Temporary border wall

I will eventually put up a wall between the patio area and the grass to allow me to put more plants in the back garden. At the moment the wall is just temporary until i sort other jobs out for now ive put some Lobelia and mixed french marigolds between the bricks and also popped in two Gentians which i loved the colour of.

The blue/lilac colour plants are the Gentians ive put in

Right border 04 05 11

Favourite border when sitting at patio table has to be be nearest right border, ive put two lots of scented dwarf carnations near to where i sit and then this year ive covered the rest of the right border with sweet williams, ive not put sweet william in before but think they look great i just hope these survive the rain in the next couple of months to bring some colour down the right hand side.

Plants in left border 04 05 11

Left hand side of left border

Circle of mixed french marigolds

Right hand side of left border six Lobelia just in front of the Hydrangea 

Plants in back border 04 05 11

The plants i went out and bought with my mum in the easter holiday finally got put in at the weekend (sat 30th april)
Heres the back border

Back border two groups of Geraniums and Begonias

these are the only two plants that seem to do well in my garden

Wisteria Side of house

I wanted to show a picture though not a great one of a Wisteria bush i have growing over from next door, not only because it looks lovely and flowers more than once it also smells lovely and makes it a joy to walk down the side of the house. Ive tried to do a couple of cutting to put in the back garden. wisteria orginally was found in China and Japan. Ignore the gate its being moved to the front of the house eventually and replaced.

Front Garden 04 05 11

Its nice to see the first flowers coming to life in the front around the window, think it needs tidying up a bit though

This is latest bush added to  the front it was given to me by a couple of friends Dave and Julie Barfield

Worry Tree in front garden

This is my worry tree at the edge of the drive, my mum bought it for me a few years ago and it was next to the front door but had to be moved eventually.The idea of having a worry tree is when you walk in say from work ect you touch it and leave all your troubles and worries on it and dont bring them into the house, you then pick them back up the next moring when leaving. I read it in a mag somewhere and just loved the idea not that it ever worked, maybe i shouldnt have moved it.

Great Idea to make sure ground is flat before laying turf

My Niece Jodie gave me an idea the other day after playing on the back garden with the hose pipe, i dug up all the grass last year for a number of reasons and to prevent weeds coming back up during winter the ground has been covered with a sheet. After my Niece had finished playing squirt the cat for the day i realised after a few days where the water still lay in puddles was a good indication to where the ground is not completely flat, thanks Jodie Mae XXX

tags: laying turf, turf