The fence between my neighbours and me is being replaced as Storm Malik had rocked the old one so much the posts were snapping. There was a strange moment this afternoon when it was possible to see across four gardens in a row. I will have to do a lot of reconstruction of the garden in the coming weeks.

Feeling rather down, I decided to go to the local garden centre and have an expensive walk round. I bought two different looking sarracenias as house plants, more thyme to replace those at the centre of the Magic Garden, a couple of bergamot plants & a little lavender, a pair of white-blue lupins and a clearance pot of three different heuchera somewhat in need of care.

The thymes are a mixture of different ones Thyme ‘Doone Valley’, ‘Silver Queen’, ‘Lemon variegated’ & ‘Common’

I look forward to the Thyme zone being at its best again later this year.