I started gardening three years ago, when we moved house and, er, got a garden. Despite taking advice from the Great God Titchmarsh, it's still very much a case of trial and error - I don't think my fingers are naturally green. Anyway, these pictures show the garden from some of its better angles. Enjoy My Garden... (actually I guess technically it's Ian's garden too, but I do most of the work so sod that...)
New for 2006: Check out my new garden-related feature: Pumpkin Watch. See that baby grow...
A snail on the willow wigwam, with cornflowers and sweetpeas
Lupins against the lavender fence
Clematis 'The President' against the shed
Lillies, roses and geraniums against the trellis
Our beach hut garden shed, with Nigel the griffin
Ezzy on her perch, with roses
July 2004
Nigel the griffin basks in the sun on the decking
Ezzy the cat basks on the sun in the decking
Poppies at the bottom of the garden
'Falstaff' roses, with sweetpeas in the background
Sweetpeas, roses and nice purple flowers I think might be weeds...
Ezzy sits beside the border
August 2004
Ezzy on the fence with the Green Man
Geraniums, chocolate cosmos and other flowers
This beautiful red rose smells gorgeous!
This smiley sunflower is taller than me!
Pink hydrangea and watering can
Poppies and sweetpeas
July 2006
The climbing rose goes radge...
Delphiniums and Asiatic lillies
These pictures aren't actually from my garden at all (although I wish they were). I took these pictures at lovely Dirleton Castle, in East Lothian. The longest herbaceous border in the world is at Dirleton - betcha didn't know that!
September 2006
This kind of delphinium is a Black Knight? How cool is that! All together now: aa da da daaa da da daaa da da da da da duh duh...
Tiny violas in the border - cute, ey?
May 2007
Pink and white dianthus against a background of red ivy
A beautiful peony
This gorgeous blue Himalayan didn't get a chance to flower last year - something knocked the bud off before it came out! But worth the wait I think.
Nigel the Griffin looks as bemused by the weather as I feel. A lovely sunny April and a freezing cold May! It's enough to make a mythical beast dream of warmer climes...
June 2008
Foxgloves, clematis, peonies, Virginia creeper and the Himlayan poppy - the garden's a riot of colour right now.
Foxgloves and clematis against the purple fence
Irises in front of the gooseberry bush
Meerkat invasion!
