Bettina is the greenfingered one out of the two of us, but occasionally she ropes Tim in to do a bit of digging, shredding and stuff - but we think that the results are worth it.

We started off at the beginning of this season with nothing but a patch of grass. After getting some paving slabs to divide the pretty bit from the vegetable bit, and having a patio built, we then set to, and watched shares in our local garden centre rise!

The border looking up to the back of the house

Roses seem to love our soil - which is not what we think when we have to dig it!

A border after the poppies came out, but with most things still at an early stage

A closer views of the poppies

Something white and pretty - sorry, but I have a hopeless memory for the names of flowers (but they don't seem to object to me forgetting their names)

T's favourite - Night Scented Stocks. Not the most amazing looking of flowers, but the scent that they produce in the mid to late evening is incredible.

..with a view over the back of our house, and over the river Tees

We love all the different colours

Sweet Peas seem to thrive in the garden - and we always seem to have plenty to put in vases in the house - these were still fairly early in the season.

Antirrhinums - or to call them by their proper name, Bunny Faces

Cornflowers

The Antirrhinums - later in the season

It's amazing what you can do with a bit of ground and a few packets of seeds

What are these? Primula? Marigolds? Deadly Nightshade? whatever, they are pretty

More Sweet Peas