For the past couple of weeks we have had quite a lot rain which has made not only the plants in the garden shoot up but the weeds as well. The trouble is that while the unsettled weather continues, I can't really get outside to do very much so I have had to leave everything to it's own devices.
The sunflowers now have faces that are as big as dinner plates and I haven't got a clue what to do with so many or how best to ripen them. I can leave them on the plants for the time being but they will have to be cut down by the end of September because they are crowding some of my perennials that will need attention.
The climbing roses were cut back very hard after they flowered in June and this year I had a spectacular display but they have put on at least four feet of growth and most of that has been over the last two weeks! I will still have to prune and shape them by October and then prune again in February next year.
I hope the weather dries up soon so that I can get out there to do some work otherwise I won't need gardening tools but a machete!
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