The secret garden

 Whats been going on?

Sunflower in the school garden

 I picked wild damsons and some blackcurrants from the school garden.....

 .....and made jam.

These are a few photos from my Instagram page.

I think I may have mentioned our garden was badly neglected when we built the extension nearly 5 years ago and then after a few bad summers when it made gardening difficult, it has got quite out of control.

 I walked around a month or so ago and took some photos and put some filters on to make them look like old photos of a secret garden, one just waiting to be reborn.

And it will be sorted, it is next on our list. In the meantime, my Mother-in-law has come to visit and she is determined for Hubby and I to get a plan together and put down some sort of timescale.

So we walked around the top half and made notes and lists of jobs to do immediately and jobs to do long term. Then today in between the rain showers my Mother-in Law and I scrubbed the moss covered bench and paving flags just outside the patio doors.

The newly cleaned patio

 Last week I visited my mum and found her at her allotment.

This is not an neglected place, in fact it takes up so much of her time she has decided to give it up at the end of the year. It is a lot of hard work for her, but she does really enjoy herself while she is there, still I am sure she will work wonder in her little back garden at home.

I will miss my visits to her allotment, I always come home with masses of home grown produce.