Much the same weather as yesterday. No drying wind but fine enough for getting out into the garden.
The day began with breakfast and the usual morning chores and until next Welsh class at least a game/activity I devised to help us learn the correct preposition to use with each of 40 verbs (a list our tutor sent us). So far we're getting more of them right every day though I still struggle with just the meaning of a fair proportion of the verbs. And there are a few which take a different preposition if they refer to a person rather than a thing or place. So much to remember!
Once everything was done I headed out into the garden. The first job tackles was removing the honeysuckle which I foolishly thought would be nice to have growing in the hedge. I only planted ie stuck cuttings straight in the ground a few years ago but some of the stems and roots were enormous. Anyone walking along the pavement of the other side of the hedge would have heard lots of puffing and panting as I pulled out as many roots as I could. Plus some dark mutterings when I came across my bête noire in this garden, chunks of polystyrene plant trays that had been used to bulk out the soil. The bottom of the hedge is quite bare there so I'm going to try a shrub as a filler. Only a cheap one from Morrison's as it's not the most ideal growing position.
After a bit of climbing up on the walls to cut back some of the hedge I decided to trim the lavender and the curry plants lining the path. My fingers have been twitching to do this and I was going to wait until next week. But then thought what if it's wet next week? I was perfectly happy with the size the plants were but of course they wouldn't have stayed that size. And much as I like plants growing naturally there isn't room to let the lavender get all spread out.
To be on the safe side, in case I've cut then curry plants back too hard, I've taken 10 cuttings. I've got the same number of lavender plants growing from last year's cuttings.
Ha! it's just started raining and I'm off to choir in the next few minutes.
