The garden has been really beautiful, in fact so nice that visitors don't even notice the large number of weeds that have and are still invading garden beds. I have been trying to fertilise, wettasoil, deadhead, weed vege patches as well as the mundane mowing and house cleaning, but I don't seem to be keeping up. I guess 14 large garden beds, as well as weedy gravel paths, is a bit overwhelming. To top it off, my roses were really beautiful until the horrible little brown and orange leaf beetles invaded and have eaten holes in all my pale coloured roses. For some reason they are not keen on the darker reds. I wrote to Burke's Backyard website to ask what they were and was told to spray with Mavrik. However, with all the forecast rain, I haven't done it yet.
On a happier note, my Echium Pride of Madiera has done itself proud. It self seeded from about two seasons ago and is towering over the bed.
The pink old fashioned weeping rose looks lovely over the entry to the "pygmy path", so named by my husband because you have to be 18 inches tall to get through. It will have to be cut back severely when it finishes blooming as the arch it has been growing on for 10 years has totally collapsed and needs to be replaced. I have been promised a new strongly welded steel one. Here's hoping.
The veges are off and running. Silverbeet and lettuces are in profusion and I have two cauliflowers and baby carrots. The zucchini plants and tomatoes and capsicum are starting to be ready to plant out.
Time for a beer in the summerhouse.
