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Dissapointing year in garden

Hi Guys,
Dee was saying she hadnt seen much of my garden this year, but infact it hasnt been the best year not only for me but the summer hasnt been good and we have had lots of bad weather from may till the sunshine lately.
so my garden has been battered, or plants have flowered to early with the april summer and now its looking a bit weary, apart from the odd flowering plant and pots and baskets.
even with them its not been a good year, so i may go mad and take alot up and either split them to encourage or i may even take some out and disguard them all together.
im sure it will have finished by august anyway.
so iv taken a few pics of what i have left to show you,
i compared my garden pics to last year and nothing like i had then, very upsetting but thats gardening, can never tell.
im now wondering how long this rainy spell is going to last (
hope your all having better luck with your gardens, i know Dee is because of her lovely garden blogs this year and a few other members i know.

so thats all i had time to take pics of, iv a few pots on my decking, but alot of my cottage garden flowers seem to have given up with not enough sunshine to keep them flowering, not sure about you guys but last year i had so many butterflies and bees but this year im lucky if i catch sight of either which is sad, maybe the harsh winters are killing them off to, let me know if you have the same problems.
take care, happy gardening ;o)) x

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