Back yard watch update...

So my postage stamp backyard garden progresses albeit at a snail’s pace. Talking of which, and despite all the liberally scattered pellets, they still seem to be around in abundance. All colours, all sizes. Mind you, with all this damp weather it’s hardly surprising.

I haven’t much colour yet, apart from the snails, and my plan to go blue and mauve this year seems a little foolhardy in retrospect. It’s a shady garden most of the time and I really could do with something bright to bring it to life. Fortuitously a few of last years nasturtiums have regenerated themselves from fallen seed, a double boon as I’m hoping they’ll fill my cane wall with colour after the morning glory seedlings did so poorly.

My plan to work entirely from seed has come to fruition (well almost). But I find myself thinking about planting a few instant colour statements and I’m finding it really hard to resist.

Next year, if I am still here, I’m going to go fully orange. I have some beautiful marigolds at the cottage which I grew from seed and I think that a border of oranges and yellows would look stunning.

There I go again, this year’s yard not even in flower and I’m thinking about next year. Yes orange I think. It’s such an uplifting colour. Ommmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm