Life is so busy at present I have spent very little time in the garden. I hope this weekend to make a big effort to start clearing the herbaceous borders, I have 20tons of manure dumped at the bottom of the lane to spread. We have already had people asking if we are open yet, apparently we were last Easter!!
Failing starting this weekend the Easter holidays are booked for work in the garden, so I hope the weather will be kind. I haven't designed anything new this winter, I've been working on some other gardens, so hopefully the big tidy up will be swift...
Our attempt to get the barn/garage converted into a tearooms is still on the drawing board, although a lot of thought has gone into getting the work done, its just a matter of digging up the existing brick floor, laying concrete and tiles. Removing the floorboards from the roof space, plaster boarding the roof and fitting a kitchen and water. Then installing doors and windows.....should only take a couple of hours.
The woodland gardens are looking good, the hellebores and small daffodils have been joined by pulmonaria's and other small bulbs that give wonderful bursts of colour, I'm really pleased.