13 | Jul | 2014 | willowdot21

IF WE WERE HAVING COFFEE

If we were having coffee: I would offer you a comfy seat in the garden and then tell you how we had been bought a Meercat solar garden light .

Mickov the bringer of light

We have called him Mickov the bringer of light. I have a friend who has had a dreadful year she had a nightmare settlement to sort out with her ex-husband. Which could of left her homeless after paying the mortgage in all but but name for years and bringing up two daughters single handed. We helped her to emerge with a roof over her head and her nerves intact. She, though we did not expect it, bought up this cute little guy!

He looks amazing by night and so cute by day too!

Mickov by day.

If we were having coffee: I would tell you how well our tomatoes are doing, this is the second year crop of Italian Beef tomatoes. The year before last we were given the seeds by our lovely holiday hosts. Last year we had an amazing crop of splendid Beef Tomatoes. We used them in salads and gave loads away then my husband hit on the brilliant idea of making pickles! So this years crop are from the seeds of the year before’s crop. It is lovely to watch them growing !

This year’s new crop

As you can see the tomatoes are doing well!

If we were having coffee: I would tell you how disappointed we have been with our Pansies this year . Usually we have a fantastic show of all colours but sadly this year they have been remarkable poor! For some reason they just have not thrived this year which is a shame.

sad Pansies

If we were having coffee: I would tell you that I am so pleased with all the new bushes we planted last year to fill in the garden , hide the walls and give us the cottage garden look! I have found that putting in bedding plants year after year is expensive and honestly useless. The snails and slugs have a fieldday feeding off of them and then after the season they need replacing ! So we decided ( hubby and I) to put in bushes and shrubs.

Bushes

shrubs

the pergola

If we were having Coffee: I would tell you how lovely the Honneysuckle and the White Rose tree are looking and how the Day Lillies have been spectacular. It is all coming together at long last . The little rockery feature is looking good this year with the Alpines and the mirrors and the pebbles too.

Rose Bush

Honneysuckle

rockery 1

If we were having Coffee: I would tell you how we have worked very hard to get the garden looking how we would like it. How when the children were small we used to have a running battle with balls and bats and young lads running round flattening our flower beds. Thank fully they are all grown now and our garden at last stands a chance!

Bushes

If we were having coffee I would tell it has taken us over 25yrs to get this garden this far!

It is not our first garden we have in fact we have had three gardens to tend before this one!

rockery2

Potato patch

If we were having coffee: I would ask you what do you think of the potato patch. This will be our third year of home grown potatoes. I would tell you how really different and better home grown potatoes taste.

If we were having coffee : I would say what fantastic weather we have been having these last few days.

Lollypop Holly Bush

I would say how lovely the Holly Bush is looking now it has been shaped. Also we are very pleased with the box pyramid bushes we have in pots on the patio , they are looking really neat! I would tell you that I really need to spend more time out there!