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They look cheerful. :o)

These will look lovely soon and smell beautiful.

Ooooh! Many Congrats!!!! :-))

Wow they should look good in a couple of months....

Nice...I have one Oleander which I actually planted in the garden inj the Autumn. It is not looking particulally good at the moment. I think a good cut back as soon as its warm enough is in order.

Well done Blah, it`s going to be a picture in the future and well worth all your efforts.........

this is going to a source of joy for many weeks to come. You deserve to be pleased.

well done will look a picture when all in bloom :o)

Well all your hard work as paid you back, well done.

Nice to see your hard work has paid off,you`ve done a grand job.

Pretty colours :o)

Looking good Blah13 :o)

Well done - all you have to do now is admire your handiwork - and pull out the odd weed, of course! :-))

looking at your pictures you had more than a busy day

a lot of hard work but it will be worth it.

someone is going to be very busy, will look lovely in the summer,

That bed is coming along just nicely. All of your bulbs grow at a slightly different rate so will give you a nice succession of flowers over the next couple of months. Katharine Hodgkin is at exactly the same stage of development as is ours.

I bet you are so proud, and so you should be. I got back ache just thinking about it. what a reward for all your effort your first baby iris, just imagine what it will look like when they are all in flower. Beautiful.

Fine to use the fish blood and bone and top off with slug pellets if you need to - but can I suggest you turn the fish blood and bone into the soil, or you'll have every cat, dog, fox, rat around coming to eat it if you leave it sitting on the top. As for the seeds, depends what they are, it might not be necessary for some annuals to have propagation, but check the packets - otherwise sounds fine.

Great to have you here with us again :o)

Wow... you look organised ! :o)

Good way to display your plants..:o)

That's a neat arrangement of pots and ornaments :o)

Starbucks give away their spent coffee grounds for free. My former garden was a haunt of squirrels (who like to dig up and eat bulbs). I read that the aroma from the coffee grounds deterred them, and so mixed this in with the compost.. Not one bulb, whether in the ground or in a pot, was touched - by squirrels, slugs, etc. my ornamental alliums were huge and healthy, despite the fact that the smell of coffee every time I walked past made me want to dig in and eat the lot, myself! :-)

I understand that they are somewhat acidic so they might make rather a good mulch around camellias etc., though if there are lots they could reduce the nitrogen content (sprinkle with wee?)

hahaha.... I hope some of the members' ideas in my blog make you decide that collecting the coffee is quite a good idea.... and tea... and bananas.... :o)))

My blog of 16th Nov. 09 "I'll Drink To That... going Bananas" might be of interest to you, Blah13.... Read the members' comments about tea, coffee and bananas. I hope this helps you. :o)

You can put some in the compost bin, but I suppose in moderation, mixed in with other things.

I read about and tried dried coffee grounds in thick rings around lupins - I think the slugs used them as a starter before the lupin main course.

I have my lilies in pots and the Dicentra that i bought bare rooted 2 months ago are also in pots ready to go into the garden when the soil warms up.