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TINY BABY LEEKS; SQUEE!!!
Last year I planted a Jasmine at the foot of the arbour. I read up on it before I planted it, so I knew it died back in the Winter, but I didn't realise just how much it dies back! All the leaves fell off and the vines shrank and turned a very dark green. I was convinced by March that it had died. I thought "crap, I'm gonna have to dig this one out, amend the soil and go buy a new one". Then just as I was contemplating doing the work we had the first hot sun of the year and the Jasmine burst into life, grew half a foot and sprouted a mass of leaves in less than a week! Now it looks like this:
I fully expect that Jasmine to be a further foot taller come the Autumn. Also in Spring news, my lawn received its annual infestation of weeds. This year however I used a weed knife and cleared half the lawn in a few hours. I really must recommend a weed knife. Compared with a hand fork it takes a third the time, a quarter the effort, and leaves the grass minimally damaged; whilst hand-forking is hard, long, sweaty labour that leaves your lawn looking like it lost a fight with a platoon of moles. Seriously, get a weed knife. Best tenner ever spent!
So yeah, all in all I'd say there's no overstating the boon that a little sunshine can bring to my garden. And of course as soon as there's hot sun on the grass you'll catch Bill outside, shedding his Winter stoicism in favour of his Summer friskiness!
Until next time xx
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