The garden is reaching it’s peak

The garden is looking really good at the moment and the veg plot is really coming on too.

The veg plot is looking great

View of the veg plot from the other direction

The garden is looking really full

Looking great in front of the chicken run

The poppies are huge and these lovely pale ones have just opened

The rambling rose is just starting to flower

A few days later this is the rose when walking up the garden

Left corner of the patio

Right corner of the patio with lots more buds yet to open

view walking back down the garden

I know I am showing a lot of photos of this rose but it so amazing at this time of year and there are still masses of buds yet to open. We planted this rose when we moved here eight years ago and it’s now a huge feature of the garden at this time of year.

We positioned it to grow over these arches to give us some screening from the neighbours and to soften the roof of the cabin which is for our catering business and it now performs perfectly. It also has a wonderful scent. It doesn’t flower for long so we have to celebrate it now while it’s reaching it’s peak.

Once this rose starts to go over the other climbing roses in the garden begin so we have a succession of flowers to see us through the summer. This is my favourite rose though and is the most spectacular.

I could become a bit of a garden bore but as I bore most people with endless chicken photos it makes a change to have an alternative subject. Normal chicken photos will resume shortly.