A Song Parody

Hello Friends!

Enter, stage right, rural gardener with fork, wheelbarrow and hoe. Cue music and 🎵 sing 🎶 {tune: The Hills are Alive with the Sound of Music}

"My short run of Spring has come to an end I know

The winds and the clouds have told me it's time to go

But deep from the darkening rain clouds

The raindrops do fall pitter pat

And the earth 'neath my feet starts to darken

As raindrops fall and bring the earth to life

And seeds start to grow ~~~

The Garden's Alive with the Sound of Raindrops

A sound we have known for a million years

The rain fills my heart with the sound of growing

My heart wants to pick every flower that grows

My heart wants to dance on the grass, on the cool wet grass

Where the sweet daisies grow

My heart wants to sing with the garden birds

Who are all in the know

My gardening is stopped at the sound of raindrops

But the growing begins

My garden is blessed with the sound of raindrops

And will grow once more ~~~

Yes, my friends, the weather has changed. Although it's been chilly, it's been dry. I have spent hours clearing the brambles, and am making progress. The lawn is mowed for the first time this year. A mini heatwave is forecast for the coming week, we may reach 20℃ which will feel hot when juxtaposed to these cooler days. However, I awoke this morning with my cottage sitting under a heavy blanket of wild Welsh wind whipped grey cloud from horizon to horizon and everything is wet from the rain last night. As I write, patches of blue sky emerge, fighting their way, stoically, through the clouds, but rain is winning the battle ~ a double edged sword ~ for we need the rain to swell and nourish the seeds into growth, but so will grow the weeds, and although, when I next return to the garden, it will again be weed covered, for they will have grasped their opportunity and already started to fill in the dark, bare ground that I have spent days clearing ~~~

~~~"A Gardener's Work is Never Done"~~~

Won't it be wonderful to see Red Kites hovering over my cottage again? I took this one a few years ago.

A few photos of what's flowering right now, or preparing to make it's return in a few weeks.

Happily, my favourite Pulsitilla has reappeared again this year

Finally, my Rosa Rugosa was getting very sparse on the bottom, and no flowers until you got to the top, over six feet tall, with lots of leaves in the middle and few flowers, so a few months ago, I hard pruned it back by half, chopping off the top completely. So, I am delighted to show you that, all along the lower stems, shoots, and lovely strong ones at that, have begun to appear. I am hoping, as any gardener always hopes, that the Summer months will bring a good display of flowers at a much better height for viewing and sniffing.

Until next time

Stay Safe, Stay Well