Now this is just TO MUCH

I know that feeling. what a lot of work in a very short time. The plants are lovely colours and when they put some growth on they will be even better. What a happy little helper you have there. :o)

Wow! It looks great Ian :) Keep up the Hard Work Team:)

I hope "we" had a long bath and a cold beer after all that work

WE certainly did Andrew, at least several LOL

Thanks SBgirl I know they are only bedding plants but its a start. The little helper is our gorgeous little 6 yr. old, Holly

Jaque, what's a team ? Do you mean a team of one, ME

1 works & 2 watch Ian ;) lol :)

Thats not far from the truth, but I did get plenty of cups of coffee and a lovely steak & salad for my tea last night :~)))

Team Work4 sure them Ian :)

It looks great Ian

Thanks Donnah. :~)))

WELL DONE Ian! If I inspired all that, please accept my heartfelt apologies!

I'm glad you survived to tell the tale, though. :-)

Youv such a Influnence on Members Spritz :)

It doesn't sound like a good one, though, Jacque! Poor Ian - flat out on his grass, and all because of my new bed!

It was worth it though Spritz, I've just been out there and it looks great under the full moon.

PS. has anyone seen a veggie blog wandering round looking lost ? I was half way through it when my pc literaly blew up !! :~(((

Good job I've got a spare, I've lost all my photo's though........

border looks great ian u deserved that wee lie down ,just think of the nice tan you`ll getLol neighbours will b jealous hee hee:~))))))))

Cheers Mobee. You should see the photo of me lying on my back. They crossed a trowel and fork over my chest !!!!!

Great team work Ian! And you definitely deserved that steak!

Lol Lol cant type for laughin!!!!!!!! daughter looked into room thinks i`v gone of my rocker:~)))))))))))

I've got to admit Lily, it was delish.

Hi Mobee, Carol often looks at me like that while I'm reading blogs :~))

The borders are great Ian I can see that you get a great deal of 'help' from Carol, in fact as much 'help' as I get from Gill :o)) As she says she is the planner and I am the labourer, but hey it works well.
All that work was worth a good steak and a few beers i'll bet?

Transformed both you and your garden and its all goys fault lol,it looks a treat Ian and nice to see your ladies helping,the little one looks as tho. she,d make a good time and motions person and steak for afters bet it went down well.........

Thanks Bob, It was a good experience and one I won't mind repeating, some day, in the near future, perhaps, maybe.

Absolutally fantastic Lincslass, I blame spritzhenry and her secret project LOL :~))

Has anyone spotted my lost veggie blog anywhere yet, it got lost when my pc blew up earlier, I hope it hasn't just disapeared in a puff of carrot juice :~(((((

Wow Ian, What a lot of work. A job well done as it looks lovely.
Nice to see a pic of Carol......Hello Carol. A good job done on your part too, getting Ian to do all that for just a steak and a beer. Way to go!!
Now Ian, it can't have been that bad. The only pictures of you are of you sitting or laying down on the job!!! Tsk, tsk. :o)

You've worked hard Ian. It looks great now. You have Tagetes there - do you plant them with your vegies aswell ? I understand they repell aphids.

Hi to Holly !

I SAID I was sorry, Ian! Stop making me feel so guilty, Pleeeeeeeese!

Anyway, you said you liked the results, so maybe I needn't feel bad about it? ;-)

Aw Spritz dearest Spritz, you are such an angel. I love it and found digging it a great idea for all the family. We have voted it a brill weekend and can't wait to do another. Thank you for the insparaition. xxx

Cheers Hywel, can I ask you a question, but don't tell anyone else?, Whats a Tagetes?

Gilli, Humph.................Thanks sweety and Carol says Hi to

They're those little orange flowers with a strong smell when you rub them. When I plant k beans I put some of them there aswell. They are supposed to keep aphids away. People plant them with tomatoes aswell.

Well Ian it looks like you've been living up to your name with all that digging! Good to see you've got some help in the garden for a change.

Thanks for that Hywel and I think some of them might disapear !! :~))

Hi Lily, it was hard work but definatly worth it. Thank you :~)

Be ware. Slugs love them.

Noooooooo! :~(

I loved this blog :))

Take it easy now for a few days and see what ideas Mrs D gets for THIS COMING weekend Ian !!!!!

Her mother is coming on Wednesday for 10 days so any suggestions of digging are definatly out of the window. Mind you I'll prob. be sick of driving by the time she's gone :~((

As Mother in law's go she's not bad, she lives over 200 miles away :~))))))))))))

LOL

Oh wow Ian your lucky, mine lives just 200 yards away right opposite us :o(

Ouch !!!

Its all looking good Ian.......and with a name such as yours you were bound to do some digging at some time or other.... well done to all of you... i know how hard it is ......

I enjoyed your blog Ian and the comments from other "GrowyourOwners". You ALL must be very proud of your efforts....well done.......What a shame losing your photos...pity you hadn't backed them up......you will in future won't you?

Oh Bob, I bet she's a lovely woman :~))

Hi Holly, I'm seriously thinking of changing my name to Ian_sleeps but I don't think it will do any good. Thanks for your comment :~))

AA, you bet I will (be backing up my photo's) and thank you too for your lovely words :~))

By the way louise what Carol has got lined up for this weekend looks suspisiously like Delphiniums, Garden Pinks, and Lillies :~/

Ooooooh....my kind of plants...Your Carol has got good taste....

Get plenty of rest in the next few days Ian :)))

I fee its to late Louise, herself is eyeing up the sky and saying things like "It looks like it's not gona rain again today"
and "that border looks a little plain/empty" and "Aw those little plants looking all lost and lonely out there (in the back garden) on their own"

HELP...............

Oh, but just think of how wonderful your garden will be if you DO get out there and plant things, Ian! I

I think 'herself' might have a point, there. Sorry! ;-)

Go on Ian....get out there and ENJOY....you know you want to....lol.....-)

ahha the mystery is solved Ian , like the blog although like you I aint so keen on the digging beds looking good .

Mac

elementary my dear Watson...I had it figured out on Mac's blog LOL Great bed and great blog. Will be looking forward to some more flowers :))) that veggie blog just wizzed past here on a motorcycle LOL

Go after it Kris, It aint got a helmet!!!!!

Only just found this Ian, now I know where the 17 drop count came from. as you'll see from my blog, we didn't have much more. But trouble with the wind...if you know what I mean!
ps, who's this bloke Doug(Dug) you keep mentioning? Does he live next door/ Nice of him to lend a hand!!!

Lol,Lol,Lol, He didn't do much by the feel of my legs and arms. :~)))

By the way Kris, I guess not having a helmet doesn't mean much in the US. but its a legal requirement in 'ole' blighty

I really enjoyed your blog, Ian, gave me a good laugh - I do like to see other people working! Glad you enjoyed it and look forward to more of your handiwork - because I'm sure there is more to come :)

Thanks Gee, I like hard work as well......I can stand and watch it all day :~))

Depends which state you're riding in Ian. So if you live in Illinois you don't have to own a helmet but our trip to Nebraska we have to have one. :) But we didn't have to buy any for the trip...:)

Good on ya, I think its daft not to wear one. I've been a lorry driver most of my working life and some of the sights you see..................

By the way Kris, you have the dubious title of being the 300th comment in my 'in' box !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Well now Ian. This blog is all very amusing and your new beds are all very pretty, but I'm wondering where this promised blog on your veggie growing has got to?! lol

It disapeared in a puff of smoke when my pc blew up :~(( Sid It was last seen by Kmccue07 wizzing past on a motorcycle !! and I didn't even know it had a passport or a licence :~) I havn't had the time to replace it as I've spent most of today reading a blog about the GoY Olympics !!. I got to about comment 200 and only another 480 to go :~))

ye and didnt even have a helmet on

Thats right Mac

I so enjoyed that blog Ian and your helpers are much too nice to get their hands dirty. The boarder looks great and of course the rearranging of plants was completely right LOL just one thing I saw lots more grass that could be consigned to the compost to maybe squeeze in a few more plants. Little Holly is gorgeous as is caroI!

I keep seeing something flying around but every time I try to catch it it goes off again. Could that be your missing blog?

If you see it again Sue, offer it a jam buttie that should get its attention. (mind you it would have to be strawberry jam!)

that is where I have been going wrong Ian I offered it chip butties, marmalade butties and even a Marmite buttie which was when I heard all the spluttering but just put it down to the neighbourhood drunk hic! i do have a bit of strawberry jam at the back of the cupboard and if I scrape off the tiny bit of mould maybe it will stop long enough for me to entice it down? just a thought!!!

Lol Sue, I would try it but be careful its got big teeth and no manners...........
Do you know I think you are as bad as me, if not worse.
Just don't answer the door if they've got white coats on !!!!!:~)

Hmmm - I was wondering what Birtie was chasing round the garden this morning - must have been your blog! I will have to warn her about its big teeth.......

Wow its getting around, it was in USA, then Lincs, now over in the west, perhaps its on its way to Hywel in wales next ?

With all the rain today, it'll be a soggy blog by the time it is captured :-(

If I don't get it back.............Its got all my photo's and the weather has been to bad to take any more :~(

Ian and Spritz (indirectly) I'm so full of admiration for you both cos u manage to "dig a new border" and what amazes me is the pristine state of the grass edges. If I tried this there would just be a mudbath-swamp!

Good work.

Oh dear, if you only knew Weeding, It took ages with a dust pan and brush to get rid of all the mud and stones.

Oh! Ian I saw it hiding behind my compost heap, it had the biggest teeth i had ever seen. When I offered it the slightly mouldy jam it upt and went over the fence and that was it. So sorry, I almost had your blog!!!!

Oh bug... sorry, never mind Sue if you see it again telephone the RSPCB (Royal Society Prepared to Capture Blogs).
Thanks for trying sweety. xx :~))

I am the founder of lost causes Ian or should that be good causes? whatever I will be on the lookout! LOL

Perhaps you should be the founder of lost blogs Sue. :~))

Yes Ian I have the perfect filing cabinet for them to hide in which will also be good for the garden so long as it's finely shredded!!! :~ )) Can someone kindly explain what I have just said with the squiggle thing. i have a clue- ish!!!

Its a 'smilie' Sue and this :~(( is a grumpy.
:~)) Happy thoughts
:~(( unhappy thoughts

Not that you could have a unhappy thought but now you know :~))

Thanks friend. I gave son-in-law your msg and he said to say thanks :~)))))

Great blog Ian...cheered me up no-end...lol...:>)

Hi Sue, Your more than welcome.
Hi Motinot, Thank you, I have never had so much fun with a blog :~))

wicked blog it is a lovely border. Looking forward to the next instalment. :)

Thanks for that Jewells, I hope you can wait a while until my new wallet is trained up ! Carol keeps trying to get at it but I've got it safely in a compound until its strong enough to resist. lol

Great blog Ian. All of your hard work paid off, the borders look great!

Thanks again Tracy :~))