Moors Meadow Open Gardens and Nursery - Bromyard

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This Month April 2025 - Thursday, 27 Mar 2025

I don’t know how I have managed to achieve all the work I did over recent weeks. I went from panic panic, I will never get it all done to, wow, the garden looks great and I can relax just a tiny bit. I spent a lot of time moving wood as soon as it was dry enough to do so, loads and loads for several days. I was also pleased to mow the paths which not only makes the garden look good but encourages people to stick to those paths. I do get frustrated when I see anyone step off the paths, as often as not they just do not notice the little plants they are stepping on.
My next job is to knuckle down to working on the kitchen garden. I don’t usually plant any until April anyway so I shouldn’t be too far behind schedule. I was pleased to get the potatoes in the ground at the end of March and determined to prepare more beds before the end of the month.
I must write a job list as there are so many to do I know I will forget several if I don’t make a note of them. I will even try to remember where I put the list after I write it.
I do have a little planting out to do but that is a job I need to think carefully about to ensure they are all put in the best positions. At the very bottom of the garden I spotted another dead pine, at least this one is only small. It has, however shown me where I can plant the two largest of the Acers I have waiting in pots to be planted out. This will be Acer Katsura and Acer Amagi Shigwe. At least that was the plan however when the pine was out and I was down there with a barrow load of plants including six Acers I changed my mind where they should be planted. I put two Katsura on the bank at the very bottom near where the tree was removed, with Emerald Lace between them. The other three Acers are all a little further up the edge of the garden. I also planted three Hydrangea, all had dark leaves with Black Knight being the darkest, a lovely plant,
The colour is now superb with more Camellias coming into flower every day, as are the Rhododendrons. The Daffodils look brilliant so do the Hellebores, but every day sees different plants emerging and flowering. It is such a pleasure to be outside gardening but I have to be careful that I do not try to do too much and make my back crook again.
The weather was good on my first ngs charity day of the year and I was pleased to get a steady flow of visitors through the day without it being too overcrowded. I hope the rest of the ngs days are equally as good, if my memory is correct then several of these days last year were damp. Hopefully there will be enough visitors on non charity days to allow me to continue to tend the garden, it would be good to get a bit more help with the work if I could find someone who has a feeling for plants.
I must get out into the kitchen garden now, no time to sit idly.

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