I have to own to being very tired & seem to have spent a lot of time in the Magic Garden this afternoon with not that much to show for it. I have put together a plastic house for the tomatoes that I will be slightly surprised if it survives more than a day or two. My three tomato plants are too wee to put outside yet and we are apparently in for a cold May so it may be sometime before I do put them out.

I was delighted to see a peacock butterfly emerging from the ivy that I had rescued & re-pinned to the fence between the neighbours and me. These flamboyant butterflies may be officially common but I rarely see them in the Magic Garden.

I sowed carrots into a trough today and have covered them with a plastic lid.

I shredded a pile of cardboard & stirred it into the mix in the hotline together with some more vegetative matter. I drained some fluid off it and added it to the watering can so I could feed the apples. I was pleased to see a bee go from apple tree to apple tree - hopefully this will help the apple crop along.

The Magic Garden is looking lush and green now with bits of colour scattered through. Ben has various places where he sits but always where he can see out.