<a href="http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/pigletaug16.jpg"><img class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-3787" src="http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/pigletaug16-300x225.jpg" alt="piglet(aug16)" width="300" height="225" /></a>Piglet has been officially named... She, yes it's a she because I don't have enough (any) women in my life, has been busy from 6am to 6pm every day keeping the lawn mown. She continues to fascinate visitors especially when she decides it's time for a recharge and she heads for the base station. I do need to change her blades at the end of the month but other than that she hasn't required any attention.

<a href="http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/Weeding-bigtimeaug16.jpg"><img class="alignright size-medium wp-image-3786" src="http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/Weeding-bigtimeaug16-300x225.jpg" alt="Weeding-bigtime(aug16)" width="300" height="225" /></a>Unfortunately the same cannot be said for the rest of the garden. I've removed all the foxgloves which are very prolific under the trees during the late spring and early summer however once they've finished flowering and reseeded it was time to remove them. The heap of greenery in front of the tree is just a small collection. Another plant that likes the shade of the trees is the Hypericum - it has spread far and wide so I need to bring them together in areas that are short of greenery.

I seem to have rescued the rhododendrons. I've fed them with liquid ericaceous and there are signs of improvement. I just need to be consistent in my watering and feeding.