Sherbet's garden is happy

Phew !  I am so tired after all of my weeding yesterday.
 But, what a delight to see my lovely, beautiful, fresh, green, scrumptious, aromatic herbs all free and happy away from those naughty weeds that were trying to grow all over them.
 I do so love to have a happy garden !
When my vegetables and flowers are happy they grow much better.
Sometimes I have lots of slugs and too much rain and too many windy days and I just know my garden feels a little less happy when faced with all of those things.  Thank goodness all is calm today in my garden.  Love from Sherbetx

Mango is a very helpful mouse but a little bit naughty

Early this morning, I heard a tiny knock on my door. It was Mango all eager and ready for work. I let him in to my cosy kitchen and I shared my delicious breakfast with him. I must say I have been eating so much of Pearl's scrumptious blackberry jam, that the jar is now more empty than full. After Mango had so very kindly washed up the breakfast dishes, we started work in the garden. It was a lovely, sunny day so I was not worried that Mango would catch cold. I spent all morning weeding and was so pleased to see the garden looking all neat and tidy again. Mango did a really wonderful job of gathering all of the leaves together. He was a little bit naughty though, as when I looked around, I saw him jumping up and down in his pile of leaves and nearly getting lost in them. Mango is becoming rather famous for getting himself lost in leaves but I did manage to pull him out before he disappeared completely!

Sherbet's friends spend a day with him working in the garden

Today I woke up with lots of energy. I just leapt out of bed really early ready to work in my garden. The sun was shining down on Clover Cottage which put a big smile on my face. There was no snow, no rain, no wind, no fog, no mist, no hail, no grey sky, and it was not too cold, so what more could I ask for? I saw a little bit of dew sparkling on my grass and that was all. The birds were chirping happily in my oak tree, the worms were hiding in the soil trying to avoid being eaten for breakfast by the birds, the dragonflies were playing with the frogs in my pond and the hedgehogs were drinking their morning saucer of milk.  All was peaceful and perfect in my garden this morning. Doodle, Pearl and Mango arrived mid morning to help me with my tasks. I  put them all in my wheelbarrow, with my new garden tools and pushed them to my vegetable garden. They love riding in my wheelbarrow. They all felt happy and smiley too and were all ready to put in a hard days work. There were so many tasks to do. Doodle made some wigwam shapes out of bamboo sticks to help support the peas and beans.  Pearl dug the earth and raked it.  Mango picked out all the stones and put them in a pile and picked some vegetables for our evening meal and I cut the grass and did some weeding.

Sherbet is so tired after working in his garden

Oh I am so tired. I spent all morning weeding and planting new seeds in my garden. But how lovely to spend time sitting on my grass with my friends this afternoon. Pearl made daisy chains, Doodle spent his time drawing the frogs on the pond and Mango went to sleep under the oak tree. I just sat happily watching the birds in the sky and feeling the sun on my face, it reminded me of being on holiday again with my old friend Sheila Sheep. I miss her and wish she could be here now to enjoy this time with us. I am very grateful to have such good friends in my life .

Sherbet buys new salad seeds for his garden

It is nearly the weekend again. Today I will buy some new salad seeds from the garden shop and tomorrow I will plant some. I have lots of weeding to do too and then in the afternoon I will ask my dear friends to come to my garden to sit on the grass with me. How lovely to spend some quiet relaxing time with my best friends.