Spring Colour at The Haven

Lovely colours ...
... you are certainly transforming The Haven :o)

Good work David, The daffs are beautiful, i remember you planting them along the bank....I love the water feature....

Hi David, what beautifully presented pics. The borders set your lovely photos off perfectly. I love the stream area and those tulips look wonderful - and this from someone who is not really a fan of them! Now I'm converted :o) You've been very inventive with the water feature which is looking really good.

"I DON'T BELIEVE IT!!!!" as a certain Mr Mildew (sorry, meant Meldrew) would have said. Had just pressed the "publish" tab on my blog when the 'phone rang. Have had to listen to both M'lady and Squire telling me that they decided to move the water feature a few inches - and have punctured the pondliner!!! Have just ordered a repair kit online for delivery Tuesday. With the pond water level already down more than 1ft, it should, hopefully, be empty and dry for my next visit on Wednesday or Thursday.

With "transformation" comes a, sometimes, over-eager enthusiasm on the part of a garden's owner(s), Tt. I shall have to show you what they did to my natural-looking "Hostalry/Fernery", lol!! Seriously, though, am glad to see them taking such an active interest in their own garden areas, at last, and it is theirs, after all. :-))

Secretly (haha!), I have fallen in love with this water feature, Motinot, and, given its location, with all that moss around, am sure that it will weather quickly, and beautifully. :-))

Maybe the Dolphin would benefit from being fed a little yoghurt ... good for the complexion...

So, it seems you put the water feature a few inches away from the optimum position .... you won't do that again in a hurry...

Yes, good that the owners are involved so actively in the development of The Haven...

Can't wait to see the Fernery update ... is it turning into a Stumpery ? ;o)

I hope the puncture repair kit is of the type designed for ponds... and not for bicycles....

Am already thinking of the yoghurt treatment, Tt, LOL! Would rather have some lichen covering than thick moss. Yes, how could I have been so remiss as to think that they would not change their minds re the EXACT position, haha!!! Yes, the repair kit is for a "water wheels" situation, rather than the Tour de France! Not even a stumpery! Orderly transplanting of the ferns, hostas, et al, with a lovely bark chip path, all neatly edged with log-roll!!!!?????***** Would look much better, now in their front garden, methinks! Glad they don't read this stuff - LOL!!! :-))

Have found some benefits from Picasa and Picnik, Lily, so sometimes use them now to "improve" pics. Not really a fan of tulips, myself, to be honest, but these came up trumps! :-))

Ooooh.. Log Roll with chips ... tasty ... ;o)

Oh David, Be honest now, I DON`T BELIEVE IT!!!!!, anyone would think it was their garden, lol.
Seriously though I bet they were upset, I think its a chinese/dragon type fish and I do like it, shame you have to do all that work again.
You already know I love that stream walk, its coming on so well, I have some of your choices here in my garden they are lovely, M`Lord and M`Lady are lucky to have you, saying that you have The Haven to share so I guess it goes both ways.
Fantastic photo`s, good luck with the liner replacement and already looking forward to next blog..
Hope the young`un`s are ok......

Ooh, we have gone all posh with our photo presentation today, David! It's wonderful really, just jesting with you. Those Primulas have flowered for how long? Months and months methinks! Just love that stream embankment and could happily meander alongside the water. I don't understand why the water feature is titled 'Dolphin' at all and certainly wouldn't want to swim with that type of Dolphin ... lol! You have done a great job in installing it ... : o ))

David - your 'M'lady and Squire' are really lucky to have you - you are very tolerant ...

Love the stream bank plantings - can you imagine how profuse they will be in a couple of years!! Do you plan to plant other woodland flowers like bluebells and primroses? things I remember seeing on woodland walks as a child

Lovely update David. I wanted to LOL when I saw that dolphin? I can just hear it saying "Got you Davie me lad. I'm not quite in the right spot." It has a wicked twinkle in its eye. How is the allotment coming on?

glad your back missed reading your blogs,lovely flowers,love tulips and the daffs look great on the river bank

certainly has worked .................. i love the fish ,serpent ........thingy lol , love the way u dun ur pics david ................. colours are lovely ;0))))
colarges are fab !!!

David....everything is looking wonderful....your bulbs did you proud :)

I hope you can successfully repair the pond liner...just a bit too much tinkering by the owners...you are very patient with their reorganization skills(?)...ferns and hostas with the path sounds a bit "formal"...alas they do appreciate your hard work.

Your photos are lovely, framed as they are.

Nice to see you back David.....Lovely photos......

David,

All your photos look magnificent!

I love them!

(Too busy) Hilda

so nicely put together david, lovely pics of the haven :o)

everything looks so nice

Many thanks for all your lovely comments on the plants, the water feature and the framed pics. Don't know where the past week has gone, but am pleased to report back that the pool was sorted out once again, today. It was far easier, and less expensive, too, to buy a whole new liner, and starting again. The pool now has 3 layers of lining, the "dolphin" was positioned (never to be moved again, lol!) before any water went in. At last, I can look out for lilies, etc, and move on to the next "part", an adjacent decked area.

I don't think that they will "interfere" to such an extent again, lincslass and, Many Thanks, my "crew" members are hale 'n' 'earty! :-))

Have kept deadheading the Primulas, Shirley, to help keep them blooming. Hoping, once again, to get a second flowering in late summer. These flowers I leave to go to seed, hoping that they will disperse and produce new plants. :-))

I did plant some plantlets of primroses along the stream banking, Cate. There are also some oversized clumps of Bluebells around the garden which, after flowering, I will divide up, transplanting some down there. :-))

"Squire" has put a bit of a spoke in our wheel with regard to the allotment area, Scotsgran, raising some concerns of his own. It seems daft not to see them growing their own, as they are vegetarians, and hope to be able to sort out some arrangement. :-))

Your experience with the fish tank sounds awful, Homebird, and one that you clearly won't forget! :-((

I do not doubt that you are being kept too busy, Hilda, and will be for some time to come. You will be enjoying it all, however, of that I have no doubts. :-))

Once again, Thank You all, I do appreciate the "feedback". As I have a full "day off" to myself on Sunday, and with Squire and M'lady off for a long weekend away, am planning to be at The Haven all day, doing whatever I feel like tackling, so will report back after then.

We are enjoying a long weekend, it's the official "opening" weekend and Victoria's birthday...happy 24th of May, David!
I wondered how the "dolphin" would fit with the rest...but you are right, it does look like it will meld into the oriental ambiance, especially when it "weathers" a little...some nice moss perhaps?
Well here it is, Sunday...hope you're enjoying yourself. the bulbs look wonderful and you've framed the pics of the flowers ...nice software! Will check back to see what you got up to today!