great day in the garden today

looks very neat and tidy, i think that plant in the 4th picture is the one we used to call 'joseph's coat' ~ cos it is more than one colour.

Job Well done Ladybug, Its a great feeling when youv'e worked hard in the garden and see results :) Now your motivated the skys the limit lol..

You are making a good start on your garden and it is easy to see you have a great sense of accomplishment with your efforts. Well done. These spring days and sunshine really do spur us on :)

We all love our gardens on here Ladybug so you can go on about yours as much as you like!
How lovely to have a day in the garden and it looks like you've put it to good use. You've made a good start and I can imagine that lawn, what a difference it will make to the overall effect. Well done :o)

Your doing great and yes me too can imagine a lawn, I always found it easier to dig with a ladies fork, or if you ve got a strong man skim it, which I did on my allotment like this years ago. Your flowers and arch is lovely keep going.

Ladybug you are doing well in your garden and its a pleasure to read of your progress and your enjoyment in what you are doing, you will be surprised how different it will look once you cut that grass, I remember when our garden looked like that, except it also had raspberry canes going wild all over the place, nightmare at first but gradually I tamed it, you sound determined which I like......

That's a nice patch done :) It's going to look great in the summer with the arch aswell
The little pink and blue flower is Pulmonaria. It has pretty leaves asswell.

What a successful day for you. I hope all of your new plants settle in nicely. It's great to hear how other gardeners are progressing so don't give up sending us news on how yours is doing. Well done.

thanks everyone,thanks hywel i will write that down,its a lovely plant and i might get some more,i was going to deck the back but after priceing it i cannot afford it,so its hard graft,it may look like grass there but its all builders rubble and brambles,chris

Decking is expensive. I was only able to get it done after my mother came to stay here when she was ill, and she paid half lol

You're doing a great job. Ladybug47! It's very hard work when you tackle a garden, Hubby and I know that only too well when we tackled ours last year! Keep going it'll be worth all the effort! Lily's right, do keep talking about your garden,this is a great place to get help and ideas from, and has lovely friendly people! Good Luck!

That was a good days work, keep up the determination, just take it a little bit at a time, and it'll all soon look as good as the bit you did today! Some lovely plants too! Well done!