<a href="http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/rhododendron-moveJun20.jpg"><img class="alignright size-medium wp-image-6306" src="http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/rhododendron-moveJun20-300x225.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="225" /></a>After removing the dead shrub from the tree lined walk I decided to replace it with a Rhododendron that I'd been nurturing in a pot on the patio.

There was quite a crater left from the extensive roots of the previous plant but when I pulled the rhododendron out of its pot I was surprised at its relatively small root system. With the prospect of several days of rain I hope I won't have to carry watering cans to it.

<a href="http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/geraniumsjun20.jpg"><img class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-6307" src="http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/geraniumsjun20-300x225.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="225" /></a>At my weekly Tesco shop I noticed trays of geraniums,  six for £3 which is a lot cheaper than the ones I bought online last year. I bought two trays.

When I got them home I found a large blue pot, wheeled it around to the front and threw a bag of potting compost into it. I planted out ten geraniums so that there would be plenty of flowers showing at the front. I put the two leftover into the raised bed by the back door. I'm still waiting for my begonia tubers to burst into life but there's very little sign of them so far.

<a href="http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/frames-of-honeyjun20.jpg"><img class="alignright size-medium wp-image-6308" src="http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/frames-of-honeyjun20-300x225.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="225" /></a>I still haven't inspected my hive for the new queen yet however I have removed six honey frames in readiness of extracting the honey.

It's my intention to write a post on this as soon as I've got the honey into a jar with, of course photos, provided my hands don't get covered in sticky honey which means I cannot use my phone camera. I have started to design the label which is a challenge in itself because it is a long while since I used MS Publisher for designing labels. More on this another time.