My garden is blooming .. Sorry folks its a long one..

Oh, lots of colour there to admire. I have noticed this year that roses and clematis seem to be blooming extraordinarily well. Even our clematis looks good.

We never see any baby fish as the pond is too deep Didn't know we had newts until a dead one blocked the pump pipe. One year we did have over 70 Golden Orfe babies and a heron scoffed the lot. I could have cried!

Your garden looks very nice and you want be boring anybody. Keep up the good work???

Love your roses. It's amazing how plants thrive once you take out a big tree. I have seen a huge difference in my garden once I took out trees and would like to replant with smaller, more manageable trees. I'm a fan of the cottage style garden, a bit messy but 'creative'!

Lovely Blog.

It is a real treat to see your garden thriving like this. My OH says we could never sell our house, we would need to advertise it as a freebie if someone buys the garden. I think the same could be said of yours. It is lovely.

You've got a lovely garden there full of colour. It must be a pleasure just to sit out there and admire.

Thank you for showing us your garden, not in the least boring. You can be very proud of what you've achieved, well done.

I enjoyed that very much. Its lovely to see the result of losing that tree. I love the Heucheras all together in that planter. And as for the cottage look...love it. Up the hill in the village there is a cottage with a very un-tended front garden full of aquilegias and poppies and it looks absolutely wonderful. Today I cut back my tallest aquilegias ..they had started to make fat seed heads but still had loads of flowers. But the gales will take them on Thursday, so I took them away before it got the chance to blow them all over the garden. Likewise my alliums.

Lincs you can't be cross with Aquilegias really -specially like the yellow one. Your roses have done well haven't they. What a splendid coourful show its all putting on - beautiful!

Bored? Not a bit. I've loved looking round your garden and seeing what has developed. Forgive me for asking but did you say this would be easier gardening? It looks to me like you've been as busy as ever! I love your yellow Aquilegia too, not seen that one in the G.C might have to look closer in future as I'd love to add it to my growing (ahum!) collection.

Your garden is lovely Sue :)

Not a hint of boredom in sight here! So much to comment on - where to start? The Heucheras are a picture, as are the Acers, I haven't found just the right spot for mine yet. I did have one in the garden which died and sported from the graft, which is also pretty, so has been left for now. Perhaps near that as it is flourishing without the 'burn' they sometimes get. Aquilegias are always treat, never grow quite where you want them, but I don't have the heart to remove them until they have flowered! The Stumpery is great, mine hasn't materialised yet but I keep trying to keep OH away from the interesting bits and pieces - must hide them.

Lovely to see your garden in all its glory Sue ... the Roses especially looking good ... thanks for sharing.

Our garden behaves a bit like yours! We have aquilegias that pop up everywhere along with yellow poppies and hardy geraniums! Everything has to try to get on with everything else! A true cottage garden!! Unfortunately slugs always eat our delphiniums!

Your garden looks so pretty and colourful and I love your shady areas as well as the sunny places. Your pond is lovely too.

Oh Eirlys I would have sat and cried as well, our pond is netted as we have always had cats and dogs, we used to have a heron checking our pond out but never seen one since we bought an artificial one to watch over it....

Thankyou Marjorie, it 's my passion so I never class it as work, it is my enjoyment...

Amersterdam , I've never thought of it as being creative, I like that way of describing it, lol...

Thankyou Lisam, it is nice to sit and look, I'm afraid like most gardeners I don't do that often enough, there is always something catches my eye that needs a little tweak..

Hi Callie, thankyou..

S'gran, I didn't like the very wet and cold winter but the garden obviously did, as you say everything is thriving, some of them have gone absolutely mad, lol......

Your blog is not the least bit boring, Lincs! ? I love to see other people's gardens & the plants they have growing there. As I don't have a "proper" garden I can live vicariously through yours!

Your Heucheras look so lovely the way you have grouped them altogether like that! How many different kinds have you got in that pot?

All your roses look really great! I have just ONE bloom on a tiny miniature rose, but it's a lovely soft pink.

Thankyou Lisam. Siris and Hywel for your lovely comments..

Hi Karen, it's amazing how quickly everything perked up especially the lawn, I honestly thought I would need to work it over and reseed, however apart from scarifying last autumn I have done nothing, it does need a feed and weed as there are daisies aplenty in parts, haven't treated because of Harriet, you have to be so careful when pets share as well don't you..The heuchera's are influenced by you, I loved yours and the way you had them on display in your other house, my succulents are on the plant theatres so I needed a way to group them together and this is the result...LOL.

Hiya Stera, hope you are keeping well, I will admit to a feeling of disappointment with the Aquilegia's when they first began to open, they were all dark blue and a very wishy-washy pink, however they did me proud so I've had to eat my words,lol, I've had some lovely ones, all different shades of pink, for the first time ever I had really lovely lilac and violet shades and some gorgeous white ones as well as that lovely yellow one, I think that is thanks to Hywel, he sent me a beautiful white/yellow one many years back, didn't get any of the blue ones with white frills this year but I'm hoping they will show up again in the future, anyone who grows them knows one always gets a surprise with Aquilegia's if left to do their own thing..

Waddy shush, I am always telling Derek it is easier now, every time I do something different he nags me, comes out with comments like "Thought were s'posed to make the garden easier" he does still have his head but I don't know how come...

Honey thankyou, I stockpiled some bits and pieces for quite a few years, had to stop hubby clearing out my logpile quite a number of times, mine was hidden behind the compost bins, why is it they can clear things you do want, yet we have to be patient at other times because its on the aroundtuit list, will get done at their pace.

Hello Shirley, lovely to see you, hope you are keeping well, thankyou for your lovely comment..

Thankyou W'rose, I know what you mean, I garden in the same way, just haven't got it in me to destroy healthy growing plants, I 'll never have organised beds and borders, flowers on parade are just not my style although I like them in formal gardens, many people say they can not grow Delphiniums, I never have a problem with the slugs as regards mine, my frogs are often hiding in that bed so I guess they are earning their keep.

Thankyou Balcony, there are five different Heuchera's in the pot, I have split them only once, luckily they do not get attacked by the dreaded vine beetle, I think that is down to the fact that the tiered pot has its own drip tray and they cannot get in, saying that I do give them all a gentle tug every so often just to be on the safe side..

Sue, I'm keeping well thank you. I thought of you last night when the World Cup kicked off. Back in 2010, the year I joined GoY, those blessed Vuvuzelas (horns) were being used in so many games and we were both glad to escape to GoY !! Thank goodness it only comes round every 4 years ...

Pleased to hear that you are okay Shirley, luckily I don't have to suffer watching any sport at all these days, hubby has his computer and everything all set up in our little bedroom, if he wants to watch footie he goes up there, we rarely watch anything during the summer, I am usually pottering in the garden, daughter is either reading or on her laptop, she goes to bed a lot earlier than I do so anything I follow is recorded, I watch when she has gone to bed, I'm a bit of a nighthawk anyway so I put my earphones on and play catchup at my leisure, do you know I still haven't seen any of the royal wedding, think its on hold until next winter when the boredom takes over, the world cup stands no chance...

I have thoroughly enjoyed my stroll around your garden its given me a lovely relaxed feeling looking at your natural style of planting, and I think I`ve fallen in love with Mr Treeman.

Hello Stroller, thankyou that is a lovely comment, glad you like my Mr Treeman, I keep looking for inspiration online for some idea of how to carve the opposite side of the trunk but some things look a tad too complicated for me, lol...

Enjoyed you blog and the photos were all lovely looks like everything is flourishing!

Enjoyed you blog and the photos were all lovely looks like everything is flourishing!

Lovely :-))

Your garden is blooming well looks lovely love your Aquilegias.

Your aquilegas are great, mine flowered while I was in the Lake District so missed most of them. I love your Mr Treeman. Perhaps he should just have eyes in the back of his head!

Sue, sounds like you've got it all sorted then!

Your garden look lovely a really nice collection of Aquilegia and Roses they are beauties.