4 November 2016
John was over last week, doing the last blitz before the cold weather hits. The growing season is over, and he won't need to be back until April.
The garden is looking pretty good, despite the months of neglect. Even the plants I put in at the end of August around the base of the new covered porch are looking OK, if a little heat stressed in places.
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| The wooden posts lying on the ground were from the original barn roof structure. G and I laid them to mark the plantings - hard to believe now! |
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| The pile of stones (from the renovation) is getting smaller... |
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| John gathered up most of the windfall of apples. You can see quite clearly the 'meadow' to the left. |
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| The new plants put in at the end of August; the weed mat not pretty but very effective. |
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| The perimeter plants are really coming along. |
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| Daughter C and boyfriend A stained the little lean-to and it looks much better. |
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| The new, white gaura in the middle ground has a bit of catching up to do, but it's alive! And isn't that the happiest rosemary bush (right of the white gaura) you've seen in a while? |
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| I demarcated the 'meadow' areas to help John. Next visit, I would like to put in more substantial stakes... |
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| La petite voiture que nous avons acheté :) |
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| More new plantings - ground cover roses and hydrangeas. |
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| The plant grovelling at the foot of the post is a glycine, or wisteria. It could do with support, non? |
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| Appley dappley shaded orchard |
In other news, our new (French) plombier (#6) sent his assistant, the bilingual Benôit, to work on the heating and (wonders will never cease), we have had a series of updates from him, the latest of which made us so very happy:
"J'ai fait les travaux à la Fromagerie, le plancher chauffant fonctionne."
Roll on February, when we can do adjustments and pad around in our socks.
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