Cleaning up is so very hard to do

Now the garden looks as it should. Normally I have started gardening in the beginning of May but this summer I started last Friday. As I wanted the garden to be perfect for this Sunday (open gardens day), there was quite a lot to do.

Summer at last

The start of our holiday was cold and wet but it seems that it is getting warmer. It has been a good weather to weed and clean up the garden so I am not complaining, but it is nice to see the sun again!

Have a happy midsummer eve!

Even though it is not very summery right now, try to enjoy the magic of midsummer eve. We start our four weeks holiday tomorrow and wish all the best to you all!

Nightlife

It is not very dark at night and last weekend the full moon made everything even brighter. Our flower pots were in front of the shop as we had a flea market there on Sunday and I wanted to decorate the front a bit. They looked good in moonlight, too.

Happy together

Orange, blue and yellow, can't get much more colour than that in a same vase. Lilies, day lilies and iris are great flowers for vase as they don't usually have any bugs. You can't bring aquilegias or cowparsley inside as your room would be filled with all kinds of flying insects.

It looks so neat!

Our back yard looks deceivingly neat!

Small wonders

Our bond is really small. The birds like to go there to drink so it is not quite useless. And it will look great as soon as I have it edged with flowerbeds. Now there are more weeds than flowers but luckily some flowers (Cerastium tomentosum) don't care about the weeds.