Today I went on a family day out. The Market Rasen contingent met up with the Northampton branch at <a href="http://www.barnsdalegardens.co.uk/" target="_blank">Barnsdale Gardens</a> near Oakham. It is a series of 38 separate gardens laid out in eight acres and they are real gardens not show gardens - they have weeds and are not especially watered so some of the plants show signs of distress.

I do struggle to remember the names of plants that I like, always assuming I know what they are in the first place, so taking photos of a plant and it's label is the only way I'm ever going to get on top of this gardening malarkey.

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The price of plants in the nursery seemed a little expensive so I shall trawl the web looking for equivalents as hopefully lower cost.

It was good for the "family" to be back together again and in little pockets as we wandered around I could feel the world was being put to rights again - maybe not.