fed up and a tidy up

Good work Sandra ...
... send me some rain please :o)

cheers Terra i wish i could send you some,, we either have to much or not enough ;o(

It looks lovely Sanbaz! Will you send me some rain too please. We've had dark skies all week but no rain.....:o(

It's looking beautiful Sand, as always. :))

thankyou Dylandog, hope you get rain soon, ;o(

cheers linda for kind comment ;o))

Looking lovely on your decking, Sandra. I know just what you mean about straggly Sweet Peas as one variety of mine are only growing stems of about 4" and are already going to seed ! They must have been 'Bijou ', shan't sow those again. To tell you how dry the grass is down here, my Mums cat is using the lawn as a scratching area, honestly, it's crispy now. : o ((((((

thanx shirley glad you like it;o))
sorry about your grass but made me chuckle about the cat ;o((

gla dthe rains stopped for a while..... your gardens looking very nice... : O ))

thanx holly, think we have more rain later though but at least i was able to get something done today ;o)

Lovely pic's Sandra, please please send some rain down we haven't had any rain since we moved in on the 13th of May, our lawn is also so crisp and dry...

cheers les.. you can have all the rain if you like, poor you, i would hate it if my grass was ruined to ;o(

that is beautiful , well done , send me rain as im sick of hose pipe now need a break now, got a shower thats it , no good for hanging baskets , :0

thankyou so much mark, your right even the rain doesnt always get through to hanging baskets, i still have to water then every other day ;o)

Fantastic blog and pics as always Sandra. I'm exactly the same with tatty looking plants, just hate it when you get the last knockings happen. I know it has to but still looks awful. Got my Petunia's on there last legs aswell so purchased a few new perennials to replace these annuals. Just waiting for a dry evening so can get them in.
Finally managed to get the lawn cut tonight as 1st dry night this week and like yours, was looking like a meadow!! lol
Haven't managed to get out there at all this week because of this and got more dead heads then an exfoliating brush!! lol
Your patio area looks much better now and thats the only down side to Fuchsia's is the mess they make if left on the floor! Small price to pay for a stunning plant!

it all looks lovely,those lillies are beautiful...Casper is cute as always & hope the other little cat is ok & i would feed them too...

looking good Sandra,love the decking area..not been warm enough to go in garden today here & i am desperate to get in it loads to do..i was taking lilly beatles off mums plants yesterday..ugh i wouldnt have noticed the bin liner if you hadnt mentioned it lol :o)

cheers steve glad im not alone here with being fussy on tatty plants lol, glad you got the lawn cut to, thanx for lovely comments ;o)
cheers elsiemay ;o) the other cat lives close but not exactly sure which house, but whats a bit of food, ;o))
lol joan and thanx, hate the lily beetles, a real pest which there is no pest controll to date, only a big foot hahah ;o))

Hi San, sorry you're having it so wet. It's been a bit showery here but mostly sunshine for about a week now....great! All your work looks lovely...I don't know about B's 'black gold' but you've reminded me, I need to go and feed the worms in the wormery! I get loads of 'worm tea' from them and it's supposed to be a great plant food.

thats how it was done lol :o)

thanx karen, black gold is all the leave we sweep up, pop in black liner with som ewater to keep damp and every few weeks i turn the bag, hopefully in spring it should have decompossed and will spread on raised bed for nourishment ;o))
lol joan ;o))

What a great place for you to sit - and your white lilies are absolutely beautiful!!! Never ceases to amaze me how many fuchsia flowers can drop and the plant still looks loaded, lol.

Not much rain here Sandra....grass still very very sad....the bit of rain we had the other day did not even wet the surface of the ground. :(((( your garden is as beautiful as always...you've bought yourself some lovely plants there too. :))) I went to Baytree Garden Nursery in Spalding today...it is a very big place...I cannot believe I came out with not even one plant....there was nothing unusual for me to buy, I have got most of the plants they had there.
:((((

thankyou so much wager, not getting alot of time to sit there with all the rain but hopefully will soon, your right about fuschias to, just shows how many flowers they produce each year ;o)) lol

sorry your not getting any rain still michaella and so much i could share with you here in blackpool, doesnt seem fare ;o((
i cant believe you left without a plant either,, did you have to sit and have a strong drink when you got home lol ;o))

glad the rain is doing your garden good. we are so desperate for rain I keep hanging the washing out when it looks cloudy in the hope of tempting the rain gods. :o)

your garden looks lovely Sandra.

thankyou sea,, and as i said to michaella hope you get some rain for your plants and grass to, i will do a rain dance for you tonight ok ;o))

Nice to see how neat & tidy your decking area looks! You have a nice display of plants there as well.

thankyou so much balcony, i love this area to sit and watch, its close to my pond ;o))

Lovely lovely garden San and good on yer feeding the stray moggie.
I too have sweet peas gone all strangely but they keep on sending out some handsome flowers so for that reason they have been reprieved. ( for now ) :0)))

lol val, your better than me then, i couldnt stand them any longer, so i cut off all the flowers for the house before taking out ;o))

Reading everyone's comments on this blog Sandra, I must be one of the few who waters there lawn unless its rained heavy. Prior to this week, i'm out every night soaking it. Would still do the same even if it wasn't new turf. Sun just zaps all the moisture from the lawn and needs replacing asap!!

Lovely garden Sandra and lovely green grass too. I can't bear scruffy plants either, been round pulling out some straggly Malva which looked good for about 2 weeks then sprawled all over the place......might just have to go to the GC too to find some replacements! LOL . I'd be feeeding the visiting cat too :o)))

Your garden is looking as beautiful as ever, glad to be reminded of your black bag - seeing it reminded me that I had started one and it got put behind the shed weeks ago when I was doing some tidying up, will take a look see tomorrow to find out whats happening with it.lol.

It has been fine here all day Sandra and I have been repotting my chilli plants and filling up the bird feeders with niger seeds and wild bird seed. Your garden is looking a picture -so colourful wish ours looked as good as yours! ;-)

In spite of the rain, your garden looks wonderful.

Know what you mean about the sweet peas ours are going over now and the leaves have got mildew, so they will have to go, but we have two clematis growing with them (mistake no 1!!) so will have to wait now, your garden has survived the rain very well. and is still looking pukka.....

garden looks super San. we have not had any significant rain for nearly 2 months. result....plants have stopped flowering and ground too hard to replace them with anything. also some very sad guinea pigs with nothing to nibble when they are in the run!

Looks really well Sandra, like you i'm sick of all the rain we keep getting sure our plants would not look so bad if it did'nt keep rainng on them, as eor that cat Sandra think you will find its a girl as she is a torti and you dont get boys that colour , she looks lovely though, she looks like one of my sons cat and she is a girl aswell.

i would be the same steve watering mine but as we had a ban on hosepipes it wouldnt have been possible if the sun was shining ;o(
cheers lily glad your like me and hope you get some nice plants as not alot of annuals about now, i was lucky to get mine, we will be looking at autumn ones soon lol ;o))
thankyou so much stroller hope your black gold is doing well ;o))
glad you like the garden richard and you also have a lovely garden to, i must check my feeders, you just reminded me thanx ;o))
cheers Tog more rain today, i want to sit in the sun and drink tea,, should be wine but dont drink lol ;o))
cheers dotty yes seems like that was a mistake with sweetpeas, oh well we all learn, thats something i would have done to lol ;o))
aww poor guinea pigs mageth, hope you get some rain soon ;o)thanx
thanx carol yes a few days of sun would be good to get out in our gardens wouldnt it. and i didnt know that about the cat, must like casper and wants to share his dinner lol ;o))

lots of rain here as well (do we still have a hose ban lol) pots looking great san . i do the same as you lol out it comes to b replased by>>>>>> wot ever lol. at least ur peas flowered i am still waiting . hope the sun shines soon x

All looking lovely as usual Sandra:-) My sweetpeas aren't looking good now either:-(

thanx cristina hope your sweetpeas get some flowers,, think the hosepipe ban is lifted now lol ;o)) x
cheers bornagain are you going to replace them with something else before the summer ends, mind you think it has ended here lol ;o)

You've done a great job there San,tidied it up very nicely and it looks very pretty.A job well done : )

No Sandra, they're all in big pots as the makeover was in progress when they were ready to go out so I sunk some pots in the borders. Well I do have some geums and other perennials to go into borders, so in a way I will be replacing them i suppose lol:-) Our summer left a while ago too, maybe August and September will be nice as July was something of a washout:-)

cheers Diydick for the lovely comment ;o)
good idea sinking them in ground in pots bornagain, is the make over finished yet? i love geum to, first time this year and so bright and cheerfull, i do hope august is good, baz`s sister getting married and im doing a party in garden for joe`s 18th, so plez let there be sun ;o)

Smashing blog San.....your decking area looks just perfect now......ready for tour parties.....really pretty pots and ornaments....i never can get my garden really tidy...its just not a tidy garden....Lol!

lol janey, believe me i have untidy bits i crop off pics hahah,but im getting there, its little things i need baz to finish, im hoping its still got plenty of colour at aug bank hols thats when family all coming for joe`s 18th party and need sun to ,
i love your garden janey,, a real cottage garden ;o)))

It's all looking fantastic San and Casper looks totally taken....with cleaning himself! It's all looking so neat and tidy......mine needs doing badly and you've shamed me now!!

lol Dan, i bet its not si bad knowing you, nice to see you back, know its hard to get on here with work and all ;o))

Gorgeous San! Sorry I have been a bit of a stranger(and they don't come stranger than me!) but am so busy I keep running out of hours! I may be delayed, but my appreciation of your lovely garden never diminishes my friend! Great to see as always, San!! :~))x

hi flori and dont worry as i always say we do have lives off here lol, and always lovely to see you and thanx for looking ;o))) xx

Am usually more up together with catching up on the blogs, but have a Wedding reception I have to sing at this month, and so rehersal time seems to have taken over at mo!!! So lovely to 'chat' with you again though my dear friend!

sounds lovely flori, you sing to, a gal of many talents then ;o)) i love singing, do a bit of karioki when away haha, but have had alot of comliments, even sang to baz at our wedding do lol

Oh that's really lovely, San! I have been a semi pro vocalist for many years, but now concentrate on Jazz Standards....better suited to my age I think! lol! Love it lots but can be very time consuming too. When I was tidying up the garden the other day, I was rehersing at the same time, you know how us girls can multi-task, lol Just have to wait and see if my garden grows better now, hahaha! :~))x

i sing in the garden, my neighbours must hear me and casper likes it anyway lol, me and my mate use to have sing songs with karioki machine if either felt down, it cheered us up no end and laugh, almost split our sides by the time we finished , would love to hear you sing jazz flori,,, any cd`s of your singing by any chance ;o)) xx

Oh you poor fool San, you know not what you ask! LOL! Have already inflicted one on Richardpeej and Hywel, but if you do want to hear one, pm me, I supply the ear plugs too!! Tee hee hee :~))x

lol flori, yes plezzzz ;o))

Have pm'd you San! :~))))))x

got it flori and answered, sorry late ;o)) x

Just pm'd a reply, San...... :~))x