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I THOUGHT I WOULD JUST WRITE ABOUT MY GARDENS IN GENERAL, AS I TEND TO PUBLISH PICTURES OF PLANTS AND NOT THE GARDENS. THIS IS PARTLY BECAUSE THE FRONT GARDEN WHICH IS SOUTH WEST FACING, IS THE MAIN GARDEN AND THE BACK GARDEN WHICH IS NORTH EAST FACING IS WHERE I HAD THE VEGETABLE AND FRUIT GARDEN, WHICH IS NOW THE WILDLIFE GARDEN WITH A DEEP RAISED BED FOR A FEW VEGGIES.
THE FRONT GARDEN OPENS STRAIGHT ONTO THE PAVEMENT AND ROAD, SO IT IS DIFFICULT TO TAKE PICTURES MOST OF THE TIME UNLESS YOU WANT SOMEBODY’S CAR IN THE BACKGROUND. THE BACK GARDEN HAS NO ENTRANCE FROM THE BACK OF MY FLAT, YOU HAVE TO WALK AROUND THE SIDE OF THE BUILDING TO GET THERE.HAVING SAID ALL THIS I AM VERY HAPPY LIVING WHERE I DO AND I HAVE THE BEST GARDENS .
THE SOIL IS SANDY LOAM SO IT IS MUCH EASIER TO WORK THAN THE HEAVY CLAY I HAD IN MY GARDEN IN HASTINGS. WHEN I FIRST MOVED HERE FIVE YEARS AGO I COULD ONLY AFFORD A FEW PACKETS OF SEED AND APART FROM A COUPLE OF DEAD CHEAP ROSES, MADE THE BACKBONE OF THE GARDENS I HAVE TODAY.
I HAVE A SIDE GARDEN WHICH WAS VERY OVERGROWN, IT HAS A VERY LARGE CONIFER IN THE MIDDLE OF IT, WHICH I HAVE BEEN ABLE TO RAISE THE CROWN SOME WHAT, BUT I CANNOT GET RID OF IT, SO I GARDEN AROUND IT. I HOPE THIS IS READABLE, AS I AM NOT GOOD WITH WORDS, OWING TO A DISABILITY.

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lemondog your blog is lovely. As for your garden it is full of interest and lots of lovely colours. Had to laugh when I saw your green edging. I put that everywhere when I 1st started my garden, only a little bit of it left. I hope you can read this as it isn't in capitals. Let me know if you want me to change it Pauline

15 Apr, 2010

 

nothing wrong with how you wrote your blog lemondog, was great and nice to see your garden, lots of plants you have a your pond to ;o))

15 Apr, 2010

 

Enjoyed your blog Lemondog, lovely to see everything coming into flower at last. : o ) )

15 Apr, 2010

 

great blog & photos.. really like your pink tulips

15 Apr, 2010

 

Your blog is fine and your garden is lovely. It should cheer up everyone who passes by.

16 Apr, 2010

 

thanks everyone there is so much exuberance in the garden right now I can,t seem to capture it in photographs, I wish you could see it. Thanks again everyone.

16 Apr, 2010

 

I have just added a few pictures.

16 Apr, 2010

 

A very nice blog and a good walk around your garden. Thanks for showing us round.

16 Apr, 2010

 

Very pretty but how do you manage to keep your green path through the garden. I thought lawn was bad enough to keep but your green path would worry me. You have lots of interest and colour just as you hoped last spring. That deep bed will take some filling unless you have lots of compost already made. Good luck with your wild garden idea.

16 Apr, 2010

 

Thanks for your interest people, I just keep trimming the path and don't find it troublesome, I don't think it stays green all year but it does look nice just now. I have managed to fill my deep bed with soil from parts of the garden, home made compost and then bought compost. I already have things planted and sown in it.

16 Apr, 2010

 

Some beautiful tulips caught my eye in there! They must be a great pleasure to you. You've got a very pretty garden, Lemondog. Thanks for the photos! :-)

16 Apr, 2010

 

Lovely photos Lemondog :-))

16 Apr, 2010

 

You have put a lot of work into your garden, Lemondog....and it looks lovely. I'll bet it's a pleasure to passers by!

16 Apr, 2010

 

just caught up with added pics, looks lovely lemondog

16 Apr, 2010

 

I do like the painted pot

16 Apr, 2010

 

Thanks everyone, you are all very kind, my terracotta welly was a present from my son, unfortunately it got broken in transit and we had to stick it back together again, it has a pretty thyme planted in it.

16 Apr, 2010

 

A lovely blog,Lemondog,and you have a pretty garden too.The tulips are beautiful,and I can see how hard you have worked in your garden.....:o)

16 Apr, 2010

 

I didn't see the foot. That is so cute.

16 Apr, 2010

 

Lovely cottage garden, Lemondog,keep planting it is beautiful and must be very rewarding for you.

30 Apr, 2010

 

Thanks folks,it is very rewarding, i am now sorting out which new seedlings will go where for the summer, i am going away for a week on wednesday and i know that i will planning the gardens in my head the whole week!!

30 Apr, 2010

 

Have a nice time & on your return you will see different plants emerging that were not there before you went !!

30 Apr, 2010

 

Thanks Grandmage I am going to visit Great Dixter while I am away, it will be good to see how it has changed in the six years since I last saw it.

1 May, 2010

 

Oh wonderful, do enjoy.

1 May, 2010

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