After a week away and other activities the garden has been somewhat neglected and so I've commenced a weeding onslaught which will probably take at least a week to complete. There's so much to do it's difficult to know where to start but I've started...

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The before and after along the woodland path. It took two hours and I'm only halfway along the path so more to do here...

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In amongst the weeds there is still a good display of flowers...

<a href="http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/garden7may15.jpg"><img class="alignright wp-image-4396" src="http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/garden7may15-300x225.jpg" alt="" width="255" height="191" /></a>Not everything in the garden is blooming. The Rhododendrons amongst the trees struggle to get going and one of them died last year so I've decided to take one out and put it into a pot where I can give it special attention.

There is new growth therefore I live in hope that it will revive.

<a href="http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/great-spotted-woodpecker-1.jpg"><img class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-4405" src="http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/great-spotted-woodpecker-1-225x300.jpg" alt="" width="225" height="300" /></a>And finally I had a colourful visitor the other afternoon in the shape of a Great Spotted Woodpecker. He was busily rooting out grubs from a rotting stump. I had every intention of cutting this stump out so I'm glad I haven't if it attracts this chap back.

The garden is full of birds at the moment but when they start singing at 04:30 and wake me up I sometimes wish they would sleep in some mornings.