A wander around the garden and my progress...

All looking lovely Lincs :-)

Thanks Daylily, todays rain has certainly perked everything up, it looks so fresh and clean now....

I like a good mingle. Your vista thro' the gates goes on and on, delightful.

Lincs you must be so pleased with the way your garden is looking, its is so pretty.
Your roses are so much further on than mine.

Did you get a lot of rain yesterday? we hardly had any which is bad for the garden but as OH and I were on a motorbike ride that was good.

I also like a good mingle.

There's always a knock-on effect when you plant something new, isn't there, Lincs? I hope yu've found a good home for the ladder. Your acers look good and you have lots of attractive cottagey plants. I can't believe it, we've had one and a half days of rain and it has made such a difference to our ability to weed. No excuses now!!

Thankyou Siris, my chair is directly opposite the patio doors, when relaxing indoors I look straight out on that view, I learnt many years back that a mingle leaves no room for the weeds to grow....

Seaburn I checked back through my last years photo's and the roses are 4-6 weeks ahead, in fact nearly everything in the garden is, I'm ecastatic with how the garden looks, something good that came out of lockdown Seaburn...
We had 18hrs of nonstop heavy rain Tues/Weds but not torrential so it didn't flatten everything, this time it did good, luckily I had been around my borders jumping on the fork to create holes for when I got the hose out but then didn't need it, I nipped out in my wellies and jacket planting some cosmos and rudbekia in the long border, it was grand to not need to cart the watering can around with me...

Anget that certainly always happens here, I've let out a few very loud hints to Derek about the ladder but he is ignoring me, if he doesn't remove the brackets, I'll wait a couple of weeks then take them off myself and stick the ladder in his man cave, lol...I decided a few years ago to grow more perennials, never regretted doing that, so much easier to care for Ange...
Its been a treat to be able to also get some of the plants out, the cosmos, rudbekia and sunflowers were getting quite leggy, I spent nearly two hours today doing the little border between the rose garden and footpath,not because of weeds and it wasn't hard but hundreds of grape hyacinths needed to come out, some of which were very deep in the ground, then I cut back my buddhlia, didn't have any room in the bin before, now have two bins and a dustbin full but at least I can walk down the path without dodging branches....

Luckily Julia we have a spare green bin that belongs to us, its only at pruning time that I need the second one, I refuse to pay for two from the council, I shall just transfer the waste over each time its emptied, doesn't matter it it takes a couple of months as long as its kept dry, it all disappears gradually over the year, when my old neighbours were still next door Karina often let me top up her bin, hers was only ever grass cuttings, we always helped each other out, I do miss them, they lived next to us for over 40yrs...
Our grandson is in the same situation, he is at Liverpool Uni but is finishing today until September, coming home tomorrow....He's hoping to find a job for the next few months even if its only part time....

Looking lovely, colourful and really healthy, Sue! I love your idea to espalier the plum! Looking forward to seeing it taking shape - I’d love to do something like that. Quite exciting I bet!
You’ve a prolific spread of roses too - mine aren’t even near to blooming. I’ll enjoy yours instead!
Pepper looks happy to supervise!!!! Lots of sunshine and one happy dog..
You’ve a smashing collection of aquilegia too - nice and colourful varieties. Fern looking good - lush and green! Sounds like you’ve been hard at it planting though, looking forward to seeing your new plants in bloom later. Lovely aspect in the last pic too!

It all looks so good and happy - the rain has clearly cheered it up enormously! Must agree those roses are gorgeous.I wonder if I showed your photo to my single solitary rose bush it might remember its supposed to flower?

Amazingly early Roses! And some lovely Aquilegias too. Last year I planted some Christa Barlow, but no sign of them this year. So disappointed. Hey ho. Love the shot looking right down the garden.

Sue, those Roses are beautiful, never mind if they're early! I have many buds on the Roses here, lots of Aphids on them so the birds are having a feast most days. I have lost many Aquilegias these past two years, perhaps I should buy a few new ones .....

Thankyou Kate, I've been snipping the back shoots off the plum tree over the course of the last few months, I've now nipped the top off as its reached the height I needed, I'm actually pleased to say that it didn't drop any fruit at all, I thought it might when I planted it.....I do like Aquilegia's, I allow them to grow at will, you never can predict what colours are going to appear each year from the older ones, I like to add a couple of new ones each year though..I'm still planting out Kate but pleased to say we are having rain at night so they're settling in well....

Thankyou Klahanie, Pepper is never far from my side, she is a happy little dog...

Aquilegia's are a favourite of mine as you can probably tell, some of mine are not yet flowering Karen and they are definitely new additions in the last couple of years, so don't give up yet..
As you know I do love roses...

Shirley I plant lavender near my roses, it keeps the aphids away..Yes treat yourself, you know you want to, I could send you some seed later if you'd like some...

Stera its rained most nights now for nearly a week, that's perfect for the gardens and definitely for me, surprisingly enough its still only the surface that is benefitting but every little helps, there is an area just beyond the rose garden, it was hard standing when the g'house was in situ so hasn't yet received my compost to break down the clay, I don't often do any actual deep digging, was working there in the last two days and I'm not kidding when I tell you I had to jump on my fork to even get it into the ground, now that was very hard work...
Do you remember me saying my Blue Moon had never ever flowered, I tried to nurture it but nothing worked, I've tried getting rid of it in recent years, we had to dig new holes to renew the fence posts last year, those holes had concrete poured into them, the rose has returned yet again approx two feet further up the fence line, darned near indestuctable but I'm not expecting it to flower....LOL...

Sue, that's a generous offer, one which I will say 'Yes please' to!