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I am glad to report that the raised vegetable patch is proving to be a great success. Everything that I have planted is doing really well . I have had to remove a few plants as I had planted them to close together in my eagerness to grow as much as I could.

The Green Roof is also exceeding my expectations, giving me a really colourful display. I have had so many positive comments about the roof and I hope to have encouraged some people to give it a go for them selves.

If you would like more advise you can visit Livingroofs for more information. This is also the view I get from my living room window of the green roof.

I can also look down onto Pat Austin one of the 3 David Austin roses I have in my garden. On a warm night we get a lovely scent drifting into the living room from the rose....just wonderful.

Last Sundays post was about the back garden and in particular how strong the smell was coming from my Mountain Ash tree. Well I can report it is still smelling and attracting bees in numbers I haven't seen before. Several types of bee are buzzing about the flowers and when they get fed up with the mountain ash they drop down to the newly opened Pavier poppies and have a wander around inside.

It is great fun watching them trying to move around and it is easy to see how they get covered in pollen.

Well I hope you are all having a great time in your gardens, as it is just right for sitting back with a cold beer and admiring all your hard work.....any excuse.