Station Road Garden for Mark Tester

These pictures were taken for Mark Tester to see the state of the garden at Station Road and to comment.

Mark, any identification would be good!

First, the silver birch which seems to be in good fettle

A look down the garden from beside the pond 

At ground level across from the shed door - ground elder I presume:

Around the boll of the right hand apple tree. Does the darker green foliage indicate another species?:

Between the shed and the eucalyptus, lots of cow parsley:

Close to the base of the eucalyptus:

Brambles in the fruit cage:

Beyond the fence.  Is this more ground elder or another weed?:

 

Stems of the above weed which I strimmed :

  

Saplings under the walnut coming into flower (elderflower?):

Around the children's playhouse:

 Flowers on the weeds beyond the fence:

Towards the field:

 

 From the field looking back:

Around the walnut:

Could this be the remains of something cultivated? Beyond the apple trees on the right:

Two of the three shrubs which were  cut right back in early March are showing a lot of healthy growth. The third (directly behind the pond ) is not yet sprouting

The vine is producing lots of shoots and I am training some of them onto the wires:

Sadly the greenhouse is not recovering!

The herb bed is showing lots of fennel and oregano(?)  We have planted parsley and dug up lots of mint which is plenteous elsewhere!