quite a nice weekend for some

great blog ...;-)) your beds look so neat and tidy ready for the spring...;-))

sadly there are all the front/side ones still to be tackled.

i been tyding up my customers gardens recently. but i hope to tackle mine next week.

I am hoping for a calm dry weekend too.

your leafmould looks wonderful!

There is always something satisfying about the autumn tidy up, isnt there?

It is certainly useful to be able to retreat to the greenhouse sometimes

ill settle for dry but calm would be a bonus...

its predominantly beech leaves but it takes 3-4 yrs to get to that dark crumbly stage. The birds love it especially the robin and blackbirds. there are so many critters in there.

They do but I wish they wouldn't flick it everywhere. very nice blog SBG

yes that is a down side heron. thanks for the compliment. It took ages to put the blog together.

Not too bad here on Saturday, but from Monday until today it has been quite wild. I'm glad you were able to get so much done. I like your conifers. They look nice and bright.

really wet this morning but it has settled down a bit now. it was very breezy in the night.

Lovely blog it looks really nice.

thanks mavis. I like to think it does.

Sounds like you had a lovely and productive weekend SBG. Well done. It all looks lovely and tidy. I wonder what has been snacking on your P. denticulata?? Snails? Slugs?

I have a vague memory of finding a small green caterpillar at one point. so perhaps.......

Your garden is looking very neat and tidy. Mine is horrendous! I am going to go out shortly and attack it! I worked on Saturday but by late morning we had to close the nursery because the roof was moving on the greenhouse the previous Tuesday it was hit by a tornado which went through Hampshire we lost quarter of the roof then It was repaired on Friday so when the wind hit on Saturday it was enough to scare us off!!

oh no that sounds horrendous sueb. hope you stay safe.
enjoy getting out there today.

Oh Sue - A tornado! How scary is that...:-(((

Sbg - I bet you feel a lot beter about your garden after all that work! From here, it's looking good! :-)))

nice blog and you did get lots done, looks lovely and tidy sea,, i really like the shrub in picture 8 with yellow flowers, think they have prickly leaves, glad ive seen your gives me an idea of how they grow, i saw one at gc and couldnt decide, i want one now :o)) is it mahonia sea... ?

Its a mahonia 'Lionel Fortescue' its an upright form and this is about 7ft tall now sanbaz. It was 3ft when i got it. I do have a more common shrubby one but i really liked the upright form of this one.

I enjoyed the fresh air and it is a good feeling when everything is tidy. still lots to do though Spritz. Hoping to get out there again this weekend weather permitting.

will it get any taller sea or is that about the size it will grow, i want something thats not going to take over and really like these

hubby says it was nearer 5ft when we got it so it hasnt grown much in the 12 yrs we have had it. I have it in semi shade as you can see thanks to the beech hedge. the sun comes behind the hedge, so you are looking south at the border. it doesnt give a final height but you can prune it and make it multi stemmed.

thanx sea,, its in my favourites now from your garden :o)) i might go back to nursery and get one now