Tagged “first jobs of the new year”

After the brief interruption, let's get back to the story of how the garden evolved. Last time out, I was talking about how the wildlife was starting to show up and how we'd wrapped up the year. Over that winter, not much had gone on - a quiet family xmas, nobody travelling because of lockdown, and another quiet new year. I'd drunk a lot of rum, but that was just for fun. In the new year, I started a new job as well - my previous employer was still struggling with the travel restrictions, and the pay cut was too much to keep living with, so I sadly had to bid them adieu and move onto newer things. This time, the office was a short hop on the train away, but I still got to work remotely so I had the best of both worlds on that score. I planted out some early bulbs, so it was a case of waiting to see what showed up.

One of the first things to emerge was a small grouping of iris reticulata which we'd selected because of the name - Pauline. My wife's nan was called Pauline, and they're such a gorgeous purple colour that we really couldn't resist. They're just vibrant and full of colour, and they're also gone far too soon like the good lady herself. They're not the only memorial flower in the garden, but more on that side of things will follow in the future so I won't go into more detail just yet.