Neglected Blog!

My poor neglected blog!

So much has happened since September......

Mum had a fall and needed an emergency op for a replacement hip....

I got flu.....  again!!!

My back has been giving me serious problems...

So for a catch up in September..

lots of beautiful flowering dahlias, I started getting the greenhouse ready

and the arid bed was still enjoying lovely mild weather

October....

was spent 'oop north' with my mum and I didn't get back until the end of the month.
When I got back it became obvious that Tango had deteriorated and sadly the decision was made and he was put to sleep.
Such a fabulous cat, with such personality, sadly missed.

I took this photo at the end of October and as you can see the garden is still looking good.

The Arid bed was covered,

 
since this photo, we have altered how it is attached to the fence. I'm using elastic woggles so there is give when the wind blows

it is working really well.

Lots of colour in the garden, I love this Acer such a stunning red.

My neighbours Pyracantha.

The passion flower went nuts this year and we had lots of these fruits.

So here we are November 10th and my 'nanas' are still out.  This is the latest I have ever left them out. It has been so mild that I felt they where better left out than in a humid greenhouse.

We have had a lot of rain and wind just recently and you can see that this Hiniba has started to 'yellow' around the edge of the leaves.
I have found when we have strong winds at this time of year this usually warrants a change in weather.

So this Friday is the day, when we do the big dig and get the plants into the greenhouse. We could probably last a bit longer, but I have to have help to get these in and hubby has a half day.

Time flies by......

When you are able to get back out into the garden without falling down a hole or tripping over a builder! I have been having a lovely time, re-arranging plants, digging up lacy hosta's which have now been de-snailed and popped into tubs which have been wrapped around with copper tape in the hope that we can lose the lacy look!
I have been planting up around the hopper shed and all the plants seem to like it as they are growing like crazy.

I have some solar lights which I bought off Ebay last year or the year before which now light up the tree ferns and the old man and look amazing at night.

My passion flower is also happy against the new brick wall and is shooting off in all directions. Such a shame the photo does not do the colour justice. I do prefer the white & purple one I had last year on the other side of the patio.

The Black Eyed Susan has spent the bulk of the summer in a pot and was not happy. I planted it in under the tree fern knowing it didn't have alot of time before autumn came but again it has roared away.

Just look at my Cycas Revoluta, this is called ' a flush' when it first started I thought I was only going to have a couple of leaves but it is growing like a 'goodun'.

 Now what I need is for the weather to continue fairish, because if I move it, the leaves will distort and they have to harden off before winter! Fingers crossed.

I never used to be a big fan of dahlia's. My dad grew them and I always remeber them being full of earwigs ugh! Last year I needed some fillers for the open garden so bought a couple and thought mmmm, I like these.

So this year I bought a few more. Isn't this colour amazing.

As you can see I have dug out the hosta's and replaced them with heuchara's and grasses, I hope it looks ok next year. Fingers crossed.

Can you see what I have been up to here?
The honeysuckle has  gone it was annoying me beyond belief. once that had come out I had this flash of inspiration to make this a bit lie a Mediterranean garden (well we can dream). So out of the pot came the
 Chamaerops Humilis, boy oh boy has it got thorns, flippin long ones too.

In to the planter it went, along with a very large Hibiscus I have had in a pot for years. I also squeezed in a banana and 2 Passion Flowers. So toes crossed for these.

The coal bunker has been re-erected beyond the patio and is completely out of sight of the patio. So the cats hutch is back up and tango is very pleased about this. He does like his comfort, he also lies to stay dry and even if its raining he sits in here for hours.

Trapped!!

Don't you believe it, she just found somewhere comfy and safe to lie. Shame the feral cat doesn't think the same!!!!

A Sunny Day!

I am finding gardening a real chore at the moment,and was all for giving up and selling my tropicals etc. But the family have persuaded me its a passing phase and have all agreed to help out. Then we can review it next year!

At the moment I am trying to do a little bit each day, a maximum of an hour, and only if I feel up to it!

So I planted 1 row of spuds, (Charlotte)



Some more onions with rows of carrots between



and unbubblewrapped the greenhouse



and that was all I could manage.

Meanwhile the cats where doing what cats do.....

Tango eating a mouse, ugh!



Sassy sleeping in the old rabbit hutch we kept for them.



Jake being very brave and sneaking out the lounge window!





At last my clematis has opened, it is so pretty!





I am still knitting the Forest Canopy shawl and have undone it so many times. But today I found out about 'life line' and only wish someone had told me about it earlier! This could be my saving grace!!

Welcome

I am sorry about changing my blog again so soon. The reason is becuase since I've been using hubbies computer and its not loaded in my favourites I can never find it! Unless I go in through 'Blogger'. So if I can't find it how can other people?

When I had 'Woodlands World' I was usually somewhere on the first page of a Google Search, and infact when I changed it last, my sister said 'why didn't you do a Woodlands World 2'!
Basically because I didn't think about it thats why!!!!!! Doh!

So here we are! I promise not to change again until I run out of photo space again!!

So whilst I am without my computer this is where I sit, with hubbies laptop.



I love it, whilst its been warm I have the French Doors wide open, its bright and cheerful and I can sit back and enjoy the view! I love it soooooooooo much I might even get rid of my big huge computer and get a laptop!!



the bonus is I always have company!!