Hurrah, the garden beds are finally filling out with lush foliage.  Tulips galore in beautiful reds and purples as well as blossom and new leaves sprouting on all the trees.  Here’s a snap shot of our April garden, including some nettles as well as a few unknown flowers, and possibly some pretty weeds…

It’s been a hectic first week of the Easter holidays, we’ve taken spring cleaning to whole new level and finally started to put our own stamp on the house with some paint, wallpaper and there’s still more to do!
Then in the side garden, there’s a newly painted fence, the loganberry showing the first signs of flowers and sweet william’s reaching out towards the sky. I scattered some old rocket seeds, just to clear out the seed box and they’ve come up unexpectedly strong.  I’ll have to divide and grow them on now, Neil tells me that slugs don’t like rocket so that’s always a good sign. 

I admit I do love how organic the rocks and plants are looking.  The big garden bed has surprised me, after its stillness during the winter it just suddenly exploded into this fleshy mass of greenery.  I think I’ll add some more winter plants to add some interest towards the end of the year, but I’ll enjoy what I have while I have it. Happy Easter to you, I hope the sun has been shining down on your garden too.