I'm home now and have returned to a jungle!! The plants have been loving all this rain and been going, well a bit mental, which is exactly the way I like it. They seem happy and that makes me happy (when did I get this old?!)And the Heath looked beautiful too...The swans have baby cygnets
Category: garden
Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and… Basil?!
While I warm up supper (calm down, I cooked it yesterday- I haven't reverted back to my old ready meals ways!!) I thought I would share some pictures of some new arrivals... HERBS! And lots of them!!OK, they aren't ALL technically herbs- those, up there, are ferns!My lovely friend, stylist, brilliant blogger and general wonderstar
Now, back to the garden…
I have been loving the weather- I don't want to leave the house so I can spend every single moment in the sun and work in the garden.This time last year it was a tip, a building site... a work in progress. This year it is a real fully functioning garden and I couldn't be
PROJECT BEDROOM!
So I did what I said I would - I sorted the bedroom! YEY!I got straight to it while Stephen was away on a stag do and spent the whole weekend making it just right for his return.I definitely have the spring cleaning bug at the moment, in fact I just finished the scrubbing every
I think, I hope, that SPRING might be here!
OK so I have had people asking 'what has happened to your DIY blog?' and seeing as it wasn't just my mum I realised that it might be missed... but the truth is I don't feel very creative in the winter. I avoid the garden, as it's basically a plant graveyard, there are dead leaves
Where were we?
Oh yes... the garden.My whole summer has been about finishing it and every moment the rain stops I've been working on it - well WE'VE been working on it because I really couldn't have done this without Stephen (and Hobbes)!Oh yes he's been working SO hard! (BTW this was wet paint that he was lying
Drum roll please….
The garden is FINISHED!Well... almost, there are still little things to do but I don't think that will ever change...Isn't it pretty? Just to remind you - here are some before pictures:When we first moved in!After a tidy up, new plants and during 1st project - the pond and 1st patio.The back bit.The back has been