I've been doing some work in the garden these last few days. I can't neglect the garden, even though there's always lots to do at the allotment. So every so often I turn my attention to the garden. At the moment it is still needing to be cleared of winter debris, leaves, weeds that are starting to grow and cutting back the remains of the dead foliage from last year. There's a lot of moss on the beds too, so I have found it easier to get down on my hands and knees and do some hand weeding. I found a useful hand tool in the shed which is like a claw. I don't know what it is called but it is very useful for scraping the soil and removing moss and surface weeds and debris. At ground level even the moss is beautiful.
Getting down so close makes me see things better. There are lots of ladybirds coming out of hibernation now and many of them are hiding in the stems of the dead flowers I'm cutting back. I move them to a safe place when I find them, and hope they will survive. Many of the spring flowers are quite small so I'm admiring them. Getting down to ground level I can see their beauty.
I had my friend Holly to keep me company, who took over my kneeling mat. I think she thought I had put it there for her, but really it was to help my painful knees.
I picked some flowers to enjoy in the house.
