Dirt under my fingernails

Well that must mean that I've been in the garden...as small as that is. It's hard gardening in a rental as we don't want to spend heaps of money...but at the same time, when the rest of England is looking stunning with a showy array of flowers in everybody's garden...well...suffice to say...I gave in and hit the nursery yesterday!

We have this funny little triangle shaped court yard, outside the dining room and I've tried to make it interesting with a variety of containers, most of which I bought with me from Australia...but a few, like the gal bath here, I have acquired locally.

Lavender is always a  favourite for me and I think it looks great in an enamel bucket like this one or even in gal....and I can bring it inside for a 'holiday' every now and then.

Fruit crates are handy and a very cheap way to display pots of plants...

With the walls of the court yard rendered and painted white, the green foliage and red flowers just 'pop'!

Just can't resist the colour...

I found these red metal golf thingies recently at a very interesting vintage shed...

These ribbed gal tubs are old washing dollies and prove very handy as tables or containers...

For some height I bought these weeping pussy willows, last year, and over winter I string those little Ikea fairy lights...the ones with the battery packs...through the bare sticks for a bit of atmosphere.

Now all I need is a little French vintage bistro setting...