The Long Border

 

The only time we can see the long border is if we head out down the garden. So it does tend to get left out from much maintenance. With the weather this week having turned milder, it was out with the hoe to clear the horrible Speedwell that was spreading along the back of the border. It is in any case resistant to weed killer. But the hoe worked fine, it was just the crawling around between the shrubs to pick up the foliage and roots that was not. The photo below is from the very far end.

I had planted some bulbs which are now beginning to appear.

At the near end of the border the roses have been pruned and the weeds around them cleared. 

At the same time I pulled up some of the forget-me-nots which last year swamped the border.

Further on, as the photo below,  the Forsythia shows no sign of coming into flower as it had done already last year.

I found this photo of the Speedwell. Fortunately it doesn't self seed but just spreads, so clearing should help.