Where For Art Thou, Rain?

Can you remember the last time it rained?  It's supposed to be April, but there have been no showers to speak of.  Don't get me wrong, I love the warming sunrays after that bitter spell, but my beloved garden is being very demanding of me.  I have filled my borders with a lot of new perienials, seeds, veggies etc over the past month and because they need more watering than established plants, my waterbutt has run dry.  There's not even anymore water in the birdie rain measurer :o(

However there is something rewarding about watering the garden with your own fair hands.  The pansies seem to look up and smile at me more, the lettuces seem to grow fatter and the sweet peas reach for the sky seemingly on tippytoes.  Heartwarming stuff.

Speaking of sweetpeas - Sarah Raven, on last night's Gardener's World, said that I should snip off the tops.  Quite nervous about this suggestion.  What if the retailer has already done this? (ordered as seedlings from Crocus.co.uk).  I think I'll leave them be as they seem to be doing well.

My favourite flowers at the moment are the Primulas, particularly Primula denticulata ("Drumstick") and Primula Veris ("Cowslip"). There's just something so elegant yet characterful about them, don't you think?

So my plea to Mother Nature is for a few little droplets of rain.  I hope she can squeeze some out for us...although I'd like her to wait 'til the weekend is over as I'm just about to go to the races for a picnic!

xoxo

Comments

[Victoria May Plum]

Hi louise,
I've had so much trouble trying to leave a comment on your blog, the computer crashes everytime I go near your comments box! Well anyway, today I have managed it, so Congratulations on your engagement!! How wonderful, you must be thrilled.

Your garden looks lovely, we have just put up a few sweetpea wigwams as well (I planted so many seeds, that we now have a forest of sweetpeas, which is no bad thing!).

Thankyou so much for making yourself known at my blog, hope to see you again soon
Victoria x

[sarah]

Where fore art thou Louise?!