Aches and pains, but it was worth it!

 I do have a lot of pots of spring bulbs,  but having seen Monty's  on Gardener's  World, and all his ready planted,  I wanted more! So a few evening ago with nothing of interest on TV, I looked for some bulbs I fancied.. 

I know some people don't like Grape Hyacinths but I love them and these white ones are so pretty..

I fancied these yellow crocus in my shallow bowl shaped pot..we have an assortment of colours planted in our front lawn, but they've all come up purple!

And who could resist these pale bell shaped narcissi, called 'White Petticoat Daffodils,' and so pretty and delicate/

Yesterday the sun shone, so after lunch we togged up to garden with the bulbs to plant first. As we stepped out of our French doors there was a light 'miserling' of rain! It's not heavy we thought. so we carried on. We work together rather than we do different tasks, because we get more done that way. The bulbs were done in no time and all topped with grit..

We cut down the single dahlias stalks and top dressed with spent tomato compost. I pruned the grape vine; we had the last bunches a few weeks ago. We had left 2 more bunches, as they get sweeter, but for the first time ever a big bird (magpie?) had eaten them! And then Dh cut down spent plants in the flower bed parallel to the bungalow wall and we were done...  but we were a bit soggy and my aches and pains were awful. I won't do that again. The other two flower beds will be done on a dry day!

The white patio is a bit muddy but a good rainfall or a couple of buckets of water will sort it! But we're very happy we've made a start to get our garden winter ready.

Chrisxx