BAMBOOZLED

I am now paying for a serious mistake I made in the garden.  I planted some bamboo and have found that the rhizomes (roots) spread out into places I did not think possible!  To that end I am now trying to dig out everything. I reckon that I must get it all out as it appears to sprout new growth even deep in the soil where a bit of the rhizome is buried but where no leafy end at the surface.

As Captain Oates of the Antarctic said to Captain Scott when leaving his tent heading out into the night "I may be some time."

I think a section of the low wall has got to come down and then I will simply need to leave it for a year or so and watch for any re-growth.  The good news is that it is the very back of the garden and it also has meant that I have done some 'tidying' of the plants in that area, i.e. taken them out and the space it as made makes moving around the garden a lot easier.

And here are a couple more shots of the garden which has given us a full week of pleasure in the present heat wave engulfing the UK.

Late afternoon sun on the sweet peas

Full moon coming up at dusk, about 9 pm.