Hard Labour

Now in it's third year this Primula halleri is the last survivor of a batch of seedlings raised in 2016.  In the small trough, under the eaves, three rosettes have come through the winter.  In a more exposed trough and in pots in the greenhouse I have lost them.   I do however have a pot of tiny seedlings raised from seed I collected off the plants last year :-)  It's a plant I have only seen once in the wild, high in the mountains near Saas Fee, flowering in late June.

Today was D day - Delivery day.  Three tonnes of sand and grit for various garden uses. One extra pic shows the delivery driver skilfully depositing the first bag on the drive, another shows the smart new path between two raised beds.  That used three barrow loads .... leaving roughly another thirty barrow loads to shift!  I'm sure tonnes have got bigger since I last had one delivered, about twenty years ago.  Never had to move three tonnes before but by dusk it was done, now stored at the end of the garden.  

For light relief Jamie and I visited Grandma in hospital this afternoon where Jamie also had an orthotics appointment.  The docs have now identified what Grandma has been troubled by and are arranging suitable care.  For various reasons we've been regulars at the N&N lately, next week will be similar :-/