I promised a garden update on Monday so here 'tis! On the weekend we completed our major garden bed in the backyard, half of which had a rock border already and the other half once upon a time had a fence against it which we ripped out. So Mr M's trusty Dad, Mum, sister, niece and nephew came to help move a lot of rocks about whilst I instructed where to place them, dug a trench and spread mulch and top soil. We also dug out a small(ish) corner garden bed which had a half-dead rhodedendron in it, so I told Mr M to get the shovel, it's coming out! Little did I know it was buried half a metre in the ground inside an old washing machine drum! Who does that?! So planting my beloved hydrangeas took a bit longer than anticipated. We also planted our ornamental pear once we had flattened off the ground where the old tank and stump used to be, and on Monday night we planted our crabapple tree in the front yard where we can see it from our bedroom. Both trees were engagement presents from my brother and sisters. We also planted some wistringias which my sister got for us in a small garden bed under the pink horse chestnut. Oh and we spread a heap of topsoil, levelled it all out, scattered some lawn seed, angle-grinded the pipe off the wishing well, filled it with soil and planted some petunias and pruned the magnolia tree.
Phew! I was sore on Monday from pitch-fork duty.
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