Neil,
I am just catching up with you after several years. I am so sorry to read of your many trials. I will say a special prayer for you, that God will touch your body and comfort your mind, heart and spirit.
Cajuninky

Dear all, I am sorry I have not been around! For some strange reason that the Doctors and Hospital cannot explain I have mass trouble walking. Have had untold injections, scans, X-Rays and everything else they can think of, no joy they do not know what has caused this.
I lost my father in October and my mother this February, also my wife and house after a divorce in June 2015. Life is difficult and lonely.
Hope you are all ok, I do not have a garden in this terrible flat, her just concrete.
Love to you all
Neil.

Good to see you Neil and I hope they get you fixed up SOON!

Thanks Vic, I trust you are well?
If I ever see another hypodermic needle I will go mad! I have told the Hospital it is aginst my religon to have them stuck into me.
Tons of love.
Neil.

I bet that they don't pay attention to that.

Glad to hear you are well. Unfortunately in some cases not so well and i am sorry about that.
My carer a man who was supposed to look after me has stolen a lot of money off me. the Police have arrested him andf now he is in prison. This does not help me getting my money back.
Be in touch soon.
God Bless.
Love to all.
Neil.

Hi all! I recommended this forum to a friend in the UK yesterday and only to find out that the posts were all months old . Come on, everybody! You Brits are the best gardeners in the world! Where are you all? I am so looking forward to hearing more from you and seeing more pictures of your beautiful gardens.

Neil, so sorry to hear about your misfortunes. Hope you are feeling better and life will turn around for you soon.

Happy gardening!

hi yes i love my garden live in north west uk wirral hope you like my pictures of the garden janet
summer house and entrance to hot tub

one of my hanging baskets in the veranda


palm tree bought as a baby only had a leaf from torquay in daveon


my husband made a fully working water wheel and pond


pond we only have goldfish


garage wall for outdoor ornaments get them from garden centre

Good to hear. the palm tree looks lush. Several years ago I traveled in the south west of England & admired the tree ferns. I live NE of Boston MA. No palm trees here.

hi we have palm trees growing in gardens everywhere they are a grown in england, hardy
the are best in southwest devon and cornwall thats where i bought mine from, got a red one as well, and a fan palm. they are battered by the winds here. i live by the sea
i grow mine in the back garden where it sheltered as wind gets at them. we where in scotland the other year seen them growing there, tough plants they tolerate -10c i know we got to that temp 5 years ago

Beautiful garden Janet.

thanks my husband and i have been design the garden for the last 10 years we actually changed it 3 times i know i was the cement maker etc
ive just got all the plants in now and about 20 bulbs left to go in, its very damp here today and overcast not really gardening weather got indoor photos for you hope you like. i have streptacarpus, primulinas orchids begonia rex and cane also impatiens bye janet
impatiens ist year was 1 inch tall

mix of streps, primuninas,


my flowers in the veranda thats where my lovely hanging basket is


wrap round pansys on front garden they go all the way round
my new elephant ears





got it as a bulb 3 months ago doing well
zebra grasses by hot tub planted them yesterday, took out coleus

front border roses and red dahlia still flowering


one of new streptocarpus purple border white middle not flowered yet, note little pot it goes in from a diy shop to put nails in

what a nice collection of plants.

Thank you for sharing the lovely garden photos, Janet! What a beautiful garden! Your climate is the best for gardens with its long daylight in the summer and a relatively small variation between the summer and winter temperatures. Oh, plenty of rain too. Hehe!

My garden looks the best in June. It goes downhill in July when the temperature goes over 90F . It is not much to look at now. I am just waiting for fall foliage colors to kick in.

Your veranda is beautiful and very neat (my garden is always a mess ). Love the wall with garden ornaments. What a fun idea .

I took this today outside my garage. The trees are only starting to turn colors.

hi donner, thats nice picture and as for nice garden last week we took 15 bags of garden rubbish away, everything had become overgrown over summer, took on the whole back garden at once, tidy pond area, swept everything
my husband helped me i used 5 bags to prune a passion flower that had gone totally mad at the summer house over the summer
uk seems to be sun rain and windy with winter storms but the gulf stream is very near us and keeps a even temp never over 22c and winter usually above freezing

It has not hit freezing here (32°F) as yet & tree leaves are coloring nicely. I especially like the red maple which has leaves turn a deep true red.

hi i believe the fall in parts of usa is beautiful, sometimes they have holidays in uk to see these trees, have you any photos to look at, we get nice red,browns, yellows and orange colours dont have any large mass of trees , not spectacular like yours
it was 7,5c today temp is going doing i buy garden fleece put it over my pots at night even the winter bedding plants need a hand. most of the plants i want to save are in the greenhouse. I got a feeling this year may be cold hope.
last three years we have not had any snow and last year only frost once :smily:
me and ellie my cat in the veranda


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I really have not managed a digital camera so no photos. A mixture of colors here as we have a 'mix' of trees. No more pets here, we used to have horses, a cat & cocker spaniels.

hi been away few days closed our caravan drained water out, and packed away bedding so been busy
its been 12c this week i believe long range forecast is nice for abit then very cold been making some aran jumpers get to wear them got a photo seaside where i live its opposite liverpool hope you like

caenarfon castle about 8 miles from our caravan site


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my lounge and brian

porch thats full of plants as well sorry photos are sending today