Slowly getting the garden back into order. I'm revamping the vegetable garden, rearranging the beds and fertilizing and digging them. It used to look really nice a few years ago, but encroaching apricot and fig trees have taken the sun away, so these will have to be cut back if things are to be productive again. The whole garden is now much shadier, which leads to fewer blooms and fruit. I'm planting some tulips in pots so that they can be moved to where the sun is.

Now I'm 24 years older than when I moved in, I find gardening more difficult and tiring now. My back starts to ache, my legs feel weak and I just want to go inside and lie down!