Day 255

lots of Allium sphaerocephalon this year- and happy bees!

Day 254

Magnolia Grandiflora (new tree)

Day 253

The Weasel

Flea investigating the pond

Day 252 Cherry Pie

Sunday 24th June
https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2017/jun/25/nigel-slater-cherry-cake-recipe

Day 251

Cherries from my brothers garden

Day 250

Day 249

Hemerocallis/Day Lilies have re-grown and are now in flower

Day 248

Lots of new colour from bulbs and annual seeds planted up after the fire

Zinnia

Nasturtians

Lilies

Dahlias and Verbena

Day 247

Tuesday June 19th- Wild Campanula and Navelwort

Day 246

Cosmos in amongst the wild flowers

Day 245

Sunday we cleaned off the remains of the burnt out hot tub- jetwashed, weeded and a coat of purple paint found under the house!

Day 244

Saturday project- Hampton Court garden tidy up!
We want to re-landscape this side of the house (especially now the hot tub is gone) but we have so much rebuilding and tree cutting work to do, this garden and terrace is lower on the list of priorities- so for now it's having a makeover/tidy up.

Day 243

Everything is growing- especially the weeds!! Time for a tidy up!

Day 242

Gorgeous bright yellow lilies flowering

Thursday June 14th

Day 241- summer soaping

trying to get a bit of stock up again, for the summer

Day 240

need to take a break from the garden and crack on with some soapmaking!
making teenyweeny strawberry decorations

Day 239

Wild Verbascum

Day 238

Wild blue larkspurs

Day 237

Quite a few of these butterflies about at the moment- Clouded Yellow

Saturday June 9th

Day 236

Watching the wildlife- pond now with breeding frogs, newts, diving beetles, and pond skaters

Day 235

Bumble bees on a sweet smelling thistle which is growing en masse here at the moment

Day 234

Oriental Poppies stuffed full of bees!

Day 233

Two new Olive trees and lots of flowers!

Day 232 Replanting the Top Garden

Jo and I filled the bed with flower plugs!

Day 231

Removing the Prunus Trees- very sad as they were quite special (Prunus x subhirtella 'Autumnalis') but there is no sign of life at all.

Day 230

New roses in the front border (The Alnwick)

Waiting to see if the Prunus were coming back but no life so far, so they will have to come out.
Geraniums and Peonies are coming back

Day 229

Friday June the 1st and it's still raining!

                                           It is just what the land and trees need this year

Day 228 Corpus Christi

Thursday May 31st

Day 227

Trachelospermum jasminiodes by the front door- a replacement plant for the one which burnt and didn't recover