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i have planed out work for the next two years i have now done a spreadsheet with lots more details including flowering times/colour height life time placement and if it likes it wet or dry the ones in red i have already bought the seed for gaden plants.docx other wildlife friendly plants i already have in the garden cotoneaster queen of carpets centaurea amethyst snow pyracantha rogersiana flava salvia blue hints lavender loddon pink Astrantia star of love sisyrinchium rocky point Aquilegia John

i have been doing lots of research i have come up with a list of plants all that that beneficial to wildlife that i want to use in the garden giving flowers from march to October Astilbe lady's Bedstraw Bergamount Betony (Common hedgenettle) Campion red/white Corn marigold Corn poppy Cornflower Foxglove Hawk bit Hylotelephium Knapweed greater and lesser Loosestrife purple May weed (chamomile) Meconopisis poppy Penstemon Primula candelabras Primula drumstick Primula veris (cow slip) Primula vialii Pulmonaria (lungwart) Ragged robin Scabious field Spike speedwell Teasel Toadflax yellow and purple Verbena bonariensis Vetch kidney for small blue butterfly's most can be grown from seed John

Just got back from hospital. They reckon i might have Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis. But at the moment it's hard to say!

well i went out and got one of these i must say it has done a great job of reducing my buddleia pruning to shreds only use it on dried out stuff so far so has not blocked up on me yet Thanks John

i have had a busy time in the garden tidying things up and moving plants around i have also painted the front garden fence the patch of Marguerite daisy's moved from the back garden to the front has had more added and seems to have taken well garden front by john brace, on Flickr the front bed has been mostly striped out with some plants been move elsewhere plants to be seen are newly planted Abelia bumblebee a impulse buy as it was cover in bees at the garden centre (bottom pic left end) the tall yellowed flowered plants are evening primrose with have been left in with teasels along the back garden front bed by john brace, on Flickr garden front bed two by john brace, on Flickr the area behind the pond has bean partly cleared out and planted partly up with a mix of primula denticulata or drumstick primulas primula vialii and scabious also to be seen are a newly planted echinacea sensation pink pond by john brace, on Flickr the old lawn area has been mostly striped out with some plants been move elsewhere plants to be seen are a newly planted echinacea sensation pink along the front i have planted two clumps of hardy geranium that has been move form under the bay tree seen at the back of the bed along the front is sweet Williams that have been moved from behind the pond the tall yellowed flowered plants are evening primrose that have been left in hard to see is a row of teasels along the back wildlife garden by john brace, on Flickr i have also planted some daffodils and grape hyacinths bulbs in both the front and back gardens one thing i have learned this year is not to buy mixed seed packs as they are mostly cheap filler plants i already have a long list of plants for next year in fact i have so many ideas i could do with another garden John

yep they haven't got a clue got an Email today welcoming me to my new smart meter and to rate how the fitting went John

they started to pester us again so made a booking telling them that we needed a special meter guess what turned up today same fitter as last time nope cannot fit it not got the right meter he told me do not book another appointment they have not got a f@$king clue to what is going on John

hand a visit of six long tailed tits this morning first i have seen since March John

looks good and not that expensive a few of the reviews mention that they removed the spikes John

Hi all looking for a garden shredder mainly for small branches been looking at online reviews but they are always very mixed making it hard to choose so any help would be appreciated John

today we have second brood goldfinch fledglings begging mum for food John

yes it is we see on or around this day every year John

juvenile robin robin by john brace, on Flickr juvenile Dunnock dunnock by john brace, on Flickr both seen in my garden

another one Carlisle 08912 CARLISLE by john brace, on Flickr

Humming bird hawk moth in my garden this morning humming bird hawk moth by john brace, on Flickr

well things are coming along well noted six types of butterfly's in the garden including a small blue front garden by john brace, on Flickr wildlife garden by john brace, on Flickr pond by john brace, on Flickr i have already ordered some seeds for next year

something a bit different in the garden today a small blue very well named as they are tiny small blue by john brace, on Flickr

gatekeeper gatekeeper by john brace, on Flickr gatekeeper by john brace, on Flickr green veined white green veined white by john brace, on Flickr comma comma by john brace, on Flickr