22nd November - 16th December

Hello again, I've been doing allsorts since I last posted on here.

I've had to cover the tulips I'd planted earlier, in the Italian Shelter for an earlier assessment, with wire as the squirrels had dug some of them up.

I've also had the chance to do topiary hedgecutting which I really enjoyed, makes a change from keeping everything straightedged - still need more practise at it though!

I've been reading up a lot on Health and Safety and have been learning about the lock-up procedure too. Also, I've been researching into my project area and possible plants/colours/designs that might work.

I've taken some root cuttings and will be doing further work on this subject area; it'll be really interesting to see if the larger cuttings take better than the smaller ones.

I've done some more division but using a spade this time on some alchemilla mollis in Mrs Winthrop's.

I helped cover the mirror pool with bubble wrap to help protect against the frost. I then covered all of Mrs Winthrop's too, which took me most of the day!

I have also done my wheelbarrow maintainance assessment which I'm currently writing up now.

That's the main things I've been up to but what I shall try and do after Christmas is post weekly to make things more detailed and not missing anything I've forgot!

Thanks for reading. x