Last days of summer...
It's been a while since I've posted on here, and it's not because I'm short of things to say - far from it. Luckily, it's been because I've been incredibly busy. This is my second summer gardening for a living, and boy has it been a full-on one! My diary has been jam packed. I've packed out borders, shifted weeds, built raised beds, prepped gardens for parties, done container displays for people selling their homes, got to know whole families, created bonds with clients, shared laughs and Wordle scores with clients, drunk a LOT of water. When the UK heatwave hit, I took 2 days off because as much as I love my job, gardening in 40 degree heat is not wise. I worked my jobs around the high tides where I live in coastal Essex so I could cool off in the sea. I've taken my time over jobs some days, and whipped round in a flash on others depending on the heat and the humidity. My own garden has had successes and failures: sweet peas, alstromerias and leucanth...