Hi guys I know I missed birthdays etc but since late last week I've been spending as much time as possible outside digging gardens.... with a break yesterday to go to a brunch with my son & daughter-in-law for Mothers Day. It was supposed to rain most of the weekend so I was trying to get it all done before the rain - which in the end only came in the night... Managed to plant and then fill the trench with the raspberry canes out back, to lug the decorative stones round the back, enclose a garden there, and then dig it (it was still lawn) and get the hostas I got from Penny's garden all planted there, and to finish digging, adding soil to, and preparing my front garden so I could plant the shasta daisies, columbine & blue geranium I had for it! Later today I'll plant the sunflower seeds into the bed with the raspberries (that's along the back of our property), and also the prairie coneflower, black-eyed susan, and nasturtium seeds I have for the front garden.... And then I have to get started on that veggie plot.... So please accept belated happy birthdays for all - and congrats for those who lost weight, and all that. When I was done gardening, all I wanted to do was collapse into a comfy chair in the living room (after a shower of course) and stare at the TV, too tired to read, and certainly too tired to look at a computer screen... mary

Hi Mary Sounds like hard work but I do hope you made sure that John and the other trivvies had escaped out the trench first!! Liz Mary wrote: <snip> Managed to plant and then fill the trench with the raspberry canes out back,