Its a good thing sometimes that we don’t know what’s coming up in the future. Looking back at my last blog we had no idea that P would end up in hospital for 11 days after the first lot of treatment. Fortunately, although there was a reaction to the 2nd course of chemo earlier this month, it was no-where near as dramatic and he was up and doing things a few days later. He does get tired though and has been known to make terrible mistakes on the card machine so if he should be left in charge do make sure he has added up your bill correctly!

Everything is growing incredibly well and I’m finding it hard to keep up with all that needs doing almost single-handedly. I’ve had two off-site consultations which are both a bit of a challenge in that I’m having to think through ideas for the two gardens and recommend suitable plants. Both have been/are good for me to use my plant knowledge so that I can advise which are most suitable for the two very different sites.

The cowslips I transplanted earlier in the year are all doing well and are flowering their heads off, hopefully they will seed around and there will be many more next year. They are all tall and looking very healthy, presumably due to the wet winter? The blossom on the trees has been abundant and there are many bees on the catkins on the willows. My ‘snowdrop’ lady brought me some more snowdrops earlier this month which I have planted and marked the positions so I can report back to her on their progress.

On top of all this my father has not been well which is a worry because I live 60 miles away. Fortunately my brother lives close by and can help out as necessary and the operation this coming week should solve my dad’s problem. I knew it wouldn’t be an easy year but this is turning out to be something of a challenge to keep up with everything.