I had the day off today to hopefully fix the pond once and for all. I now have proper glue that even says “pond” on it. I peeled the patch and tape off quite easily and dried it all off and fished out what stones and mud I could from the folds. I used the sealant-like glue to cover all the pecked holes I could find and then put glue on the patch and put it back into place. I’ve tried to cover any holes that would let water under the patch. I also used the glue to reduce the flapping of some of the puffy parts of the liner. I’ll refill the pond next week.

I’ve rearranged some of the rock in order to bring the corner stone back up. It’s sunk so much over time from my stepping on it, but now has some better support from farm rock. It does mean that my little stone pile by the trellis is no more though.

There was one small molehill in path and one outside by the fence/pond. I really hope the damn thing doesn’t damage the pond from underneath. The beach damage has been hard enough to deal with.

There’s more blight on the tomatoes and the Red Alerts are about done now. There’s so much fruit still on the Romas, but I’m afraid that we’re not going to get much more from them.

I picked all the pears from the tree. They’re quite covered in scab.

I cut down more borage. I’m gradually clearing a bit of a view from the gate. It’s certainly been proof that something tall in the front bed is a pain for my view of the plot.

I finally did the deadheading after weeks of it needing to be done. At least the cosmos didn’t need to be done!

The front bed is quite a mess and will need a lot of pre-winter preparation. I need to find more logs this autumn/winter that I can use to hold back the long grass from the car park. I can’t do much about tearing it up when the bed is full of plants. The logs / barrier needs to be about a foot tall. The good news in the bed is that the callicarpa now has purple berries. It’s not the healthiest looking shrub, so it might need some TLC.