Living and Gardening in Brittany

Gardening has so many ups and downs . Happily the ups far out way the downs. The garden is absolutely blooming at the moment.

It usually takes a week to prune -cut back the wisteria. If I didn't do this it would cover the house and damaged the gutters and the roof. The work is worth it. When I was up the ladder  I thought that this would be the last time i would be able to do this. This year I am cutting the dead flowers from the hydrangeas at the same time. It does take a lot of time and effort but this is gardening.

I realised that I have neglected the flower beds that I made around the house. In fact the very beginnings of the garden. there is a horrid creeping ground covering weed which has taken hold.  so I battled in the past with dandelions and buttercups now I have to win this battle. The gardens around the house are also the spring garden. So as I have been working really hard the daffodils and primroses have appeared. Suddenly I am surrounded with spring colour. It is so much easier to work hard when ones past efforts are rewarded like this.