Flowers!

As well as cultivating/sowing stuff at the allotment we also need to do something about our back garden:

The above pic is a panorama so gives a warped view of the space (the path from the gate to the back door is actually straight not curved!). The garden is about 15 metres square (approx 50 feet square in old money). We have recently moved into this property so the back garden is essentially a 'blank canvas' apart from a hornbeam which is where the stake is to the right of the plastic greenhouse. In the first instance we are planning to extend the patio, lay some slabs for a greenhouse (where the plastic one is currently residing), turf the garden leaving a six foot section along the brick wall for planting a herbaceous border. We have been in the property since Christmas and already the garden is smothered in weeds. Today we started to round-up in preparation for turf (tba). The ground is heavy clay and will need a lot of sharp sand. Since now is a good time to sow seeds for a flower border I raided my seed collection and sowed the following in the plastic greenhouse:

I am hoping to raise as many plants as possible from seed as this is by far the cheapest and most economical way of filling a large border. I could'nt resist buying a dahlia tuber though - I have a bit of a soft spot for these!