It's been a while....

We have been away ( Italy, see http://www.rosiemaytravels.co.uk for details ) so now it is time to recover the garden. Cath comes in while we are away to mow the top lawns and keep the flowerbeds by the lawn tidy but the rest of it just grows wild. 

I have been trying to mow the grass - I have been strimming it with the push along strimmer, leaving it for a day to dry then picking it up with the ride-on mower - it can't cope with the grass when it is so high. 

The polytunnel and the greenhouse have been weeded and sweet peas, beans and tomatoes have been tied up. 

Today the main task was the pond which was overwhelmed with pondweed - Kate and I tackled it and it is now much improved; you can actually see water now.