I thought I'd share this story. Not gardenjng related.
My cousin has had Lupus since her teens. She battles on and never moans. She's in her 40's now but had to give up work  sometime ago due to her kidneys packing in. She has a love of Dobermans - she has always gone into hospitals/old peoples homes etc with them as therapy dogs. This also had to stop due to her dialysis treatment taking up too much time.... anyway, she managed to bag herself a kidney  ..and she is in the news....its a fab read of a chance meeting. Its changed her life.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-6511...F2arydvCAo

Nice little perennial snapdragon that has overwintered despite the bleeding awful cold snap that we had. 
It’s a deep pink, very small upward facing flowers and darkish foliage.
Similar in form to “Pretty in Pink” that costs a lot more than I would be willing to pay for one snapdragon.
Hoping to be able to take a few cuttings from this one.

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Rescued this little fella from the tunnel. 

Think it’s a powdered Quaker

   

Do you read gardening books or just use the internet! I love a good book.
I don't bother with veg books these days....its pretty much flowers.
I love the David Austin Catalogue  and Ive really found the Cutflower Sourcebook by rachel siegfried very informative. ...but I think I log onto chilterns seeds website once a week ti check how to sow something.
How about you? Any recommendations....

I have lots in the garden - spanish ones. I used to dig them out and bin them as they can take over a border in seconds...and whilst I love them regardless I know that the english ones may die out due to tge crossbreeding.

Anyway,have you got any, do you dig yours out? I used lots last year as cut flowers and dug some out to contain them. 

This year I have two clumps of white ones pop up. I have a "woodland area" that i have been trying to fill - photos dont do it justice. I love it. I keep adding to it as I have surplus. Daffs, snowdrops, grape hyacinths, foxgloves and anemones.
Dare I add some over there or am I asking for trouble.

         

Some of you may remember that, once upon a time, I had 30 beds in the garden, and I wanted to grow an alphabetically themed Root, Shoot, Fruit, Leaf, Herb and Flower in each of 26 beds. I was more organised than I remember because I've found a book of scale plans for each bed, marked up to show the perennial plants and with empty seed packets for whatever I sowed in that bed. Yes, I was surprised too.

Today, I've been playing in Bed 1A and spotted some Alliums emerging. Thanks to my newly-discovered plan, I can identify them as either Allium Mount Everest or Sphaerocephalum as both were planted in this bed. Don't think I'll find any Aquilegia "Swan mix" or the Achillea Millefolium "Cassis" and the Asparagus peas, Aquadulce broad beans, Aster, Alyssum and Agastache are long gone. The Apple Mint is thriving, however. 
I've sown some Agastache and Anise seeds there today and, I'm going to pick up the alphabet theme and try it again. It'll be harder because I've reduced the number of beds since then but the perennial plants haven't moved, only the edging so I should be able to identify most of the plants. 
 Wonder what I'll find in Bed 2B tomorrow?

I know some of you are very organised with your spreadsheets and diagrams and my plans will be pathetic doodles in comparison but I'm impressed with them - even though the scale is a bit iffy.

We are lucky enough to be a release garden for rehousing hedgehogs from a local charity.   I think they live under the shed even though we supply them with a nice home lined with straw!   They have easy access to water from our small wildlife pond and there is a wild area at the bottom of the garden with many trees, bushes etc which is a good foraging area for them.  I really love them but oh the mess they leave is amazing for such little guys.  I'm hoping they will repay  us by keeping the slugs down this summer .

Strong little glossy seedlings coming up in a Salvia pot.
Don’t think it’s a weed!

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Have been given a Ginger Lily, I know it needs a sunny border, just wondering if any of you clever folk could give me any tips on growing it successfully. 
Thanks.

In trying to get enough compost to go no-dig on the allotment, I've found an offer of compost mixed with perlite that was previously used for growing salads. Assuming the recycled nature of the compost wasn't itself an issue, would there be a problem adding a load of perlite in compost as a mulch?