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Sunday 16 March 2014

Spring Flowers and a Greenhouse Skeleton

Well Spring is here - and a greenhouse takes shape - still more clutter to shift  - but things are on the up  - the garden has survived the winter deluge and the demolition remarkably well  - so I have posted a few of my favourite pics - and also a few shots of the greenhouse coming to life.

It is pretty much 4 weeks since I last posted - seems to me that this house has been flat out - with garden affairs - family affairs and general living - the fields and country walkways have been so wet and muddy until recently and so have been out of bounds for a black and white collie who loves to race back and two through  very mucky pools - also Blue has been restricted on her exercise - she has had  an operation  which left her with a wound with stitches on her side - but now things have healed up nicely and so she is able to exercise in her usual fashion - a tearaway collie.!!

Here are a few pics of our mammoth task - please say it looks better - mind there is still a way to go - staging is being made by a friend - before the plants can be moved in - yes they are all crammed into the old cedar wood house - which in its turn is coming down to make way for new paving - a line of trellis for clematis and some garden furniture - all in the distant  future me thinks - well there you are you see - now for a few pics for a clearer picture.
                   
                     Take one - corner bricks in place
   
                     Wow the bricks are down !!
 
 
Up she goes - looking good  - what do you think
 
 
glass going in - not to many breakages! 
Blue inspects the new space  ( thinks plenty of ball playing area)!
 
and this is Fred !- a garden gift from a neighbour - made locally - love him
 
 
 
 So there we are - getting there - and now just a few pics from round the garden
 
No doubt that the colours of Spring really give a lift to the garden and certainly give me a boost!!
 
 
Japonica
 
 I thought I had lost my primula sieboldii  - so sent for replacements - and then see below my plants were just a bit slow off the mark but here they are pushing through - now I had white and pink plants so now I am waiting to see if both have survived - I love primulas and intend to have more
 
 
 
 
Note the empty looking pots scattered around - I am just waiting to see what is going to shoot next  
 
Primula Gigha
 
 
 
 
 Help your self to a scone if there is not enough to go around I will make some more!!
 
 Bye until next time - Jane x

7 comments:

  1. You've both been working your socks off. It's looking really good. Bluie looks as though she's loving the space. Glad her wound is healing. Your flowers are lovely.

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    1. Thanks Molly - I think we can see the light at the end of the tunnel mow - love to you both xx

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    2. whoops - sorry about the spelling mistake x

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  2. Get better ,Blue.
    Love The REAL Maple Syrup Mob xxxxx
    Pee Ess.Mummy Janey loves all the flowers!

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  3. Bluey says thanks pussycats don't laugh but the vet shaved my hair in three places but it is growing again now and I look a bit like a patchwork quilt but hey ho - love to mummy janey xx

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  4. You guys over there are always ahead of us in the spring department lol Always Daffy's out long before ours . My uncle Arthur over there always used to tease us with letters and photos of his spring flowers in his gardens as he was 5 year garden champion many years ago in the garden competitions they had over there ! Thanks for popping by my blog today . I love your photos and your pooches are cute . Looks like that will be a lovely green house ! My parents were British dad was from Hammer smith mum from Liverpool relatives in Cornwall and spread through out England and some in Scotland lol ! Thanks for sharing . Have a good day !

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  5. Thankyou for visiting my blog Country Gal - our brother married into a Liverpool family - she was a fantastic person - and she never lost her Liverpool dialect sadly she is no longer with us and we miss her very much -your Uncle Arthur sounded an interesting chap - and we still have garden competitions over here !!

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