Dying of the heat on the West Coast

Great blog Doon - spotted it at the top of the list!! Sounds like you're having a tough summer but your garden is looking fantastic. Such a lovely spot and such a fantastic view. Love your little chequerboard garden space - very nice. Over here it's winter and there's great sunshine every day. It's such a mild winter that I wish it would just go on forever, and we could skip the horrible summer that we always have. Hope it cools down for you soon.

Lovely garden and flower pictures Doon and your 'cement garden' ...... i just love it :)))
Bernie gave it a good title your 'chequerboard' garden ..... brilliant and lovely !

I'd like a bit of your summer by the way !

How lucky are you? :~))))) That is a fab location and a very pretty garden. I can tell you appreciate it and love it. We have had loads of rain for weeks now but before that we were crying out for it. Never happy are we? lol

Yes U R right, we R always complaining, especially in Northern Climes, but then what else can we complain about.
Thx 4 the lovely comments, yup,Louise, that is exactly what we call it our checkerboard garden. Bernie we hitched hiked through Aussies E. coast when we were young & remembered the lovely Winter weather u guess enjoyed.
Hi Grannysue, I wish we can have a bit of your rain here, but none in sight. It is a lovely spot & my garden is lovely, do not know how I can ever stop gardening, loving it.
So thanks a bunch 4 lovely comments.

How come I can not find my blog under "BLOGS" even check the dates, they seem to disappear into thin air???Am I to infrequent in using the site???what do I do wrong?

I've never bothered to check where my blogs come in! I've written 20 with today's! Loved your blog, BTW! It's so good to read about how other people get on with their gardens in other countries & climes! One of the best features of GoY! Another is getting to know so many people who like to garden & take photos of their gardens. :)

You are very lucky to have such beautiful views, we've got a row of houses for our view! Mind you I would rather see them from ground level than see the "sea" of roofs that the neighbours in the flats above us have! I helped a guy on the fifth floor put some blinds up in his kitchen window &, although you can see for miles, the most impacting view was the "sea" of rooftops across the street! Row after row of grey rooftops looking like waves coming in from the sea!

I liked your checker board garden. When I saw the picture I wondered if perhaps you grew low ground covering herbs in the squares & as I read on I saw that you do!

I love the photos of the flowers & if you want to save some sunflower seeds for next year just cover one of the heads as soon as you see the birds starting to tuck into them.

Doon - to check on all recent blogs this is what I do:

Go to the section 'Members blogging', scroll down to where it says 'more gardening blogs'. When you get to that page, look on the right hand side - there's 'News about Grows on You', then 'Popular topics' and under that is 'Latest Blogs'.

Scroll down a little bit and you will see 'See all the latest blogs'. This gets you to a page where all the blogs are listed in the order they were posted. I find this is the easiest way to catch up on all blogs - they disappear too quickly off the members page!!

Hi Balcony, Thanks, I agree, all the different regions & countries to read about & see what we all do in our gardens is so interesting. I was so surprized to see UK. is a zone 8-9. Yes we R lucky to have this lovely view, e.g. this morning was a glorious, glorious sunrise, it makes u so happy to be alive & well. My checkerboard garden's only mistake was the "common"? thyme I grew, it grows to high. The woolly thyme, Scottish & Irish mosses, are more successful. Thanks for the tip on sunflower seeds, so I just put a bag over it??
Bernieh, Ok I am going to do that now & see. I find some blogs stay on longer & just wondered if it is because I am so "now & then". Thanks I will now go & check it. Have a good one to both of U.
I found it finally Bernie, thanks a bunch. I see, duh!!!but now I know. LOL!!!!

You're welcome Doon - obviously I've been playing a bit with all the features trying to learn how to do things faster so I'm not on here for hours and hours.

I find Summer a poor time 4 me on Goy, I am so busy golfing & cycling, that I almost never check my "site", almost give up.

Winter over here and both my hubbie and I have been laid up with a virus or two - so had lots of time to play with features.

Brew Lots of ginger tea you two, & get better soon. We are having ranging forest fires here & hope U guys escape it this year "Down under".

Doon - the bushfires over there have made the news here. It's always a horrible time - shire councils around our country have already started burning off now (in winter) to get rid of a lot of possible fuel for the summer bushfires! Thanks for the suggestion of ginger tea - never tried that one before.

Get well girl.