Now I know its Springtime...

I can see the flowers but what is it? It looks like a bunch of grapes. What is the red striped thing inside the pot just above the word 'outside'? I find all sorts of stuff I can't see with the naked eye when I put the digital photos on the screen. Your garden is looking very good and a nice clear shot of the frog in the first photo. I hope OH got over his man flu.

Oh, frogspawn already! Spring is definitely sprung. I do love your long pink worm as well as all the lovely flowers.

Isn't there a line in a song when froggie went a courtin ? when OH and I would walk in the forest we would hear what we thought could be foresters useing chain saws till we got near to a pond which the grandchildren named dragonfly pond ... your garden is springing to life lovely !!

Thanks for the lovely photos, the birds are up with the lark these mornings aren't they
we hsven't seen frogspawn yet but the mallards are back on the pond so maybe thats why....and the rabbits pruned all the flowers off my primroses !
I do love the wildlife.....most of the time.....

Can sense the joy in your mood as you saw all these beautiful signs of spring! I've never heard the froggy sex, so hopefully, once I get my pond, I will be treated tot that. It will blend nicely with the sound of distant motorbikes as they race up the country road outside my house....oh, one has just gone past! :))

Lovely plants - and I love your garden ornaments I love a garden full of surprises at every turn - we have a fountain and a mill stone but no frogs - lots of birds come to the feeders and sultana dish though

Lovely photos Lincs :o)

Its Spring, Spring, Spring! in your garden;0) all the signs are there, in mine too apart from Froggie would a Wooing Go lol

I' ve been out and cut the lawns this morning, there are frogs in both ponds now and they are kicking up a right racket, its a beautiful day, really warm so I'm making the most of it..

S'gran I don't know the name of the little plant, it was amongst the succulents that I bought last year, unfortunately no label, I'll take a few pics later and see if I can get a better photo then perhaps I might get a name from someone...

Added two pics ....

we get frogs in our raised pond and they don't have make a din but never see frog spawn. perhaps the fish eat it all but I find that hard to believe.

saw a pair of robins courting this morning :o)

The fish always eat the spawn in the top pond Seaburn, luckily we don't have fish in the pond at the bottom of our garden so always plenty of tadpoles that do survive..
Yes proper twitterpated here as well...

Hi Sue, I've seen this plant before, but can't think for the life of me, what it's called, sorry Derek.

A nice spring blog of your garden Sue. I hope it's the start of a good gardening year ...

Your little 'bead' plant is called Senecio rowleyanus :)

Oh thankyou all so much, it never occurred to me to call it a bead plant, I was getting quite frustrated looking for it.
It probably will get larger beads when I repot it, I'd never seen one before so its very much trial and error but I was thrilled when I saw the little flower.........

Lovely, spring has definitely sprung!!!!!

All looking lovely Linc's, is that pieris Pink Beauty?:-)

It is very different from garden Senecios. It is easy to see why its common name is a bead plant. I googled it and apparently it is scented. A great buy. It is supposed to be easy to propagate too by just sticking little bits in the pot.

Ba its Ralto Rose.....

Don't know that one, I'll google .... I've googled and I want one! :-))

Its a beauty, I cannot make up my mind whether to pop it in the garden or a larger pot as it loves its position on my patio....

I think it needs to hang so a patio pot is probably the best place for it.

Enjoyed your blog, Lincslass, but really surprised at the size of worms in your garden! Enough to frighten the birds away :) I haven't heard the frogs here yet - a delight to look forward to!