The Slope 19.05.11

Its all looking beautiful Annella. I did the same thing, stopped and enjoyed the view in mine. It looks great at the moment.

I'm glad you're feeling better Annella! Sometimes you just have to wait until inspiration strikes, and you find a renewed enthusiasm, but at the minute, your garden is looking really gorgeous!! I love it!

It's amazing what a little rain can do; strangely, the hosepipe never seems to give the same feel.

all looking very nice Annella... we havnt ha dany good rainfull for a long time....

Your garden is absolutely beautiful Annella. Lucky you...you had rain...

glad you had some rain anne and it does make life easier doesnt it, hard work having all that to water each evening, times like this im glad my garden is compact, your garden always looks so pretty though :o)

Lovely Annie. So glad you are feeling better. The photos never do justice to the Osteos do they. Mine are just coming out now, and the colour is just beautiful. They look so lovely with everything they grow beside too!

It does look so pretty, Annella....all the plants are very mature and it really fills everything out so well. I hope you've add a nice evening getting done what you wanted in your garden.

I agree that the rain has really perked things up....my plants are all in tubs at the moment (awaiting planting) but that was the first thing I noticed yesterday after our heaviest rainfall for some time....everything was looking so healthy and pretty :)

lovely garden as allways annella ................ ur very insperational ................. lots of colour.

super garden..great planting, lovely colours..

what a gorgous picture everything looks healthy and lush,gorgous !

Thanks Whdebor

Looks wonderful Annella all you hard work has paid off!

Your garden looks a lovely place for a retreat Annella. You no doubt enjoy a walk down the paths to unwind after a hard day at work...summer is a great time of year isn't it...

Thanks Rich, nice to hear from you

Thanks Annella ;-)

wow, that's a heck of a slope, Annella! When you said "slope" in your profile I was imagining something rather less than the gradiant shown in these pictures!

Agree with you; a flat plot is only two-dimensional - someone once asked on Yahoo Answers how to get rid of a slope, and I answered "why?" - *s* if I ever get a proper-sized garden I want to get a slope put IN! One can do so much more in three dimensions.

Did it tke you long to clear the builders' rubble, or didyou just plant over it? with greenery this lush, the plants must have really good footings. How well does the ground drain, given that you're on clay?

Delightful as ever.........slopes are great, we put one in ours.

Was it very hard to do, Dottydaisy? I've read bits in gardening books about taking slopes out; they say it's not just a case of chucking soil until it's level - they said one had to take the topsoil off first, then level, then put the topsoil back. Are there similar probs with puttine a slope in?

Mine was bulldozed to create two levels Fran, the original hillside was too steep to stand up on so useless as a garden.

ah, right, thanks

We just moved a load of soil to the top of the garden, we were lucky as we had a small wall to put it against, it is a very gentle slope but looks good from the top with the stepping stones....

I'll have to check out your pics!

DD's stepping stones are lovely too Fran

thanks, Annella, I've got my work cut out keeping up with other people's fantasticness!

Lol Fran! I think that's what happens to all of us when we come on here.

I love your garden:-)

Ta Ba ;o))