New Arrivals

In the garden this week we have new arrivals the first being the frogs spawn, it has hatched and now there are tadpoles all swimming around in the pond, trying to keep away from the fish who would like to eat them. The other arrivals are some more silky chicks, they were very difficult to photograph as they kept trying to hide underneath one another. They were supposed to go under a broody mum but she got fed up with waiting and went back out with all her friends.

It has been a slow start in the nursery this year due I suppose to the weather, but this last weekend it was alot busier now the plants in our gardens are starting to grow it shows what has been lost after the cold winter but it is nice to see our plants going to new homes either as replacements or something new.

Rain stops Play

The weather is certainly all over the place, really hot Saturday and Sunday, but raining today I can not say I am sorry as the ground was starting to get abit hard where I was working so it will now be a little more workable. Weeding is going slowly, I seem to be really up against it this year but no doubt it will all get done.

Work on the garage is still on going, it is felt and battens next so nearly there, not today though because the rain has stopped play. The new shower that is for Bed and Breakfast guests has benefitted from the bad weather, and is now moving on towards tiling, so if you are looking for some where to stay later in the year we will be able to accomodate you!

Daffodil Spectacular

Work at Goltho is once again progessing on the garages, the last bay is now having its roof re- tiled. This was started last year and the first two bays look really good and even have cars in them, this last one is the largest and in the worst condition but once done we will be looking quite tidy.
As I walk round the garden at the moment it is very yellow as all the daffodils are out at the same time. We have over the years planted several hundred possibly thousands of different ones to have a lovely continutity of flowering, but this year they are looking quite spectacular. Yellow is the colour of the motif of Goltho Gardens as Goltho means ' where the marigolds grow' the marigolds is this case being marsh marigolds or Caltha and so we have plenty planted around the ponds and they too are just coming out.
Weeding is progressing slowly in the garden and I do find it difficult to know whether to work in the garden or keep potting up for the nursery, this time of year is very hectic!!

Nursery Beds

It was have decided to tidy up the nursery beds this year. We have a system of capillary matting covered in a thin black plastic with holes in, this is to aid watering by retaining water in the matting and the plant roots then grow down and take up the water from the matting, but unfortunately it is a case of the theory is better than the practise as there is still plenty of watering to be done.
The black plastic was torn and flapped about in the wind so we have replaced it with a thicker one and covered it in pea gravel it looks really good and now it is being covered with newly potted plants from the stock area.
I must confess that I have not been in the garden this week as the weather has been so awful rain, wind and even sleet, typical Easter weather. I looked back at my blog for this time last year and we wanted rain as it was really dry.