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THE SUN CAME OUT, I GRABBED MY CAMERA 7/7/12

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I couldn’t believe it…SUN. It’s rained solidly all day then about 6.30pm SUN! Ran for the camera as everything looked lovely and shiny:-)

In the forefront of this pic you can see loads of lovely viola and some heuchera sugar plum and very cheap petunias awaiting planting which they have been for some considerable time!

Here are more plants geraniums Orion and Elke and black beauty and more h. sugar plum.

My favourite lavender, Little Lady are set each side of the circular path entrance to the little corner patio. This pic doesn’t do them justice.

Also shot upstairs to take pic of garden from ‘office’ window in case I never see it in sun again lol:~)

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It looks beautiful BA! That astilbe is fabulous, the ribbon grass is gorgeous, so many lovely plants!

7 Jul, 2012

 

Also living the astilbe, I'm acquiring some white ones soon from an abandoned garden x

7 Jul, 2012

 

Wonderful blog! It all looks so lush! Love the pond :)

7 Jul, 2012

 

You have a lovely garden Ba. all looking extremely well.

7 Jul, 2012

 

Your garden looks lovely BA it is surprising what a bit of sunshine can do to cheer the heart!

7 Jul, 2012

 

Lovely photos. It's nice to see the sun :o)

7 Jul, 2012

 

Absolutely beautiful, I adore the tables and chairs...I am on the lookout for something like that on ebay..lol.

7 Jul, 2012

 

All looking lovely . . . glad you ran for the camera! We had a sunshiney evening too ~ would have had supper outside, but the benches were still soaked!

7 Jul, 2012

 

Wow SUN.... what is that!!!!! I do agree your garden is lovely and shiny and very beautiful.

7 Jul, 2012

 

Thanks Sticki, I think the astilbe was one of those impulse buys from Morrisons, so glad I'm impulsive:-)

7 Jul, 2012

 

impulsive is good!!!

7 Jul, 2012

 

Hi Magna, years ago around the back of a house for sale, was an overgrown garden. One corner of it was a large mass of fluffy astilbes, visible above the long grass. Never forgotten that sight:-))

7 Jul, 2012

 

Hi Pixie, I've got three different waterlilies in flower, very thrilled. Unfortunately the water is green although I did use this safe stuff to clear it over two weeks ago, still no difference:-)

7 Jul, 2012

 

Thanks Cinders, the weeds are certainly thriving although many of my plants have been badly affected by the weather...typical lol:-)

7 Jul, 2012

 

Hi Richard, that's so true, hard to feel up when it's gloomy everywhere isn't it:-)

7 Jul, 2012

 

Thanks Hywel, it has been a bit depressing all this rain hasn't it? Although I know your bete noir is the snow;-)

7 Jul, 2012

 

its pouring with rain again here

7 Jul, 2012

 

Thanks Michaella, I looked on ebay for ages then bought these from Greenfingers. They give a good service and are the cheapest I've seen:-)

7 Jul, 2012

 

Thanks Sheila, you could have carried your dining chairs out to eat al fresco...unless they're very heavy of course. It would have been worth it....maybe the only chance this summer lol:-)

7 Jul, 2012

 

Your garden looks amazing BA!!

7 Jul, 2012

 

Thanks Marion....summer still forecast for September:-))

7 Jul, 2012

 

Oh bad luck Sticki, still dry here...don't know for how long though. I was kicking myself this morning as I didn't put out a new suet and mealworm block for the birds last night and when I looked out of the window , the juvenile woodpecker was sitting on the arch all disconsolate. I hope it hasnt put him off:-( I shot out to replenish, but only got the starling mob back, mainly juveniles too. I'm certainly doing my bit to help the starlings:-)

7 Jul, 2012

 

Thanks Lil, I may be able to do a little work out there today if it stays dry:-)

7 Jul, 2012

 

i hope he comes back BA

7 Jul, 2012

 

I only had a woodpecker visitor once before, and she never came back (the one with the cuckoo) but I've seen this one a few times now:-)

7 Jul, 2012

 

what did severnside use to feed them, they visited his garden regularly? be good to encourage this one!

7 Jul, 2012

 

No worries Ba . . . we've had supper outside FOUR times already, lol. It was breezy last night too, so we ate in the kitchen with the door wide open (I knew you wanted to know that :)))

A green woodpecker visits us quite often, because what he likes is ANTS, and we have plenty!

7 Jul, 2012

 

I can't believe how nice your garden looks after all the rain we have had, good for you,

7 Jul, 2012

 

I echo that last comment! What a very,very pretty garden you have and it is looking lovely in the sunshine.

7 Jul, 2012

 

Well lucky old you Sheila lol...we managed one family meal out this year using a trestle table etc. No meals outside apart from that. Send your green woodpecker this way, lots of delicious ants too:-)

7 Jul, 2012

 

Yorkie, it's so much easier now the grass has gone:-)

7 Jul, 2012

 

We have had one meal outside so far - it was last Wednesday!!! A memorable occasion!

7 Jul, 2012

 

Indeed Wild rose...we spoil ourselves lol. Perhaps we'll all be outside in September, autumn is the new summer?:-)

7 Jul, 2012

 

Your garden looks lovely.

8 Jul, 2012

 

I love the lay out of your garden, B.A. and I am the same as you. I still have loads of plants in pots which I daren't put out incase they get eaten !

8 Jul, 2012

 

Thanks Drc, I've been working on the front today trying to increase drainage...and do a bit of planting. I was so hot....then it started to rain...again:-)

8 Jul, 2012

 

Thanks Rose, it's so much easier without grass and with the nice shapes, always looks ok;-)

8 Jul, 2012

 

You have a very interesting garden BA. I love your design. It must have been pretty scary getting rid of the grass but looks so much better and bigger for not having any. Youve also successfully managed to get rid of your fences by covering them with climbers. Im trying to achieve that but will have to wait a bit longer. :0/

13 Jul, 2012

 

Thanks Poppy, i'm afraid that I have loads of naked fencing though and some that I did sort of cover...I'm not keen on the cover. One is an orange honeysuckle which doesn't smell....what use is a honeysuckle with no smell? and it doesn't flower for that long either. Since being on this site I've become ruthless and I'm dumping things I'm not keen on lol:-)

14 Jul, 2012

 

Love your garden Ba and especially that Pink leaved/flwering tree/shrub what is it please;0) Also love your Astilbes and your pond, wish mywater lily would flower like yours, lovely planting too;0)

15 Jul, 2012

 

Your garden looks lovely Ba, I also like the huge pink one and the Astilbes, I really must get some of them, they look so nice in everyones gardens, both my ponds are green this year, we even have a light on the filter for the fishpond but its really struggling to keep it clear..
Lovely pics especially like the views from upstairs..

15 Jul, 2012

 

Thanks Carole, if you mean the little tree by the pond? it's an acer Which lived for years in a pot before it was given its freedom. I don't know which one it is as I bought it so long ago from a garden centre 'sin bin' so it was cheap. It is always beautifully coloured...I'd have another if I knew what it was lol:-)

15 Jul, 2012

 

Thanks Lincs lass, my pond is totally green, was last year too. I bought some of that stuff to clear it, but I think the weather was too cold and nothing has happened so it was probably killed off. I believe the fish don't mind it green, nor do frogs:-).

15 Jul, 2012

 

Beautiful, Ba...:>)

15 Jul, 2012

 

Thanks Motinot, the sun seems to have a different quality in the midst of all this rain:-)

16 Jul, 2012

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