3:15 project update 5

Well, that was all a bit weird. So much for blogging every day as announced in my last post - suddenly 4 days have gone by. But I have a day off tomorrow which I think will be spent trying to work out where the time went...

I won't bore you with the first two photos because nothing much has changed - although there are suckers on the lime-trees on the Green. If I remember I'll go and take a picture before the men from the council come to strim them off, which they do at this time of the year, because it's the only sign at this time of year that the limes are alive; and frankly also slightly weird in a triffidish sort of way.

So, here's picture 3. The thing to note is that The Borage Has Gone. It has ceased to be, rolled up the curtain, joined the choirs invisibule, etc.

I Have Dug It Out. Go, me.

I'm not fooling myself for a minute that I've caught all of it - the thing has tap-roots only rivalled by my Enemy at the Bottom of the Garden, the highly toxic Black Bryony (and why that wasn't the name of a 1970s folk/metal band, I have no idea), so I'll have to keep chipping away at it; but I think I've got rid of 80% of it... You ought to be able to see this better from this photo:

but evidently I failed to remember that shooting straight into the sun isn't wise (sorry, Dad; you did tell me this when I got that first Instamatic)... These photos were taken at 4:45 rather than 3:15 because I had a lunch guest today (of which more in another post)...

But lo. A somewhat undecorative and neglected herb bed, but one in which all the herbs are actually things I deliberately planted. Miracles never cease...

This picture is because fennel is just pretty; and furry. And, unlike cats which are also pretty and furry, nice in salads.

These are Mystery Bulbs. I've planted bulbs in the top bed several times and they've failed to come up; these certainly weren't planted last year, or the year before; I'm going to be interested to see what they are!

All photos can be clicked to embiggen.