The garden looks its best now at the beginning of Autumn, with a lovely Indian summer many of the flowers have blossomed for a second time. The presence of humidity has also helped freshen things up. I have transplanted a dozen marjorams and grouped them together, the idea of planting dense groups of the same plant appeals to me at the moment, easier to upkeep and instantly gives more visual structure to the garden. The next jobs are to take off the rather weary plastic from the poly-tunnel, repair the structure and put on a new plastic, the poly-tunnel will then be used for starting off seeds in pots before hardening them off outside. The idea of using the large wooden troughs was OK but unfortunately the soil is quickly drained of its nutrients and so the second year the plants didn't do so well.
I am also trying to get rid of a spiky Yucca that takes up a lot of space at the entrance to the garden, nothing against Yuccas except that they are very spiky and apparently due to this reason not very good Feng-shui. More importantly, originally form South America, it doesn't fit into the garden here with its dry under leaves and shaggy appearance. I am now feeling guilty about it and may just cut it right back...anyway help is needed on this as it is very well anchored.
We will be planting a percentage of all the seeds collected in the seed bank and continuing to fill the wild hedge with small native trees dug up from the local woods.....all help will be greatly received.
