On a scale......

For anyone interested 2 new swaps have been posted this week.  Kimberley at Creative Chaos and Tracy at Mad about bags are both doing one so if you fancy some fun pop over and join in the fun!

Back to my week.......
on a scale of one to ten I am at about 9..... Post gardening pain that is !!! is entirely my own fault but once I started I just had to go for it and did it all in a few hours.  So the pain is well worth it ..

Here are the before and after pics.  Late Wednesday I decided I just couldn't bare the heather (inherited when we moved here) and the sheer volume of "elephant ears" so I decided Thursday I would "go for it".

This is what the front 

of the border looked like 

before it was extended around the

pear tree to the right of the picture

First

elephants ears cut severely back,

well the heather 

took ages to cut back to get to the roots, 

which then I dug out,

then new compost dug in

and the fun of planting began

Found this little chap 

and "relocated him under the miniature

bamboo..

he was quite large 

and finding him ...

well it  gave me an idea...

ready to go 

and ta da 

Complete with 

a frog paddling pool...

and frog was,placed,in it 

and I must say looked 

rather surprised...

but I have seen him in it again since

The new border now has hardy fuschia,

(2 varieties) , phlox, geraniums, sweet William, 

snap dragons, astilbe ,  lupin, carnation ,

to name a few

over the months some evergreens 

will be added 

Chris dug the opposite border yesterday for me .

Again it is quite long

but I have the plants for it

and they haven't cost much.

Most will be repotted from planters 

and pots dotted around the garden.

I can use those pots then for 

Annuals and plants that can't tolerate

the heavy soil here.

It's pouring here at the moment 

so more planting may have to wait.

The funny thing is DH is rather impressed

and gardens are not "his thing" 

impressed,so much that is

he wants to go shopping

next week to get some

roses!!

Wonders will never cease!