RAINY DAYS

 It's been a busy week with none garden things, plus we have had some rainy periods but still plenty of sunshine along with those showers.

We did manage to get down to the garden landscape centre earlier in the week and get the two paving slabs we needed for the end of the gatrden.

So it's again very much a mish mash of pavers to fill the space.

Paul had to lift and relay the big paving stone on the left of photo because it had dropped down foe some reason. Now they just need to be cemented in.

Naturally we could not wait to see how the space could look and tried out a large acer we have in a pot that was up by the gazebo.

from the folly.

The acer has a nice spread across the trellis, only problem is that Acer's can be very fussy and it may not like this position. It is quite sheltered in one way but can get the winds blowing through, which may not please it. We will wait an see how it does. If we have to move it, we can replace it with something else to work in the space.

Now! Much to my dislike we usually leave an old baby gate across the doorway into the folly to stop the dogs from wandering in. We have been discussing what we could put there that would look way better than a white metal gate! Himself, said that if we put these pieces of edging across the entrance they won't go in..... mmm... I'll let you know if that works......

This beautiful Dahlia flowered beside the statue

We left this one in over winter and is one of the few that survived. One's we dug up stored we lost due to the late very cold spell.