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The grubby gardener and clean hubby

This is part of the Christo and Beth series. We have all heard of the barefoot doctor but I prefer to be a barefoot gardener. I love to crawl through the beds digging and weeding, the water heating bill is on the rise, but I'm happy.
Best of all, as always, Mick has moved endless barrows of compost up the garden and dug up huge clumps of plants for splitting and moving, which I couldn't even budge an inch.
The grubby gardener
The grubby gardener		 My favourite Queen of the Night with foreground fennel
My favourite Queen of the Night with foreground fennel		 The new arch where the old weeping willow is no more
The new arch where the old weeping willow is no more		 End of hellebores start of bluebells
End of hellebores start of bluebells		 Bluebells in May with Podophyllum peeping through
Bluebells in May with Podophyllum peeping through
First Iris sibirica
First Iris sibirica		 Matteuccia struthiopteris uncurling in its lime greeness
Matteuccia struthiopteris uncurling in its lime greeness		 First apple blossom on my tree grafted from my 17th C Catshead apple tree, the fruit issaid to resemble a ...
First apple blossom on my tree grafted from my 17th C Catshead apple tree, the fruit issaid to resemble a ... 		One bed dug and everything moved round
One bed dug and everything moved round		 Maritime theme for patio, easier than the digging
Maritime theme for patio, easier than the digging
What a lovely place for a Cepaea to curl up and sleep,
What a lovely place for a Cepaea to curl up and sleep,		 The old lobster pot I rescued from a skip
The old lobster pot I rescued from a skip		 Pink tulip, angelique
Pink tulip, angelique		 Mick's stone with a lily of the valley
Mick's stone with a lily of the valley		 Lavender hedge planted last spring now doing well
Lavender hedge planted last spring now doing well
My very own shards - just like London
My very own shards - just like London 		Newly laid out fruit cage
Newly laid out fruit cage		 Raspberries coming along well
Raspberries coming along well		 Mr McGregor couldn't compete with this, but then he had Peter rabbit
Mr McGregor couldn't compete with this, but then he had Peter rabbit		 Wild bank, Mick is about to strim
Wild bank, Mick is about to strim
Woodland area, overgrown, will have to wait a week or two
Woodland area, overgrown, will have to wait a week or two		 Pieris forestii, flourishing on neutral soil, with added bark and compost
Pieris forestii, flourishing on neutral soil, with added bark and compost		 Ajuga reptans 'Atropurpurea' pottering across the bank, soon to be strimmed!
Ajuga reptans 'Atropurpurea' pottering across the bank, soon to be strimmed!		 Grass bed done, your red grass Elaine
Grass bed done, your red grass Elaine		 This bed next
This bed next
The final big reshuffle, thanks to Mick .
The final big reshuffle, thanks to Mick .		 Forks down, time for a cuppa
Forks down, time for a cuppa		 Hmmm, bit of weeding and sorting to do here
Hmmm, bit of weeding and sorting to do here		 Ditto
Ditto		 First bearded iris
First bearded iris
Rockery flowering against the odds
Rockery flowering against the odds		 Gate snapped off in storm - looks quite artistic
Gate snapped off in storm - looks quite artistic		 Lobster pot I rescued from a bonfire on Holy Island
Lobster pot I rescued from a bonfire on Holy Island		 Pleioblastus aureus, like a ray of sunshine
Pleioblastus aureus, like a ray of sunshine		 Mick's mown the grass
Mick's mown the grass
All growing well in this mild spring
All growing well in this mild spring		 The old two forks trick to wrestle a grass into two halves
The old two forks trick to wrestle a grass into two halves		 More Queen of the Night
More Queen of the Night		 Reaching for the sky
Reaching for the sky		 Two week's work measured in compost heaps, empty when we started
Two week's work measured in compost heaps, empty when we started
Two week's pruning bonfire
Two week's pruning bonfire		 Just another 1/4 acre to go! but we'll have a little break first
Just another 1/4 acre to go! but we'll have a little break first		 Next job
Next job		 Goodnight diary
Goodnight diary

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