So we flew off for a week holiday to Cyprus. As it worked out we didn’t have anyone to come in and water my plants so they were left to their own devices and this is what happened.

Down my end of the garden gets lovely and shaded in the afternoons so I put all the potted plants together in the shadiest part and gave them a good old water the night before we left.

I gathered as many plant pot saucers, trays etc as I could find to make sure that they retained as much water as possible for as many days as possible. Also in the hopes that we had some rain whilst I wasn’t here, it had somewhere to collect for them.

I was keeping one eye out for the weather at home and as it turned out, I think apart from a brief shower, there was no rain at all and annoyingly, it would appear our region had a rather nice week while we weren’t here.

That’s not how you want it to go, you want to be out in the sunshine and for everyone at home to be in the cold and rain so that on your return you can be met with the oo’s and ahh’s of how tanned and golden you look!

We arrived home in the early hours of the morning so it was straight to bed but my husband woke before me and came out to hastily water and check out the damage.

So, if you like me, have to leave your plants for a week, although if it’s any longer I can’t promise you come back to the same results but you can rest easy, enjoy your holiday and know that they will be fine until you return.

The Results

Main Garden

The photos I mainly took were of the hydrangeas, who I felt were most probably at risk in a hot week, but look, apart from some crinkly flowers, albeit on a fairly new plant so to be expected. The rest of the garden had faired pretty well.

My End

My end didn’t do too badly at all. Things were a little crunchy if I’m honest, but certainly nothing that could be undone and after a couple of good waters everything is back to normal.

My front garden did not fair so well, but then that is a different story.