It's been a couple of weeks since Chris rounded up all our Hostas, divided them (and brought 3 of his own) and planted up a dedicated Hosta bed. What happened on Saturday? I spotted a couple more that had popped up in the Woodland Border. I bought one from the Spring Garden Show and had popped that one in. Yet another was awaiting planting with 4 bags of bark chip all bought using nectar points at Homebase. The trouble began when Chris spotted Bindweed roots whilst digging a planting hole for the very last one - the Homebase Hosta. That meant he lifting out 8 more of the newly planted ones and then digging a massive hole 2 feet deep (and about 8 miles across!) to access and remove all the Bindweed roots. The lovely settled bed looked like a bomb crater with Hostas scattered around! Chaos! Eventually after ages of careful digging and sifting, we removed half a bucket of healthy, stealthy Bindweed roots and then couldn't remember where all the removed Hostas had been planted in the first place! All had to be laid out again (sigh!) along with the 2 new ones, replanted and then the bark chip carefully mulched around each plant. If I see any trace of Bindweed in the Hostas this summer, you may hear screams! As for slugs..........!
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