After completing work on the drive I still had a few minutes to fill until break time so I went in to the churchyard which is next to the drive and cleared some more Ivy from the graves. I did some clearing before Christmas when I had a bit of time to spare but there is still quite a lot to do. While the church is connected to the estate and village it's not within my jurisdiction for maintenance as they pay someone else to look after it and really I have enough to do but I can't stand to see the Ivy and other plants slowly taking over from the edges. So, it's time to take a stand and fight back and as no one else seems bothered it looks like being me and the head gardener.
The two grave stones in the picture below were completely covered in Ivy before I cleared them a few weeks back and it's such a shame, especially as the one in the shape of a cross is quite the work of art. I will try and get a better picture of it some time. Yesterday I just had time to clear around the base of it, next time I will clear around the one behind.
4 comments:
Miniature daffodils are lovely! Most of my daffodils are miniature; love them.
Have a good week; I hope the weather is cooperative!
I've not been feeling the best this past couple of weeks. I seem to have picked up a cold or something from somewhere. I keep trying to press on with things but when I do I end up going back to square one so I'm trying to take things a bit easier.
I,d be tempted to sprinkle pretty little Erigeron seeds around the graves ...so much nicer than Ivy ! :) I can see Snowdrops there too ! So pretty !
I agree Debs, anything would be better than that Ivy. I'm hoping that now I've done the hard work the churchyard man will make an effort and keep the Ivy under control. I am tempted to put a plant or two on the graves themselves as they are now clear of Ivy but I'm not sure how I stand with that as they aren't really anything to do with me.
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