Feeling HOT.....HOT......HOT!!!!

So many lovely pots and a lot of nice plants, it is nice when everything starts flowering.

Lovely Pics! That Verbena is stunning! I also like the Osteospermum, you have a beautiful garden Oddbillie.

Lucky you re: the weather, here in Oz we are all shivering in our jumpers and woolen socks. I can't remember the last time I wore a jumper but I definitely need it now! It's been raining a lot, too - sounds like a taste of jolly old England lol!!

loved your blog,Oddbillie

Lovely blog and brill photos as always, Odd, your garden looking a treat! :~))

Lovely display of your plants Oddbillie

lovely pictures Oddbillie, thank you for sharing with us.....

Fantastic array of plants and flowers. Pleased you could just kick back for a week and enjoy your garden :~))

You have certainly been busy, and with the camera too. Now sit back and enjoy I would say.

So many pretty things Dan, it's hard to choose a favourite but it looks like your garden is managing very well without you. Maybe thriving on neglect!
I'm certainly no expert but i think maybe the young bird is a robin.....something about it's stance?

A lovely garden,Ob,and everything looking so good.Glad you had a nice chill out week....

I thought so too, Lily. Dan, you have a lovely array of plants in your garden, I love those Aquilegias, my favourite flower ! I'm off to mow the lawn for my disabled friend next as showers forecast for tomorrow. : o ( ( (

After looking round your garden via your photo`s you deserved you`re week long chill out OB, you have got some lovely plants there. Shall we be given a photo of what your mystery seed trough throws up?, hope so.

lovely pics - your plants are coming on great!

What lovely photos of lovely plants. I like your pieces of driftwood too. Its all looking good ob.

ARHHHH just lovely ,have dun sum cosmos as well, same as u . did all white ones last year and they were 5 ft tall wafting in the breeze all ur pics r beautiful very well dun

What a beautiful garden you have OB glad you put a pic of your pond in there. We have a lot of plants in common. Your lupins look healthy. mine got eaten by the dreaded slugs. I love your gravel paths and the drift wood. Thanks for showing us around x

Thanks for sharing those beautiful photos with us, and pleased you enjoyed your week off.

Phew that was a marathon! Loads of great photos Dan ... loving the verbena, cytisus & the little fluffy fledgling! Amazing dive bombing shot!!

all looking so lovely Dan, its amazing when you dont do much it goes mad, hope the fuschia does well, are you popping something in with it, something trailing, labelia or something, and feed each week i do, lovely pics and birdys to ;o))

Wow what lovely photo's.I have just joined here,and yours is the first blog Ive read.....you have some lovely plants there :-)

Mavisc52: It certainly is and I have to be patient on the self-grown from seed ones as I am so tempted to go and buy something for immediate colour but they are all slowly but surely coming on fine so I will hold out!

Pip c: Thank you kindly for the nice comments. Still some way to go in the garden but I’m very pleased with what I’ve achieved in my first 11 months of gardening. To think I had no interest before last year is mad! As for your jumpers and woolly socks, I was only discussing the weather today with a customer in my shop and we were saying how weather this good never lasts for long over here…….no doubt we will do a swap very soon and we will all be asking you for your thermals!!

Suey/Floribunda/Goldie/Michaella/Pipsqueak/Cinderlella/Bloomer: Thank you all for your kind comments. It was great to chill for a change!!

Lily2: Hello there! Hope you’re well. I too thought the little un was a robin from the stance but didn’t want to commit!

Shirley: Many thanks and I haven’t forgotten the seeds……if I can do it properly! Watch this space!!

Stroller: Thank you and YES, we will ALL be treated to a pic of the mystery trough on flowering, including me!!

Genius/Mad/Cristina: Glad you enjoyed the pics:o))

Great: YW! Glad you enjoyed and now you’ve said that about the Lupins and the slugs, serious action will have to be taken to deter these munching monsters!! Still need another 2-3 ton of gravel to finish off up the side but that’s another day…..

Clarice: Thanks and hope you are keeping well.

Fluff: Glad you approve. The dive bomber is awesome isn’t he! Total flukey shot mind:o))

San: Hadn’t thought about anything in with the fuschia but now you mention it, I might try lobelia or bacopa which I had some of last year and quite liked. I’m growing some mixed aubretia from seed so if that shows I could try that but don’t think it will in time.

Dee2uk: How very kind of you and a BIG welcome to GoY! Look forward to seeing your garden and how it develops over time. Had a quick look at your blog but wanted to reply to all on here so will catch up with it very soon. Thanks again.

Lovely blog and photo`s Dan, it all looks really good, I also cannot believe you were a novice gardener, you really threw yourself into it.... You certainly picked the right week to have off, its turned really cold here but still no rain the garden is so dry its becoming desperate.....

Dan i got white bacopa again this year for raised border and also got some pink for baskets today, i love it, lasts so long ;o))

Gosh! I'm new to this site and am amazed at the flowers in bloom in the south of the UK compared to here in the Highlands. We are still very much 'in the Spring' here. We had sleet and hail today!

Loads going on there, some great pics......

very pretty and I can tell that you put in lots of hard work to get it looking so nice so well done you deserve your leisure time.

Lots of lovely pics :o)

lovely photos and lots of blooms !

I think your bird was a juvenile robin, they get their red breasts a bit later.

Glad you are enjoying your garden, thats what its all about

Thanks again all for the kind comments. It was a fabulous week off and as I sit here waiting to go to work this morning, I realise how lucky I was with the weather last week!

Welcome to GoY Peonyrose. I'm sure you will have HOURS of fun on here as it's a brilliant site and full of friendly folk with a shoulder to lean on and experience that is second to none! I have learnt so much in my first year of gardening and all from these great frineds on GoY :o))

Only 11 months you've been gardening!? Heck you're going well :o)))

great blog,really enjoyed it.