a busy day in the garden

lovely blog & photos...glad you had a good day Laura

some lovely plants there.

Hi Laura - I'm so glad you had a lovely day outside - this time of year it's such a joy to be able to go outside in the fresh air after being stuck indoors for such a long time during the bad weather.

You definately made the right choice of what to do with your time.

Here's to many more sunny days soon.

thanks ladies, I have high hopes for the garden this year, I think I've made some good purchases! And the older plants are finally becoming more established.

Lovely to share your wonderful day and blog but I am beginning to wonder with fly poison plant, and the worst and most deadliest Monkshood, not sure if you realise how deadly this plant is not only handling it but to your pet too.

http://www.vincelewis.net/monkshood.html

Oh, I know it's deadly. I've always been interested in plant toxins, I find them fascinating! I'm just very, very careful - I always wear disposable gloves if I'm handling anything like that. My gardens are in the front yard so there is no chance of the dogs eating anything I plant.

:o)) I was worried there for a minute did nt think you knew about its posion as I read a chap had his grand children each hold two roots while he prepared the soil to plant with in a day the two children were dead. Yes its a herb I read too, I have it its a beautiful plant facinateing flowers fits the name too lol A lady on goy was interested in plants for dyeing cloths once, not sure if she is still here.

It is nice to have such a warm day to get out in the garden, Lauram...the kitties have definitely had a good day full of dreaming too :)

As already said, those plants are looking lovely. It's good to go into the garden and see what's going on.

LOL! I wont get the sun block out just yet, it was 6c here today, and snow forecast for tomorrow! But hey ho it's a day closer to summer!

It's Allelopathy that facinates me, It's something I never think about when putting a plant next to its neighbour! How many people do?

Your tree looks like Prunus serrulata, but which one? I don't know!

Your cats are looking so chilled out - love it! I bought a root for some bleeding hearts today... they look really pretty so I'm hoping it will stay alive long enough for me to get it home!

I love your cats :o)
I spent the afternoon helping a friend to plant a bleeding heart and some snowdrops. It was quite warm too, and we both enjoyed. I'm glad you had a nice day aswell ....

You have some good plants sprouting now - It is nice to go round and see what is developing - I read on google fly poison grows in sandy coast areas - I love the bleeding heart picture :) hope all comes through for you - yours cats enjoying their day too :D

Good blog... I like all the photos.
Lovely plants and wonderful cats ...
Well done :o)))

whats Allelopathy helenium?

Allelopathy is if you plant one plant next to another it might take or influence the plant next to it which could enhance it or starve it by the nutrients it needs etc hope this helps you.

oh, thankyou ~ never heard of it before.

Bit like family grouping lol how one plant will flourish and some one elses might not beacause they have planted the wrong plant next to it

reminds me of 'hello'pathy ~ so its a bit like finding out if the plant is welcome and will thrive in that neighbourhood?

Chuckle-pathy here Sticki, lol...
Lovely blog Lauram and pleased to see your cats are as active as mine, I spent most of yesterday in the garden,picked the right day as its cold and overcast today....

cold here too lincslass, cleared up the leaves on sunday, stripped bathroom wallpaper yesterday
sun trying to come out today but not warm enough.
maybe friday???

Very chilly and dull here today too....I've also awakened this morning with a bit of vertigo so have let hubby go out to the shops on some errands and I'm sitting here with my laptop, drinking coffee and catching up on GoY.

Yesterday I did get out to have a tidy of my pots and a sweep around....seems it was a good choice as we had glorious sunshine yesterday.

I guess it's a mixed bag for us all over the UK...some seem to have lovely sun and others have the dullness...on the bright side at least our spring plants are bringing us some cheer and blooming :)

Sixpence is right Stickitoffee, our beloved plants not only have the potential to kill us but kill each other too, again same old survival of the fitest! I'm sure I read once that Lylandii can poision other plants from as far away as forty feet. Rhododendrons are notorious for this, but neither has the same affects on all plants, that much we do know! I'm waiting for a book to arrive called, "ear to the ground" by Ken Thompson, which apparently tells us where our plants want to grow! Sounds good, but I'll make up my mind after I've read it!

I remember a book published years ago entitled "Carrots Love Tomatoes" or something like that, which suggested plant pairings. I did not know that about Rhodos!
Helenium, all of those flowering trees look the same to me - maybe someday I'll find out what they are! Two are in my compost pile and one is in the tortoise pen. They were there last year but didn't flower. I kept cutting the compost trees down but couldn't dig them out, but the tree in the tortoise yard is now a support for my Concord grape vine.
I'm glad I spent yesterday outside - it's cold and nasty today. Back to work tomorrow when the weather will be beautiful.

That's typicial Lauram, back to work and the weather gets better. Never mind it will soon be holidays, think of those lovely days off!

I have a book called "companion planting", which I find really interesting and very useful. I didn't have a clue about veg likes and dislikes, I hadn't even heard of such a thing till I saw this book! But I do now and forearmed is forewarned, a book like that is very handy!