driving back from the farm shop this week the skies were starting to clear, leaving us with the blue skies we have been enjoying~this the drive down into the hollow where our village lies, nestled in the forest
the forsythia in our back garden, which for some reason has been grown into a small tree. we had no idea what it was when we first moved in, but the buds started to emerge a few weeks ago and it was last week it burst into bloom~looking better with each day that passes.
i have been looking for an evergreen climber to put out the front ever since we moved in and at the farm shop they had this a nice four foot one~and as it was the only one i grabbed it! its a clematis armandii, which is the only clematis with any scent, apparently it smells of jasmine so i am really looking fowards to it in full bloom~and i just love those long leaves, makes me think of the elves in the LOTR!
well i bought the climber~but needed somewhere to support it, so pushed caution to the wind and bought a simple archway for over the door and moved the basket on the left to another area. from where i sit at my desk i can see the top tendrils winding their way around the arch~fingers crossed the farm shop will have another next week for planting the other side of the arch.
another new buy, which is on one of the walls in the back garden...
the aim is to get another armandii for out the back. our neighbour jackie has one that goes all around her little cottage and looks lovely~so fingers crossed in a few years we will have a nice green and shady house!
i had some god news today, i have passed both of my courses that i took last year. so another step closer to my masters!
5 comments:
Congratulations on the exams! one step at a time will get you there. It took me three years to complete my masters degree, working full time and taking one class at a time.
Your place looks beautiful, laoi. so ready for spring. And your soil looks to die for, so rich! I like your garden plots. You can get a lot of veggies out of a little bit of ground if you do beds like you are doing.
Oh, congratulations on passing your course!! You feel so accomplished! And your trellis is going to look great all covered in those cute little elf ears...:-)
Well done on the exam results! Your allotment looks in good shape - that should keep you and Swampy busy all summer:) My daughter has had her name down for one for several months - I'm rather hoping she doesn't get it yet because I have a strong suspicion that the one looking after it won't be her!!
CONGRATULATIONS!!
Congratulations on your exam results SD, you're working very hard and deserve to do well :)
Your garden is looking great too - I love your archway. It will looks so pretty with the plants climbing up it.
Hope to see you on the forum soon,
Gem xx
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