getting going in the garden

Hi Sandra ~
You've lots of plants showing good signs of new growth... :o)

Boiled eggs and toasted soldiers ... ?
... Baz sure knows the way to a woman's heart ;o) lol... x

Makes you feel good to actually get out and do something in the garden, after the long, long Winter, doesn't it, San? I hope you can save the Buddleia Buzz, fingers crossed for it. The Clem. Constance is amazing, so much foliage on it, wonderful to see! Good to see everything waking up at last. : o )

lol Terra he sure does haha, yes everything seems to be coming to life now, so exciting, iv just cut down a sycamore tree in my neighbours garden against our fence, they were going to get someone to do it but i said i would, so expensive to get someone, they are thrilled and very grateful ;o)x
thankyou shirley im so happy with constance but tipical when we are having the fence done lol, but luckerly i know the man and asked him to take care which i know he will as he use to do gardeing to ;o)

Your garden is coming to life very nicely, Sanbaz, isn't it so good to have some sunshine at last?

Your plants are way ahead of mine San. Your clematis is almost flowering! lovely! and your Rheum!!! is is already big! It looks like spring in Blackpool! lovely. :)

thankyou Gee, yes it was lovely today and so warm in the sun to, enjoyed my day, hope you have to :o)
thanx karen its taken off in the last two weeks everything growing well, not rheum karen, in pics there is peony, thats all i can think you mean ;o)can also see fatsia japonica in the corner of one pic

Third pic San, with lovely bronzy leaves...what is that?

thanks sandra ......... will do , lol bin out there all day to day , planted a new rambela rose to go over the hens pen and lots of alpines on the edge of the new path next to the gravel , shud look gud wen spread ........... phew , hope its nice 2 moz , happy gardening to you and all !!!

japanese tree peony karen, got it 3 years ago and not flowered yet but i live in hope :o)
lol cristina glad you have had nice day to and i hope its good tomoz to ;o)

All looking really good San, especially your Constance Clematis.....I looked at one today, but didn't open my purse, now I wish I had....Lol! I've had a good afternoon in the garden too, and like you, moved lots of stuff, we had a few days in Lakes earlier this week and things there were far behind, beautiful though....:o))

thanx janey you should have got one they are easy and quite fast growing to, hope you enjoyed your trip, you didnt get to blackpool then lol ;o)

Hya San, that Constance is a beaut.
Isn't it lovely in the spring sunshine?
Hope Buzz manages to survive (or is that Jazz) lol

Your garden is looking lovely San, wasnt it a beautiful day today, well here it was and I was out at nine this morning, digging until one o clock, with my garden helper and my border is now looking lovely, it is cleared and I have been re-planting slowly. A few more weeks and I can say that I will be very happy to go out there and work again, it was getting me down. Keep up the good work San and enjoy.

Hi Sanbaz - what an array of colour you will be having shortly - you have masses of things about to burst forth.

It's amazing how a few hours of sunshine makes everything come alive.

Look forward to seeing pics in a couple of weeks or so.

lol val thankyou, lovely today and so nice to get outside again, if the fencing man ruins my constance you will all hear me scream lol
so glad you have been doing your border mage and im sure its looking good already with so many hours put in today, look forward to pics ;o))

cheers marie and i love this time of year watching it all apear with life, just need to get the grass cut if the sun stays a while longer, fingers crossed :o))

San my grass has been cut twice...... honest!

Hi Sanbaz, it was a beautiful day here too. My main job today was clearing the front path of moss before putting down the moss killer and finally more stones. It was very hard work. Barry finished the green house yesterday....will photograph it tomorrow. At least we are busy. It all makes such a big difference doesn't it? Your garden is a bit further on than mine, but be did have snow just a few days ago!!! Good luck with the fencing.

Been doin much the same as you, love that bronze leave peony its lovely, been moving a few things around and weeded a border, enjoyed it ,great to get in the garden.

I've not been out in the garden today....instead been cultivating a relationship between 4 lively grandkids and our new family member of the feline variety, Lucy.

The kids were out in the garden but their dad had been out there earlier cleaning the end of our spray adjustment on our hose....blocked up completely by the concrete used when the contractor was laying the patio. Workmen don't take care of our equipment....I will hide it all away...or on second thought....I won't invite this particular contractor back again!

You've been very busy San...and like the others have commented, your peony is looking very handsome. Sure hope you can prevent your clematis from succumbing to the construction of the new fencing. It's beautiful at the moment to see it bursting into life :)

Ah! Tree Paeony! Lovely!

val it does need it but gets so flooded here when it rains as we have clay soil and takes ages to grain away, but if nice for next couple of days will try it.
hi linda i hate that job clearing moss but seems ok here at the moment, good luck with that one,glad you got the greenhouse finished, will look forward to seeing it, happy planting :o)) hope your weather warms up soon and your garden starts to come to life again.
thanx daylily the peony was green to start but seems to be going bronze with age, not sure if thats good or bad really, but still comes back and looks healthy, glad your enjoying your garden to :o)
hi jacquie bet you have had lots of fun today with grankids, hope they were patient with lucy, your right about workmen dont seem to care do they, iv had words with fence man so fingers crossed, will let you know how it goes when done :o)

lol karen ;o))

Fabulous blog, I can't wait until the clem comes out in flower!

thankyou pip will keep all posted on the clem ;o))

I'm pleased about the white Dicentra. It has settled in well hasn't it. I hope you get lots of flowers on it now'
I like that Constance. I nearly bought one last year. It's a lovely colour.
Your pebbles by the pond are lovely :)
Now I don't blame Baz for not cutting the lawn. It's such a boring thing to do. Tell him to get rid of it, then he will never get bored again - and you can have more plants :o)))

lol hywel, you made me laugh as usual haaha, glad you like constance to, you should get one, as for the grass i love to see some green but i will be taking some away this year for a new bed :o), its raining here and we are surpose to be going to altrincham to dunham massy today, just looked at weather for manchester and says partly cloud but no mention of rain ummm. shall we chance it, i just dont want to be stuck inside again.hope your garden is coming along nicely :o)

ha ha ho ho ho! It doesn't mention rain for Manchester....lol....it doesn't NEED to mention rain for Manchester.....it's ALWAYS raining in Manchester....I lived there for two years....sorry Mancunians, I know you love your city but it's not my 'happy place' !!

Looks like everything coming along nicley, i've got quite a lot coming through now aswell , tell Baz i cut my grass the other day, it was a bit damp but left the box of the back,so it cut really well, needs some weed and feed on it as there is abit of moss, but can do put it on in April.

Everythings coming along well in your garden sandra..... my lawns have been cut twice this year....... front lawn was a bit more boggy as its north facing....

lol karen but wrong lol, it was raining like mad here when we left but lovely there, even some sunshine, just got back and wet here so may have rained all day, had a lovely day :o))
hi carol as its rained again today the grass is on hold again, like you i will be weed and feeding soon :o)
thanx hollyglad you managed your grass :o)

Perhaps it stopped raining when I left!!! :))

Glad you're geting rid of some boring lawn ;o) I haven't done much to the garden. I think I'm getting bored with plants.

You need pots Hywel!? :))

I preffer making pots to fiddling in the garden. I'm getting bored with it.

lol karen :o)
yes but only a bit hywel, i love my green grass and karens right some nice pots would be different hywel, maybe a gravel area to :o)

Gravel would be nice :)

lol...I just realised what i said!...what i meant to say was...you need to MAKE some pots Hywel!? I'm not sure what's happening for you and your garden. I wonder if it's just seeming like to enormous a task at the moment? Or perhaps you've lost a lot of plants over the winter..your lovely fuchsias? Perhaps you're just a bit 'low energy' at the moment? I know I have been very low energy for a while, but I think it is finally waking up in me again! :) Hope you get that kiln going again soon Hywel! Wish I lived closer and could come and give you hand with it! I love all aspects of garden work...as long as it's outdoor and I have the tool for the job, I am quite happy to do anything! I even quite enjoyed digging up turf today...MAD!!

what you digging up turf for karen, a new project maybe,
hywel i think a nice gravel area and seating area would be great where you could sit and enjoy in summer, maybe further down the garden which would be a change from your usual seating area near house, you have got alot on and think like karen says its all a bit to much, just focus on one part at a time in your head ;o))

Yes San, it's the long-talked-about gravel garden at the front of the house! Long way to go yet, but will do blog when finished!

oh yes i remember karen, cant wait to see it done, and just know it will be special karen knowing you and your garden :o)

Thanks San! :)

Thank you Karen. Thank you Sandra. I've been in a 'funny' mood lately. I suppose it will clear in time :) xx

Love the pond Sanbaz, everything is looking very healthy :)

makes two of us hywel, think im going through midlife crisis lol, im finding it hard to keep up on here to and everything here, will have to take time out i think, so many pictures and blogs, then i feel bad if i cant see them all ;o(
sorry im moaning now lol
thanx judy glad you like my pond area, did this last year and love it, so calming ;o))

I know Sandra. I have missed some photos lately. I try not to worry but I feel as if I have offended people if I don't see their photos/blogs
However, there are people who always ignore all my photos/blogs, so I ignore theirs :) and only notice the ones who notice mine !

It can easily become overwhelming and a task to see all the blogs/photos/comments and with spring arriving I've noticed an increase in new members as well.

Try not to get tied up in knots San...as Hywel says he does his best to keep up with people who are following his and that works for him.

My problem is that I can write for England....so often I think my replies/comments are a lot for people to wade through! Love GoY though and all the people I've met here :)

dito hywel lol :o))
jacquie its not the writing its the time i have at the moment, art twice a week then thats leaves wed and sunday to try get the garden done as i work thursday, friday and sat, then appointments and family, oh and baz haha im meeting myself coming back lol :o))

your plants are so nice. do you cut the clematis back in the spring

i trim them after flowering as i get another flush in summer pondlady, but last year i forgot to trim after summer but its gone mad so not sure what to do this year lol, but will cut back a bit as i want to extend the trellis.