Mow

First mowing of the lawn of 2013; it should have been done well before now but it has obviously been difficult after being practically nocturnal since the arrival of Spring. The weather hasn't helped either, last weeks weeding was done in very dodgy conditions.

Whilst it's nice to get out into the garden and have a potter, it is frustrating to be out there for three or four hours, survey your work and see minimal change. The brown bin is now packed with grass, cuttings, twigs, leaves,  weeds and assorted garden debris, so overall the garden looks tidier. 

 I don't think that the ground is particularly fertile or of a very high quality, digging about there's lots of rubble and masonry barely inches below the topsoil. So the garden of Huckleberry Heights has rarely been ablaze with colour or produced bountiful blooms since we moved in in 2010. Neither am I particularly green-fingered, lots of enthusiasm perhaps but minimal skill or aptitude 

Obviously I'm also a bit lazy, I want stuff you can plant then pretty much ignore but will explode in colour and fill the gaps. That's right I want miracle plants and I want them now.