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The real Clematis Francis Rivis

The real Clematis Francis Rivis

Here is a shot that I took today of Francis Rivis, you might remember that I showed you the wrong one a week ago and you were all too polite to point out my mistake

Daffodils

Daffodils

A change from Tulips

Dandelions for Jacinta and Fran

Dandelions for Jacinta and Fran

Thanks you reminded me that my lawns need cutting :-)

Ok you all asked for another tulip shot

Ok you all asked for another tulip shot

A close up, could be Ballerina but I am not sure

Clematis Francis Rivis

Clematis Francis Rivis

Here she be flowering away like billio. We have her growing up Acer nugundo Flamingo.

Tulip close up

Tulip close up

The sun came out for a moment today, and let me cabby off a few shots, here is a close up of a tulip.

And a few tulips more

And a few tulips more

Hope that I am not starting to bore you all

More tulips

More tulips

Some more to cheer us up

Trilliums

Trilliums

Trilliums in front of a very dark helebore

Species peonies,

Species peonies,

They have lovely leaves and fleeting flowers, and the seedheads are to die for

Dull date Tulips stayed closed

Dull date Tulips stayed closed

Our tulips are wonderful and most of them come up each year.

Moon shot for Jacinta

Moon shot for Jacinta

Took this ten minutes ago, from the garden.

'June' hosta for Jacinta

'June' hosta for Jacinta

I have cropped this out of a garden picture, hope that it come out ok.

Daughter

Daughter

Here is a pic of the daughter in question

Pastures somewhere else

Pastures somewhere else

I am off to buy a puppy for my daughter in a place called Bunclody tomorrow morning, has anyone heard of it. I'v e put up a picture of the puppy in question

A waiting game

A waiting game

For whom do the bells toll? I think for the tree ferns, but I wait and watch. Oh happy St. George's day to you lot, hope that it was good for you.

The sun

The sun

I did not take this sunset shot as my telephoto lense is not up to much, but this is what it looked like

Iceland

Iceland

I must confess that I did not take this photo, but it is of the volcano in Iceland and it could drop ash on our gardens

Polytunnel aglow

Polytunnel aglow

This was the sun disappearing behind Deb's polytunnel at 8.15, it is still broad daylight here now.

Sunset tonight in Dromin

Sunset tonight in Dromin

Taken from our garden once more

Tulips turned down

Tulips turned down

Seeing as you are clambouring to see the tulip heads maintaining a certain height above the soil, I will show it now.

Tulips

Tulips

These tulips like to be the height that they are, last year we put them in a two feet tall pot and the next day they hung down to six inches below the rim  and turned up again. I can show you a picture of this later if you all want me too.

Venus

Venus

Note Venus in the sunset shot that I took this evening, I have just come in from the garden now, were any of you in before me?

Plant sale last weekend

Plant sale last weekend

this was our stall last sunday at foto before the customers ravaged it leaving only cash behind them.

sun

sun

I don't want to appear a bit of a bore, but just look at how amazing the sun looked this evening.

Fox

Fox

I have just taken this picture of a fox in the rough ground behind our garden, thought that you might like to see it.

Pieris

Pieris

Well it is the same sort of colour. Sorry but if I put down the title Sunset then you might not have looked. all the best from Marty

Veg garden

Veg garden

Working on my vegetable garden today, weeding and adding dung it is now ready for sowing.

Winter reminder

Winter reminder

Here is me next to some of the tree ferns that may well be dead, in a bed that has lost much.

Spring

Spring

Here is another spring shot, wonderful indeed after the harsh winter behind us.

Garden shot, not a sunset

Garden shot, not a sunset

again the roses in the background waiting for their time to shine.

euur humm

euur humm

Are we still showing each other sunsets still, or have I overshot the mark :-)

Heat stroke

Heat stroke

Out in the blazing sun all day selling plants in Foto. Not feeling right today at all. The lady beside us could not have sold much as her selling technique was not good considering the amount of competition. She told me that she was putting on sunglasses so that no one would know when she nodded off!!!!

Yellow flowering tree

Yellow flowering tree

This a beauty that shows itself at this time of year, it is beautiful but the frosts can damage the flowers

Fleeting White Flowers

Fleeting White Flowers

Hi again, this is a fleeting thing, all over in 2 weeks but worth the wait. (get your pen out Fran) Sanguinaria canadensis flore pleno.

Pergola

Pergola

Here is a shot of our pergola today, long before the roses shine out.

Magnolia

Magnolia

I took a shot this evening of one of our magnolias, which gives us a good show every year.

Skunk Cabbage

Skunk Cabbage

Here is a picture that I took today of our skunk cabbage coming into growth, it will be three feet tall when it is fully grown, but there will be no flowers then.

Look up

Look up

I believe that the sky is part of the garden. Here is venus on the left and Mercury on the right. Photo taken last friday

Great expectations

Great expectations

In two months time I hope it will all look like this again, with the winter long forgotten.

Frogs

Frogs

I think that we have lost a lot of frogs this winter in Ireland. Look after you spawn.

Another perfect day

Another perfect day

Bank holiday, fair weather, my youth and a garden before me.

Jacinta

Jacinta

here is a picture for you, I can send you more if you need it, and Fran can come with his measuring tape if he likes. :-)

Hoblin

Hoblin

Here is Billy Begs pondering on the loss of his wife who disappeared some years ago.

Dry Grindle

Dry Grindle

I fixed the marine pump at the base of the grindle, a ghastly business diving down to remove a worm that was caught in the impeller. Well I chickened out of the diving in and bailed it out first instead, but I still had to remover the worm.

Dry weather

Dry weather

We have it cushy over in Limerick so I got out the old sprinkler to water in the ferns.

Ferns and primroses

Ferns and primroses

Here is the picture of the 55 ferns and many primroses planted in the new beds either side of the newly raised lawn. Not much to see as nearly all of them are still dormant, hopefully the shot that I put up in a few months will knock your socks off. :-)

Easter egg

Easter egg

Thank goodness for Vegan easter eggs. I shall devour this one for breakfast and get out into the garden. Happy one you lot. :-)

Oak Seat

Oak Seat

I have now put the Oak seat in place, any of you who are my friends are welcome to come and sit on it and have a cup of tea with me. I planted 55 ferns today, will put up a picture when they come into growth.

Grindle

Grindle

Our grindle seems to be flooded. It seems to rain at night here and be dry during the day. Minus 1.1 last night

Another sunset

Another sunset

I was really enjoying the garden experience this evening and again the sun went down on me, but the evening are getting longer and we have it all before us.

A cure for blanket weed

A cure for blanket weed

If you overpopulate your pond with fish then they will eat all the blanket weed. Our other pond nearby has only 6 fish and we have to haul the stuff out every day. The pond in the picture that I took today started off with 6 fish and I have even given hundreds of them away and yet it is always full of them.

sunset

sunset

A beautiful evening in the garden, mild and marvellous, then alas the sun decided to go down.