised you’re achy. Hope you’re not too stiff tomorrow.
Printers are nightmares. They’re great when connected and working, but otherwise…….🤬🤬😊
It felt like a pretty active day, and you are right, once I had the bit between my teeth that bush was coming out! Stubborn, me?
ReplyDeleteIt does feel good to have made a start on the garden. Although a part of me wishes that no one was aware that I did gardening and it could have just been left as It was!
The Hermitage is an amazing place to have such a short car ride away, and a walkable walk even for me!
The forecast snow didn’t arrive, we are not sorry about that!
I think we may do a charity shop run tomorrow,