Week 7

I'm back from New Zealand. It's raining and cold here- pretty much every day. So I have a lot of anxiety and depression.
I had to cut the leptospermum almost all the way- this is the one we made new holes in the bottom, and cut off the root going into the ground. I took out the osteospermum too.
I hope the rose doesn't do that. The roses are really dormant now, though. The Jasmine has lots of buds.
I went out in the rain and fixed the big water line that feeds into the barell (there is a lot there that needs to be pruned (in good weather) Then I got the barrells to work together. I'll save up a lot of water this week. Maybe there won't be rationing after all.
I spent three or 4 hours in the back weeding and pulling out the japanese anenome that had escaped. I hadn't done it before and there was a lot of it. And it was hard to tell the difference between that and the astrantia and the delphinium, and the coral bells. I hope I got it right. The middle bed looks ready to put new things into. I did some of the bed near the fence too.
the daffodils are coming up and the lilies too.
The cyclamen pot in the front has standing water. I think the granite gravel in the bottom get packed too tight and is like concrete. I can'twon't do that again.
For arrangements, I picked a pink verbascum, pink lenten rose, a few white clematis armondii, some hardenbergia, and a few lady Banks roses.
I killed a few snails while weeding. I'd kill more, but it's raining.
There is still a lot to remove. I've spent a lot of time with Annie's catalog, and need to do more. my plant budget, and water is slashed this year. So I'll order and have them come by mail, and won't be temped by going there.