I spent this afternoon in the Magic Garden enjoying the sun.

I bought some anti-duck weed treatment for the wee pond today having taken out another bucket load. I’m pleased that the flags are coming out so there is a bit of yellow to be seen on the far-side of the pond. On the ‘rock’ garden the fox & cubs are out - I always think of my Dad when these flower as he called them the Gairloch weed and gave me the first ones for my garden.

The flag irises complement the blue dutch irises under the rowan tree. These always cheers me with their beautiful blue. I planted out a new scabious today too with another pretty blue at the front of the patio and further round a Chinese foxglove or dragon flower

I planted out the violet-podded climbing beans and potted up the yellow courgette plant to go into the pop-up cloche at the back of the garden. The other courgettes are not big enough to come outside yet. I hope the cloche survives a while as its a bit nippy at night still.