April has seen some decent weather and it has been nice to work in the churchyard with the sun on your back. After the success of the sweet peas last year we decided to tidy around the frame and put some wood around the bottom to retain more compost therefore hopefully being more resilient to dry weather, the wood used was windfall from around the churchyard therefore giving the natural look we aim for. Elsewhere we have continued clearing between grave slab edges particularly where they are narrow gaps making excellent planting areas for plants tolerant of this type of habitat also they nicely soften the edges and being thymes are excellent for pollinators.
