Here are some of the pictures of the month.

The dragon likes basking in the sun by my suntrap.

Smudge is enjoying the sun aswell

The Ajuga is taking over my remembrance corner.

The first brave primroses hiding one of Finn's toys.

Another dragon in the sun under the baytree.

The helebore is in flower at last.

And this is the first time this one has flowered.

Round to the front and Smudge is coming to meet me.

Elephants ears.

The second batch of daffodils.

And last but not least I bought a packet of crocus for 49pence at the beginning of December and decided it was too late to plant them outside , these 3 I grew like hyacinths in water and planted the rest in pots. Some I gave as Christmas presents but the ones I kept have given a show worth ten times the price I paid for them.

The first daffodils are out! What a difference the sun makes, the garden is looking so much more cheerful today.



This little clump of crocus greets visitors as they walk in the gate.





These two primula and the violet are new additions to the garden this year.

I hope they will be happy and spread a bit.

As it was so nice today, I did a bit of tidying up, removing dead leaves and sweeping paths. Then I transplanted these spinach seedlings from trays to some compost in the cold frame, I hope I haven't upset them.

It was so nice outside I decided to have lunch in the garden. Finn is making sure the birds don't steel the cake!

Smudge thought it was time to sunbathe,

And for once Tara agreed with him!

It's so good to get out in the garden again.

SPRING IS COMING!

The garden seems so much slower coming to life this year, everywhere is damp and claggy,but the snowdrops are out and things are starting to shoot again. The weeds are doing quite well, but the ground is too wet to do anything about them, so it looks like I'm going to be eating a lot of Dandelion salad! I did quite a pallatable Dandelion wine last year aswell, although I would prefer them NOT to flower. Despite adding copious amounts of compost I have quite a heavy clay soil which according to the RHS course I did is rich in nutrients but not good to work when waterlogged as the soil structure will be destroyed.
This is all getting a bit technical so let's get back to what is actually happening. I've started having a superficial clear up, just removing dead leaves. I thought I had lost all my Fuschias which I had left out all winter because of lack of room indoors. I did cover them with dead leaves to try to protect them a bit, but they're starting to shoot! Not all of them admitedly, but I haven't given up hope as I supose it is still a bit early yet. The Auilega are shooting well aswell and the primroses are starting to bud. The Winter flowering Pansies have not given such a good show as last year but they are still struggling on.
And yesterday morning I discovered the frogspawn in the bath! Spring is definately round the corner.

I'm Back

This is just a quick post now to let you all know my internet connection has been restored at long last!
The garden is looking a bit dismal at the moment, much more so than last year, although the snowdrops are out and the daffodils are in bud. The weather seems to have been too cold, wet or windy to do much out there for most of the winter. I need to get out and start weeding but the ground is too claggy to do anything yet.
Now I've finally managed to re-access my blog I'll do a more interesting post when I've got more time. See you all soon

Stars of April

sorry i haven't been about lately, but I'm currently having a dispute with talktalk and am having to borrow a friends computer to do this (thank you Tony), so posts might be a bit irregular until we sort things out.
Anyway I thought the easiest way to catch up is to post photos of the last month. So here they are.....the stars of my garden in April.

This little double primrose is THE STAR of the winter, she was in flower continously from the time I bought her, all through the snow and is still going strong.

This little one has been almost as brave, but was not quite as good in the snow.

The pansies, although they are meant to be winter flowering got a bit wilted during the really cold weather, but are making up for it now!

The wallflower were late starting but have outlasted the daffodils.

What can I say about these old faithful, they come up every year.

The elephants ears have been struggling on gamely all through the winter, but look just as happy as I am that it seems to be over.

The daffodils gave a lovely show, but are all finished now.

These bright little euphorbia(?) brighten up a shady corner.

The frittillaries in the lawn are not as prolific as usual, all the mauve ones have disappeared.

The fisrt bluebells, all the others have caught up with them now but these were the first ones in flower.

This little beauty gives a beautiful perfume outside the front door.

Could someone please tell this little bee not to work quite so hard....... the title of the blog is Lazy Days in my garden.

Sadly these daffodils are all finished now. I'm waiting for the leaves to die back so that I can put my fuschia cuttings in their place. I've been hardening them off ready and you can just see them peeping around the pot.

This is the patch outside the front door.

Finn and Smudge survey the world with a jaundiced eye as I go out and leave them!

These anenome guard my back door and keep a clematis cutting company.

Raindrops on the honeysuckle.

Finn and Smudge have captured the spirit of my garden as we all relax in the sun!

And lastly the clematis is not quite in a starring role, but will be very soon.