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I've put this on my fav. photos for future reference. :o)

Looks like a plant to be added to my garden for fall interest. Pretty.

My Sheltie mows in circles with his toy mower,so
this would be the ideal front garden for him. :o)

That looks cleaned up and ready!
Sounds like Fuji likes to help with the gardening :o)

Lovely plant

Lovely composition.

Have seeds of this - how do I get them to germinate? I was told it was easy.

Sounds great! I love asparagus.

Are they Polyanthas Planted in your Circle Flower Bed Johndman? They look Lovely :)

Garden centre's i go to never cut there price, although B& Q do when the plants are on death's door.

Nevertheless ~ I can see the tiger ! :o)

I can understand why Michaela and her garden have given you so much inspiration. She is full of good ideas about plants and designs.

Looking forward to hearing about your progress. Don't feel pressured about uploading photos. Take your time and whenever you feel ready, we'll be pleased to take a look.
:o)

Why is it that the GCs I visit don't cut the prices of their plants?

Lovely selection there, John. Can't wait to see the photos!

BTW, I love my Kolkwitzia.

oh she is a cute one!!!!!

you took my words Skippy... its an "escape" or a sobbing, which one will get us outa heeereeee!!!!

No direct recent experience,John, but with all the travelling up and down to London over the past months that we had to do, I couldn't help but notice a number of these lovely trees with dead branches and sparse leaves.

I had one in Kent and the main disadvantage is the wicked prickles they have. I loved the colour of its leaves, though, they looked like sunshine even on dull days. I couldn't have one in my present garden, though, as it's too windy and they have a habit of dropping branches, which are rather brittle.

Thats so Funny Wohliuli :D

Too true!!

Rippling evidence sounds fine.
Not so good evidence would have been a very wet floor,a deflated water bed and a soggy Siamese. Lol :o)

Back when we were first married we had a Siamese named Kitty. She wasn't allowed to sleep on the water bed, for fear of claw rips. She thought she was so smart. When we would come home she would be just waking up on the bedroom chair, except the water bed was still rippling from her jumping off! She never did figure out how we knew.

Yep i know how that feels sumtimes im not that strong Sarah lol :)

They are sweet Jac - I have to be very strong not to go and disturb her sometimes - you see them all curled up and so cumfy and soft-looking you just long to go and cuddle them!

AAAAAaaawwwwwwwww i love seeing cats sleep with their Noses Tucked under their Tails Sarah :) Are`nt they the Sweetist :)X Our Sox does that the Most as hes got the Fluffest Tail out all 3 :)

No definately not! She scofted a whole dish of food earlier and then when I was climbing the stairs she ambushed me from the top landing! Did I say she was a good girl?!! Ha! She's all curled up asleep now on my bed with her nose tucked under to tail to keep it warm ;-)

I've just checked the picture of Birtie.
Lovely-looking cat- and definitely NOT skinny any more :o)

Would just like to put my name down in the poll as a cat person/owner! I like most animals really but especially cats and horses. Birtie is my second cat and was a stray who was found living rough in my shed all skinny and starving. She's a great pudding of a cat now tho! I live birds and Birtie does occasionally catch one - but we also get a sparrow hawk visiting the garden and that kills birds every day - so my Birtie doesnt have much impact on the bird population compared with that - it's just nature. Now if I got rid of all the shrubs in my garden that produce berries and provide nesting places and I started using insecticides - now THAT would damage the bird population! (BTW, Birtie poos in her litter tray - she's a very good girl ;-D )

Hywell - I'm writing a novel about a woman who is phobic of birds ;-)

Lol.
It must be especially scary with the slugs shaking their maracas and the sheep staring at you in Spanish. Those sheepish foreign frowns are the worst kind. :o)

Well, apart from the ever-present deer and the threat of wild boar falling off the edge of the wall and dropping into the Brussels Sprouts, we have viscious 4" long Tyrranosaurus wall lizards, gigantic snails and 4" long black slugs, as well as the double-fanged territorial Swallowtail butterflies. Then we always get a dreadful ticking off from the local Robin as soon as we step into our garden and dagger-like stares from the sheep in the compound next door. Oooooh, it scares me! NOT! :o))

Nariz ~
Glad to give you a giggle.
Do you have similar "hazards" in Spanish gardens?
I would be very interested to know. :o)

TT you made me laugh out VERY loud!