The fairies and the fishes
I have been busy planning for my trip overseas, making the garden as maintenance free as possible. At first I thought I would take the fish and plants out of the pond, but in actual fact it seems more work. The main things that takes up my time, is removing leaves that have fallen in the pond, and dealing with too much rain which causes a lot of slime to grow. I have rigged the umbrella to be a little higher and hopefully it stays in place all the time. I took out most of the fish to give to my stepson, but then noticed lots of little ones growing, so I obviously didn't remove them all! lol! We had a huge amount of rain and wind lately, and my arch came crashing down, so that area has had to be re-configured. I have moved most of my orchids there, and they get a little more filtered light than they did on the fence.. A facebook group called orchid growing for dummies has been very helpful, so hopefully I get a few more flowers. One of the orchids I have found hard to