Monday 17 October 2011

Surviving..

Don't get excited - nothing significant to report from around here. The weather is warming up though, and what is left of our garden is going crazy. I braved the potentially unsafe backyard to search for any remnants of my vege patch and was pleasantly surprised.


Some tarragon made it through:


And quite a few clumps of chives are thriving:





The lemon sage is going nuts, but I hate that stuff - it's just a glorified weed. But down in the bottom right of the photo you can spot a few small tufts of chervil:


And bizarrely, in the middle of the 'lawn', some parsley is springing up.


We have decided to start attacking the ivy which has consumed the plants on our path:


It's hard going, but satisfying, and it's nice to be doing something towards tidying things up around here.