God, I love gardening

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I've had such a nice day - hacked a rampaging clematis Paul Farges right back before it took over the neighbours garden, trimmed back the perovskias (I know, risky, but they were budding. I couldn't leave it), pruned the roses weeded the white bed and turned the compost heap.

And I ordered nine dahlias, two stripey roses and three cannas from Sarah Raven.

I love spring.

I'm just sharing with like minded individuals, you understand. My four offspring don't care and my husband is away.

Just seen a hedge pig in my garden!!! I forgot to get thr washing in , had to wait till DS was in bed. Think lil hedgepig was startled by thr lights coming on , it was sitting VERY still on teh lawn, just under a bird feeder.

I'm sooo pleased to know we have at least an occasional visit from these lovely slug eaters.

I have to move the washing line this week, DS is having a climbing frame for his birthday....

Have planted early carrots, dug teh spud bed and bought a sulphur candle to sort out teh greenhouse before planting begins in ernest.

I don't have a greenhouse, but sulphur candles sound magical. Like something out of Harry Potter. I know they aren't.

If you fancy sharing with like-minded individuals more often you should join the Humphs Happy Horticult thread. We're very welcoming and the whole thread is founded on a love of this gardening lark.

I want a hedge pig UniS.

Am I still welcome if I'm not a veg grower?

I love the 'spring clean' - pruning, getting rid of dead herbaceous stalks etc.Only problem is I wish the brown wheelie was collected more often!

definitely not just for veg-ies!!

I shall wander over to Humph's then.

Grimma, my brown bin was collected this morning, but the clematis means it is already overflowing. I suspect my husband will burn it when he get back. Like most men, he loves the primal thrill of a bonfire.

I am soooo jealous. I gave up my half acre of walled garden for 16 square inches of London cat toilet two years ago. Miss it so much :-(

Aunt Lucy - I have a London cat's loo, too. Come and join us on Humph's thread and garden vicariously!

I miss hedgehogs.:(

The echidna is a noble beastie but does not inhabit suburban Australian gardens.

I'm doing autumn clearing and planting while it's rained but is still warm. I'm planting a native hibiscus for screening and late summer/early autumn flowers (next year, that is).

A fuchsia has arrived that can endure the full Ocker sun, so I'm road testing that one.

I miss tulips, too; it never gets cold enough for them to do well. I shouldn't complain though, as so many house plants grow outside here: bromeliads, aspidistras, MILs' tongues, clivias, hoyas and tons of cacti.

Oh, and you can't get the wallflowers you get in England. That ineffable pong.