Monday

I was in work this morning & came home via the garden centre as I felt in need of a reward! I have put the resulting purchases in this afternoon - 2 lavenders near the pond and an aquilegia in the north quadrant. I was very lucky to have sunshine this afternoon and sat in the sun to recover while Ben enjoyed it too.

Sunday

I’ve not spent much time in the Magic Garden today but did pot on some tomatoes into the trough that’s now sitting in the back of the tomato house - cue gales! It tipped down with heavy rain intermittently today but Ben was determinedly sitting out there.

Saturday

Its still surprisingly chilly given the amount of sun we have had today. Ben kept an eye on me as I pottered around the garden and I think he likes the solar fountain in the pond. I pinned back the broom and will give it a good feed I think as it looks a bit unhappy and I took the red one out and put it none of the pots for now to give it a chance to grow a bit. I planted the supermarket daisies too while I was working on that side of the pond.

Wednesday

I’ve put more anti-slug stuff down around my planted out sunflowers - its made of sheep wool and my hands still smell of it. Its been a mix of sunshine & very heavy showers today. Ben and I sat in the Magic Garden when I came back from a walk and I photographed a few more bees

The magnolia is now blooming its heart out and the new wee red broom is just coming into flower. It is very little but I hope it will now get established .

Tuesday

Much to my surprise, the drizzle and rain we were promised has not materialised today and so Ben and I spent ages sitting in the Magic Garden.

Wet Monday

Ben and I braved the wet in the Magic Garden this afternoon. Ben stole my cushion while I was checking on the sunflowers I planted out at the weekend and checked the potato sacks which are all gradually getting earthed up. The bees were still busy around the broad beans and garden in general.

Sunny Sunday afternoon

I’m still not feeling the best so it was rather wonderful to have a warm sunny afternoon to sit in the Magic Garden and snooze. I also deheaded some of the daffodils and marked the red tulips so I remember to take them out of the north quadrant and put them elsewhere in the garden as they don’t fit in with the colour scheme. On the other hand these lovely dark fringed tulips are perfect and I will try and find some more - if I can remember what they were called!

Saturday - Coronation Day

Today was the coronation of King Charles III. We were lucky here and it stayed sunny all day.

I spent the afternoon rearranging the patio so that I can have a tomato house. I suspect I will find it doesn't last with the winds we get - we shall see!

Friday

We had a lovely period of sunshine during the afternoon which coincided with my need for a snooze so I slept in the garden surrounded by flowers and buzzing noises. I think I will have a good crop broad beans this year judging by the visits of pollinators.

Wednesday

We had some sunshine today and both Ben and I enjoyed being out in the Magic Garden

Besides enjoying some macro photography, I did a bit of weeding & also sprayed nematodes on the gooseberries and other fruit bushes

Sunday

Its been a damp day but Ben and I spent time in the Magic Garden. I planted out another heuchera in the back which is essentially a replacement planting. I dug up a couple of the ones I planted last year and have potted them to see if they will recover enough to go back elsewhere in the garden.

Heuchera Beaujolais

The baby gooseberry is unhappy though as it is infested. I drenched it in nematodes (and elsewhere in the garden) and have placed it under the second set of bird feeders as maybe the blue tits willl attack these too.

I’m optimistic I will have broad beans to eat this year as my troughs of them have been visited endlessly by the bees.

Saturday

I did a bit of work in the Magic Garden this afternoon. I potted up the oregano and the French tarragon into terracotta pots, planted out a wee catnip Nepta Blue Cloud in the central thyme zone and a Heuchera ‘Metallic Shimmer’ into the west quadrant by the holly bush.

French Tarragon

Nepta ‘Blue CLoud’

Heuchera Metallic Shimmer

Oregano

Friday

After a wet start this morning, I was rather pleased to come back this afternoon to dryness - even if a bit cool. I am pleased with my tulip selection this year even if they are going over fast now. The wee frilly ones were a late addition so it will be interesting to see if in future years they are more in time with the other ones.

I planted out a pair of white hollyhocks into the West quadrant

Thursday

A long time ago I was given a gardening token by my aunt and bought a tiny magnolia. Now it is reaching for the sky & is currently flowering. More recent additions in the opposite corner, the English bluebells are also in bloom. I hope these will bulk up so I will have more of these.