Thank You!

I had no pics, but was determined to post, so I went out and spent a few minutes in the garden. It started like this.

It ended like this.

And I got nettled as I went, but while you can barely see the difference, I did more than nothing. If all I manage is five minutes at a time, it's better than no time at all. I wouldn't even have done that if it wasn't for this blog.

Besides, the lilac is gorgeous

The yellow rose is flourishing.

And Gladys is doing better than ever. This time last year, she was mainly bare sticks. Now there's plenty of leaves and even the hint of a few flowers despite it being colder than average.

There is still this problem. 

The tyre is from when I had the honeysuckle planted against the fence, years ago, back in 2015. They looked lovely when they were first done.

But time took it's toll, and most were evicted. Here's a pic from a few years later which is too cute not to share.

The tyre is the last left. Bear evicted it when he cleared out the honeysuckle. It will find it's way to the tip, but it's the pot that's the problem. 

Many, many, many years ago, I planted a rosemary in there. I neglected it, and it became too entrenched in the pot, straggly and woody. I've been trying to dig the dratted thing out for ages, now I'm reduced to turning it upside down and hoping that gravity will kick in. I want to get the plant out, refill with decent growing medium and plant something new there. If I can't get the soil out, I can see me resorting to a hammer to crack open the pot and get rid of it that way!

Here's hoping for more pics tomorrow. Thank you.