One year on

It was exactly one year ago that we moved to Ordnance House.  We were awash with packing cases and boxes.  The weather was blisteringly hot. The house echoed with removal men, while what existed of the garden was large parched, straw like areas of grass. 

One year on it is cloudy and cool.  The house is now a home and we are well on the way to creating the garden that has existed in my head for over a year.  We have lawns and borders, vegetables and soft fruit.  An orchard and an ornamental Parterre.

The Tulips are now going over but the excitement of the full show of Alliums and Foxgloves awaits.  These signature plants are my stars of the show and their entrance is awaited with much anticipation.  They will transform the space.  But at long last we have what I feel is a real garden.  Yes, it is immature but we have hedges and trees and beds full of flowers that bring colour in all its forms.

Yesterday I planted out our first Tomatoes and erected a bamboo frame for them to grow up.  It is also time to replenish the pots with Summer bedding replacing that of Spring.  The Vegetable garden is showing encouraging signs of produce and the soft fruit garden is slowing developing.  The compost bins are filling with grass cuttings and garden waste which will over time be added back into the garden to improve the condition of the soil.

So one year on we can be pleased with progress.  We only started on the garden in August last year so it is, in effect, only 9 months old.  But a garden it is and it can only get better with time and maturity.