IT'S THE TIME OF YEAR TO CHANGE THINGS

 So during winter if the weather is not too bad, its a good time to do a few landscape type jobs, while the plants are sleeping.

We had an Akebia growing on the trellis behind the stone pot which made a nice green backdrop

but it was getting too big and rampant.

So late last year we removed all the growth and cleared the area.

Although we could have left the trellis open and waited for the plant to regrow if we don't 

remove the root completely.

However we decided we did not want to see through into the folly.

So we have put up a fence to hide the folly and make a backdrop to end of the cloisters.

The trellis was added to the folly side of the fence panel. Which left this small return of trellis in the corner , seen from the Lychgate. We decided to fence this too,  to hide the large water butt on the workshop and tidy that area up.

Deciding to do this allowed us to straighten up the corner by adding another fence post. Paul also

had to buy the wood to make up the fence panel which was an odd side. This is the panel fixed in place.

The cloisters side showing the new fencing tidying up the area. Once the spring arrives we will look at improving the look of this area.

So the folly side now matched the panel with trellis we put in about a year ago .

Seen from the folly doorway.

So one job down and who knows how many more to do, it's a garden so never ending !

THE NEW YEAR ARRIVES WITH A BIG CHILL

 

We had a tiny bit of snow which was gone not long after it arrived due to being followed by rain. However other parts of the country had laying snow for several days and more than one snowfall.

But we have had some heavy frosty days, with low overnight temperatures. The greenhouse heater's been needed to be lit several nights on the trot.

A sprinkling of frost on the raised garden with a frozen pond

This small stone trough which we use for water for the dogs up beside the folly, has frozen in this strange way.

Abandoned dog toys await the thaw !

The garden has that cold damp look to it

The ferns on the folly are going strong.

The folly walls are gather moss in the damp and shade

a tiny bit of colour.

This tiny circle of moss is growing on one of the stone urns.

A closer view