In the Garden

As well as being busy on the allotment, I have paid a lot of attention to the garden as well. Weeding, watering, hoeing, mowing and so on; this short break Mrs McGregor and I have planned, I believe is well and truly deserved.

The first point of call was Mrs McGregor’s roses; they have given us their first flush of blooms so a bit of tender loving care was needed. I dead headed the faded flowers, sprayed them to prevent diseases and feed them some good old fertiliser. Fingers crossed after all of this we’ll be getting another flush soon.

If you would like some information about pruning roses, I have found this wonderful guide that segregates the information into rose type, making it easy to find the information that’s applicable to you.
Next on the list was to look after the summer bedding; keeping down the weeds and hoeing the soil as well as giving them a weekly feed. After a couple of hours of being on my hands and knees (which I love, but must admit my back is feeling the effects), the beds are looking marvellous once again.

However, all this labour wasn’t the hardest part of my garden chores, choosing the bulbs we want to grow next year certainly was! Luckily we have time on our side, but I would really like to incorporate some rare breed flowers into the garden to add even more interest into the back of the house. I will have to do some research on the internet, but may leave that to Mrs McGregor to do while I’m at work. Let’s just hope she doesn’t get too ahead of herself or carried away with the varieties we have to choose from.

Maybe it would be a good idea to wait until we get to the RHS Flower Show and see what they have to offer us.

Mr McGregor