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I've got tomato seeds to sow too, I don't know if I've left it too late but we'll see.
Good luck ! I hope you get plenty of tomatoes on yours :)

How pretty! Such a delicate pink.

Ah, Klahanie that is a shame..they are so colourful and almost nil maintenance.

I do the same thing Karen. Our property is very shady this time of the year so I buy lots of spring blooming plants and put it on the table outside that I can see it from our dining room. I enjoy doing so.
I like the plant arrangement on your table.

I love your hebes Julia. I wish I could grow some.

No frost here today but we barely escaped with temps of 1-2C! I've taken various photos already & I will take more before they finish for this year.

I'm now making another Fuchsia standard, this time with 'Beacon', a variety I made 3 standards of many years ago & that were killed during the winter of 2009-10.

Thanks Shirley x

Amazing sky.
Your temperature in the morning was like ours .We had 3 deg . but brrr! too.

I only wish I could smell them, unique scent you could pick out anywhere.

Hywel and Julia, thanks for liking this pic. This morning we have a ground frost and 2 degrees at 8am, brrr!

Oh dear, not the dreaded Greenfly already ... :o(

It's easily done ...

We have a heavy frost this morning so I don't what mine are going to be like!

Lovely, Balcony, they are so colourful. I am going to visit our local nurseries soon for some bedding plants, but they don't open until Easter.

Yes, the air felt icy so I just did a bit of tidying in my greenhouse.

Thanks, Shirley! Most years I have a few Hyacinths flowering on the balcony together with many other spring bulbs.

To be truthful it's a bud that has developed very, very slowly all winter. I accidentally broke off a bud while moving it around in the mini-greenhouse where it has spent the winter. :(

Yesterday I noticed 100s of greenflies on the leaves which I immediately squashed!

Thank you, Lindak! At present I have lots of flowers , especially from the Pansies on the balcony railings. :)

I agree Hywel...today was very cold ,I tried going into the garden but nit for long.

It's so nice to see the days lengthening isn't it ...

Thank you Homebird.

Thank you Linda and Sheila.
I am pulling out hundreds of seedlings from everywhere every year. I do not keep them.
The little fairy door just showing my silliness .
I have several porcelain ladies living in the bigleaf maple.
They all have a name. That happened long time ago but they still exist.

Lovely ... the scent from mine wafts across the garden ... gorgeous!

Stunning flowers!

They are lovely.

I agree with Hywel.

Sheila, it's one of those shrubs that is a bit 'Marmite'! I saw some standard Photinias the other day, very strange sight!

Thank you Rose. Sometimes it’s indoors, sometimes out! It has no drainage holes, so usually it’s inside. I keep having to tip this arrangement up. But lately it hasn’t rained much.

I love your trough Karen.

Enjoyed reading the history of the place Karen. Interesting spot and nice pictures.Thanks for sharing.

Looks a lovely place, I would Love to visit it one day. Have been to Shaftesbury & the bones of Edward the M, were there. Ty for sharing your visit, very interesting.

We have inherited a hedge of this, right across the front of our front garden. I wasn’t sure at first but now I really like it!

Yes, so many beautiful places SBG. We must cherish and protect them! “Fight, Fight, Fight” as someone said. :)

That's very early for a Fuchsia, but nice to see it.

its a lovely place, used to visit when eldest girl lived in Frome. There are some really beautiful places in the UK aren't there?

Excellent to see they are growing for you!

I so agree with you Hb, the only tall ones I have left are right at the back of the garden so that's where they can stay!

Absolutely… thanks David!

So true. Hope both you and your hubby are still doing well Phyl. x

How lovely this is. The veranda and your planting looks amazing.

There are mills around the area with a lot of history behind them and they used the river for water power.

Thanks Balcony, They all seem to have had a good flowering year this year. Your balcony always looks pretty with all the plants you grow.

Thanks Homebird, these cyclamen have multiplied so much and I've given some away too.

I prefer the mini ones too. The tall ones always get blown over very quickly in my garden and I end up cutting them for indoors. The smaller ones seem to last so much longer don’t they.

So cheerful Linda.

So pristine and beautiful.

I’m not sure, but this one supposedly grows into a very large tree. There’s so many species and varieties which grow in California.

I had three, gave one away and one died. I don’t think it likes San Diego’s climate, it’s too warm.