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Garden notes on Easter Sunday

Lots of colour in the garden now.  Monty (or Montague as I know him, from days of old) Don has his jewel garden.  Well, I have mine!  It's only tiny but has amethysts, rubies, amber and citrines, creamy opals, pink sapphires, emeralds and jet.  The Easter weather has been beautiful so far and we have been enjoying the garden in the sunshine at last. Today I am going to finish planting up my pots, all ready for forthcoming summer days!

At the moment in the inner garden :
And the outer garden :


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  1. Amanda
    What an amazing selection of gorgeous flowers .
    Your garden is quite an inspiration to me .
    Love always Jan

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    1. Ah ha! You have visited! Welcome dearest friend and cuz! How does your garden grow? Well into autumn now I expect? Love, as always A xx

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  2. Beautiful photos and what a large selection of blooming plants already. Some of them, I've never seen before.
    Monty is my hero over here. We have no American gardening shows like that and it is such a treat to watch it every week on Britbox. I found him on YouTube a few years ago and have been addicted to his program ever since. I learn so much from him.

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    1. Gardener's World is a great programme! Monty does it all so well and his garden looks gorgeous! His older brothers are old friends of mine! I can still see him as a fresh faced 12 or 13 year old! That WAS a long time ago!

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