Often, when I get to work, I have no clear plans for the day ahead. It can be difficult to organise jobs when the weather plays such a big part………….if its warm then the place to be is outside (unless its very windy) but if its wet then the tunnels beckon. Most of my tasks get interrupted at some stage making the job fragmented. It could be phone calls, (sometimes someone just wanting a chat) or maybe a friend dropping in (need to put the kettle on) or customers (some do need a lot of assistance).

Usually, when I get to work and go round opening everything up there are various jobs that demand my attention. Yesterday I realised that I hadn’t yet taken any rose cuttings, something I’d been meaning to do for the last few weeks. I only do a few of my favourites and these were the following…………Rosa Sally Holmes, r ‘Hansa’, r ‘Pearl Drift’, r ‘Seagull’, plus another rambler which I don’t know the name of. There are a few raised beds which are supposed to be for cut flowers but they are also useful for hardwood cuttings. I’ve successfully rooted Salix exigua here which is the most difficult willow to get to root. While I was in the mood I also took a few cuttings of Cornus alba ‘Elegantissima’ .

The next job was to get the garlic planted. I’d previously cleared the veg beds of weeds so it was quite straightforward to get the little bulbs in the ground. They are rather small this year, I do hope they grow well.

Later in the day I dug up some plants from the garden to pot up which had been ordered by people earlier in the year. I couldn’t have done it before because the ground was far too dry. So that’s another job to be crossed of my mental list of things to do.

We even had some customers!