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I was ok until I got poly myalgia rheumatica Karen and everything is an effort now.
But we carry on, don't we!

Thanks Shirley. I was ok until I had the covid jab.
I thought I was over it, but still ill.
Not sure if I will have it again. Because I am on withdrawels for coming off the steroids ,I have a weak immune system.
I didn't realise that was Lady Boothby in your photo.
I am stuck in bed so hope it will survive. It is in the raised bed so should be ok.

Hi Janey, I shall now leave the Fuchsias as they are, no watering or pruning until the early Spring. It worked last year ... :o)

Hahaha, Janey, thanks.

You still have some lovely plants flowering Shirley. My white Hebe too has flowered again if a bit sparsely.
I have two potted fuchsias in the greenhouse which need attention. Do you think I should put them under the bench and prune them? Or would you leave the pruning till spring?
It's a bright morning here, only 1° but at least the snow has gone..:))

They are pretty Shirley and painted inside too. It is a strange makers name, but yours certainly aren't a disaster!

Hahaha Karen ... you're in the deep South now!

David, I think it would be best to take cuttings in Spring/early Summer as it's too cold right now.

Lindak, purely ornamental for me, so I shan't be putting anything in them!

Julia, they are made by a company in East Sussex called Secret Garden (House of Disaster), strange name but lovely items. www.houseofdisaster.com

Karen, I remember you having lots of jugs in Scotland. I used to collect bells, all shapes and sizes, but gradually gave them away and have none at all now.

Very useful for wooden spoons, flowers or contain liquids to pour.

Glad your snow is melting Ange.
Rose it is very cold....furry hat and scarf weather....and don't forget the gloves and boots with a nice thick warm coat....
Hi Karen, as long as we don't start seeing penguins and polar bears on the horizon with climate change....although one never knows how the planet is going to change with the weather.....

Hi Sheila, This part of the country had quite a bit of snow. Still around this morning although it did melt a bit yesterday.
Hi Shirley, yes the temperatures are dropping now and we saw youngsters going to the fields with their sledges yesterday.
Hope you're keeping safe Ange. We may get a few snow showers again today.
Hi Rose, I'm certainly wrapping up warm, especially when I go outside....-1 here at the moment.
Hi Balcony, Yes, keep warm, and this time of the year I keep a few extras in case we can't get the car up and down the hill....

Those are gorgeous Shirley..do you know the make?

Lovely plant, Shirley!

Our local council gardeners planted a lot of these on a traffic island - both 'Hot Lips' & 'Amethyst'. They are still flowering well but I suppose it's far too late in the year to take cuttings from them, isn't it?

I can't like it either - it's far too cold for my liking! I'm like Hywel, nice to see but from inside a nice warm room!

So lovely! I have a thing for jugs too Shirley! I gave most of mine to Charity when we moved though. It’s hard to resist buying more. I don’t know why it is!

I like to see snow..in December and January. How very dare it appear in mid November! This is Autumn don’t you know! lol you wait…it won’t snow again now until Spring! lol!

Wow Shirley! How lovely to see the bulbs popping up already! I have yet to see any, but I’ll need to keep an eye out for them!

Thanks Shirley. Isn’t it suddenly so cold? Brr!

Thanks FF I do love yarn work. I am crocheting a bedspread for Niamh and used one all to do the poncho and a little one for dolly (Christmas present).

Rose, isn’t it funny the way Men get attached to a patch of grass?! Weird! I’m afraid I’ve lost a lot of my fitness, and I’m certain that it is due in large part to creating the last garden. The other large part is menopause of course. I’m glad the garden is so easy now.

Well look at that! Just beautiful Sheila and crazy being in bloom now. I too have never been able to grow them, so it sure loves you and your garden..😁

Thanks Ange, thriving on neglect at the moment!

Rose, there is a photo of my Lady Boothby in this blog, and I'm amazed to see both of them are still flowering away. Mind you, that could all change before Saturday if it stays so cold.

One of the guests at our daughter's recent wedding had Bronchitis, he didn't know it at the time, but I just think I'm more susceptible to germs these days!

I do hope you feel better very soon, take care.

Thanks Josie, yes it really has been a cold day, brrr!

Thanks Rose, they're not the sort of thing I would normally choose but for some reason I love them too!

'Cosmic Dancer', 'Sri Lanka' and 'Safari' are also in bloom.

I've done 100s now online! You move them around with your mouse pointer, just click to drop the piece into the place it you think it goes. If it is correct it clicks into place but if it is wrong you pick it up again & move it outside the puzzle. I use 'MS Jigsaw'. It can only be used on computers that run Windows 10 or 11.

I did, Janey! 👍But the visits were so short I could have spent many more hours there!

Thanks for the info, Andy! 👍

Definitely stunning!

I have just caught a cough and cold from my daughter Rachel who had come round to look after me after I had the covid vaccination and was really ill and sick.
So I got over that and got the cold instead!
Well done you getting out in your garden and doing so much.
You still have lots of plants in flower too.
I do miss my big greenhouse to overwinter plants in.
I only have a 6 foot by 2 foot wall one now and have to bend my head to put anything in it.
My fuschia Lady Boothby is still flowering! Is yours?
No snow here at the moment and must get out in the morning to fill my bird feeders up.
Now you have finished outdoors, you can sit in a lovely warm room knowing what you have acheived.

I do love the " Red Lights" Karen and they are going to look great when they get established.
You made me smile when you said " don't tell OH "
When we lived In Willow Cottage with a lot of land, I often used to widen the borders and 6 foot deep borders soon became 12 foot ones.
I always did this when Rick was watching his sport.
He used to love all the lawns, but I did get away with it when he saw the finished borders.
I was so fit then!
I love your crocheting, but I wouldn't have the patience.

No snow here at the moment! Everything crossed!
Stay in and keep warm!

I like the photo Linda but only from inside my warm house!
It makes me feel cold! lol

I love them Shirley!

Lovely photos Karen. So many colourful shrubs. I do admire your crocheting talent too.

Lovely blog. Your Salvia HotLips is thriving well in that corner & I love your Hebes too. It’s very satisfying getting it all nice & tidy. Lots of colour still but it’s gone cold today.
Good idea to stay in & do jigsaws etc👍

I’ve never done one on line. I can’t think how you find the pieces before you slide them into position. I think it would drive me mad! I guess they don’t get lost though.

Ty, Angelat.

Catching the news at lunchtime, your area really caught it, Linda. We've had a good covering but turning to slush now.

Still sleeting/snowing here in the afternoon. Feels like winter!

I have one on my kitchen windowsill. It's not altogether happy there either, although I hoped it would have enough humidity. It may find a new home on the compost heap in the spring, although I love the leaves on it.. One of my favourite houseplants when you can keep it happy!

Karen, I had two Coprosma 'Pacific Sunset' but the one planted in the ground died off, whereas the other, in a pot in the South facing front garden is still thriving, on neglect methinks!

Your Blue Arrow Junipers look perfectly positioned there and do take care of your five new plants in these cold temperatures.

Interesting shades on it.

That's a beauty!

I have 'Amethyst Lips' which is equally hardy. Yours obviously grows well, Shirley.

Thanks, both.

Thanks for the info., Delonix. Useful to note.

I'm late to this blog Karen, felt unwell for ten days or so after Sarah's wedding, cough and cold with backache of all things. Anyway, all ok now so I'm catching up on GoY.

Goodness, you have a lot of colour still in your lovely garden and I do hope these bitterly cold temperatures don't spoil much for you. It is set to be back up to 13 or 14 degrees on Saturday, hooray!.

Yesterday I spotted foliage of Daffodils popping through, also a couple of Crocus, madness really even the vine still has some Grapes hanging on in there.