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today, from the window.

11 June 2013 20:39:33

window view.

just looking today and making plans, the day for it, and good to get the rain.

Jacinta 11 June 2013 20:43:46

Your garden is amazing, Andy.

I'd love to know what plans you're making. :) Your garden just CANNOT get any better!!!

Clara 11 June 2013 20:44:00

Wow! Andy it gets better every photo...it should have been at Blooms and you would have got a Gold medal....I hope you open it one day so I can have a look at all your hard work.

Jacinta 11 June 2013 20:47:32

Me too!!!

Myrtle 11 June 2013 21:21:18

So neat and lots of colour!

Mary Mary 11 June 2013 21:22:46

fascinating garden, can't wait to see where the new plans bring you

Elizabeth7 11 June 2013 21:24:17

You have a wonderful garden with lots of treasures:)

MaryJoe 11 June 2013 21:26:27

great garden and great photo too

JoanG 11 June 2013 21:40:43

Nice to see an overview of your garden Andy; it looks so beautiful and well designed. Hope you'll tell us more about your plans for it.

TheH (Hazel) 11 June 2013 22:23:19

That's a WOW and also a GOSH!

Jackie 11 June 2013 22:25:53

Oh my that's an amazing garden Andy. You kept that a secret ;). I agree you should have been at Bloom with this show garden. Should enter the completion next year. Absolutely stunning.

Gracedieu Lass 11 June 2013 22:30:50

What a beautiful garden to see from your window. A credit to your design skills.

andyf7 12 June 2013 10:05:55

Thank you every one for such generous comments, the photo was taken on my phone,

i plan to change the planting scheme, move away from shrubs and more into

compact planting. just mulling over that yesterday, must take a pic with the "real"

camera next time, i am surprised at how much you like my "small" garden.

Jackie 12 June 2013 18:16:20

The best of goods come in 'small' parcels Andy...

My previous garden was smaller than what you had , but it gave me so much pleasure. And everyone used to admire it....so dont be 'surprised' at all ;)

kitty 14 June 2013 17:33:53

wow andy looks like nothing else will fit in there. fabulous view and garden. cant wiat to see what you have planned

Johnplotman 14 June 2013 21:51:56

All look so tidy,Andy.Everything in place.A garden palace you have.

OUT - LOUD and Proud,!

08 June 2013 21:33:54

livingstone daisy.

my favourite daisy is just in your face with hot colour, and enjoying this good sunny

spell.

Jacinta 08 June 2013 21:44:53

Oh Yea!!! Love mesembryanthemums. Bold, bold, bold!

Jacinta 08 June 2013 21:47:25

Great album, Andy.

Pwiseman 08 June 2013 21:58:26

Have them too for the first time. They are gorgeous, do they flower all summer if you keep dead heading? Stunning photos Andy what is number 15? The Blue one? and love the blue lupin

Johnplotman 08 June 2013 22:06:30

Lovely colours they are,Andy.

andyf7 08 June 2013 22:28:49

Hi peter, they flower their socks off all summer, and keep deadheading them also. its

anchusa dropmore. ones a close up. its azure blue, their is no plant that has that strong a

colour blue in my opinion.

Keego 09 June 2013 08:51:05

Enjoyed your beautiful album of photographs Nature at it;s best and some really great photos

Gracedieu Lass 09 June 2013 16:32:26

Great photos of the garden flowers but your photos from the Saltees are amazing. Paddy and my son have been there a number of times and John as a young boy loved the trip and would be talking about it for days. You got a beautiful day for your visit.

Mary Mary 09 June 2013 20:51:51

Loved the pictures of the Saltees, must put it on my "to visit" list

andyf7 09 June 2013 21:28:33

Thanks for all your comments, it was a wonderful day and so enjoyed my time their. last year it was misty.

Mary it was like the Med,! and the camera took the pics with little input from me. :-).

Dick 09 June 2013 23:21:37

Great photos, Andy. The Livingstone Daisy is great in this weather.

bloom thursday 2013.

30 May 2013 23:27:30

follow the yellow brick road.

arrived at mid day due to other commitments, but its the only chance im going to get. the traffic was slow to say the least, as it was single entry bridge in the red car park, it was 2 last year. the place was buzzing even at that stage and very hot in the crowds. it was the usual lay out in the plant tented area's, and the usual ones outside along the food area, the gardens were interesting and was glad that the garden i liked won the woodies contest. i had to go at 3, but i enjoyed the experience, when you enjoy any type gardens and plants, and the sun is beaming. its all good :-).

HeadGardener 30 May 2013 23:39:57

Gld you got to go Andy but must have been hard to do it all in 3 hours !!

andyf7 30 May 2013 23:44:51

it sure was Bill, but had to go see it, even if it was a flying visit! im tied up until next

week every day. will you get to go yourself,?

Hosta 30 May 2013 23:45:37

Sounds like an idyllic few hours Andy and your images are great as always. Heading up on Sunday and looking forward to it :-)

andyf7 30 May 2013 23:48:16

Thanks Margaret, i try to aspire to your high standards in photography :-), i hope you

have a super time on sunday, and weather looking good too.

fran m 31 May 2013 00:09:14

Great photos Andy, you did well to cover as much as you did in your time there.

HeadGardener 31 May 2013 07:04:34

Yes Andy heading off this morning :)

Pwiseman 31 May 2013 12:17:51

Fantastic photos Andy, at least you got to see it on a wonderful sunny day. Did you get to purchase anything?

Pwiseman 31 May 2013 12:17:52

Fantastic photos Andy, at least you got to see it on a wonderful sunny day. Did you get to purchase anything?

Mary Mary 31 May 2013 18:40:05

Lovely pics Andy

i could do with a hammock like that!!

Clara 31 May 2013 21:24:30

Ah! Andy I would have loved to have meet you yesterday at Bloom, but many more venues on the cards this year.

Your photos are brilliant.

And the weather was just perfect.

JoanG 31 May 2013 22:15:28

Glad you got there Andy and great photos as always; you sure packed a lot into a few hours. It was such a super day in the sunshine at Bloom and hopefully we'll get to meet you soon.

Keego 31 May 2013 22:29:58

Lovely images of Bloom you were so lucky with the weather albeit a brief visit

Hoeys 01 June 2013 09:08:03

ah nice day. beautiful photos Andy. Did you get any plants??

kitty 01 June 2013 16:30:22

well said andy

Scrubber 02 June 2013 00:03:58

Im with bill when he asks how you got it all into three hours.The photos were wonderful. I really enjoyed reliving it all again .many thanks!

just the nay or yay on this rat.!

27 May 2013 23:34:28

Rats Tails.

i was looking at this coming into flower at the weekend in Blacks Garden centre in County

Meath, as the sign says its not for sale at 71 years old its quite unusual, its not the most

pleasent cactus to most ladies, could you live with this plant as a present, or is it a step

too far for you?

fran m 27 May 2013 23:37:44

AKA

a bad hair day.

LOL

Clara 27 May 2013 23:45:14

As it says Rats Tails ......NO LIKE .

Hoeys 27 May 2013 23:48:09

no thanks...

JoanG 27 May 2013 23:51:15

Well named ... and no thanks.

MohoberDec 27 May 2013 23:56:06

well it would make a conversation piece yes?

Jacinta 28 May 2013 05:59:43

I wouldn't mind owning that one. :)

Jackie 28 May 2013 07:51:15

Eh no thanks. Lol

TerriShoos 28 May 2013 08:10:56

Wouldn't be my thing, but as Morgan Freeman once said, Allah loves wondrous variety!

MaryJoe 28 May 2013 10:03:30

I agree with Fran...a very very bad hair day

Keego 28 May 2013 11:21:45

No Not for me either Andy mind you at 71 years old it might be worth a few bob could sell it! that is the Cavan woman coming out in me and I am not even from Cavan must be rubbing off

fraoch 28 May 2013 11:25:49

I suppose if we have that much hair at 71 we won't be doing badly!

Joann 28 May 2013 13:23:28

nay and double nay, too scary looking for my taste

Mary Mary 28 May 2013 16:32:21

No, nay, never!

Moya 28 May 2013 17:29:32

NBNFM - nice but not for me!

Rachel 28 May 2013 18:15:42

Haha, well I wouldn't say no but it is hard to display!

Johnplotman 28 May 2013 21:20:45

Quite unusual it is,Andy.

andyf7 28 May 2013 21:40:08

thanks every one for your comments, the lady who owns the cactus, hates it and only

keeps it as a shop curio, i have to say, i looked at it very closley and its name really

describes it. nay for me too.

beautiful scent.

25 May 2013 01:16:18

the falls.

i planted this a few short years ago, and from the first seasonit has produced beautiful

blooms and the scent is wonderful, i was out relaxing tonight and it was super. it is

growing so well every season, im so happy with it.

Jacinta 25 May 2013 05:50:42

Flippin' 'eck, Andy. Mine is only beginning to break bud at the moment. That looks wonderful.

fran m 25 May 2013 07:44:50

Fantastic Andy.

Jackie 25 May 2013 07:47:00

That's amazing I love the colour. That's definitely on my wish list.

Scrubber 25 May 2013 14:04:04

Andy I always felt wisteria took ages to grow and was very tricky. Are you being modest or is it as easy as you claim-plant and enjoy. Would it clamber- (note the word!) through small trees if i asked it nicely? Id love it in the Scrub.

kitty 25 May 2013 17:46:22

wow its stunning andy

Mary Mary 25 May 2013 21:18:06

THat's a stunner Andy

andyf7 26 May 2013 00:59:25

thank you all for your comments.

Scrubber i planted this about 3 years ago, and it was in a free standing pot,! so not that

big, but to be fair its in a raised bed over 2ft high and all the soil in all the planter beds,

were mixed and prepared by me, so its perfect conditions for all the plants in the garden,

it cant fail really. plus this is a south facing wall 6ft high all round, so its own micro

climate, sur how could ya go wrong,!

Rubberboots 27 May 2013 09:11:44

Gorgeous.

PCON 27 May 2013 23:09:53

You diddid we'll very well to get it to that size in 4 years. Molokai great. Maybe it was a few years old when you got it? Mine was only the size of a pencil.

PCON 27 May 2013 23:10:40

You did very well to get it to that size in 4 years. looks great. Maybe it was a few years old when you got it? Mine was only the size of a pencil.

andyf7 27 May 2013 23:28:27

to be fair, it was 3 i think when i bought it for 50 euro's, but its been great every season

and expands well. i do baby it a bit.