It's amazing what can be achieved in just a few days with the right direction (thank you Caitlin) and the enthusiasm of dedicated people. The St Barnabas project is moving ahead.

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This morning the strips of meadow grasses were pulled into place and plants slotted into gaps to build up the density of wild flowers. Considering the grasses have been rolled and unrolled several times they look remarkably good and I'm sure with a little rain and time they will start to bounce back in their new home. The project has a few days of downtime while we wait for the new tiles for the pathway to arrive on Tuesday.

In the meantime I'm getting lost in my own garden. Today I planted three verbenas that were surplus to Tatton and to get to the spot where I wanted them (near others that Jane had already planted) I had to start weeding. This led me into an area I hadn't weeded for a month or more and I got lost in time and literally in the garden. Before I knew it two hours had passed.

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The crocosmia and peruvian lilies are my additions to the garden. I've already got an orange <a href="https://www.rhs.org.uk/Plants/Search-Results?s=asc(plant_common_sort)&amp;query=crocosmia&amp;form-mode=false&amp;context=b%253D0%2526hf%253D10%2526l%253Den%2526q%253Dcrocosmia%2526s%253Ddesc%252528plant_merged%252529%2526sl%253Dplants" target="_blank">crocosmia</a> in a pot but it isn't flowering as healthily as the yellow so I might need to split the orange and put it into the garden. More weeding tomorrow...