Just cut both my lawns and power washed the drive and paths, I hope this is the last for this year 
That link is very good Meg, and tells pretty much everything there is to know about jointing paving slabs. Regarding your other point, cement is just an adhesive and is used to stick aggregates together. Although it would work between the slabs on it’s own, it would be ridiculous to do from an economics point of view as it will go four times as far when mixed with sand, and would be akin to using all wallpaper paste and no paper… 
Thanks Mags, as soon as I have a free weekend will go out and get some 
so that my hard work is not wasted!
Wow somebody’s been busy. Am still cutting my back lawn and just come in to put dinner in oven… still another 15 mins to go and then tackle rest tomorrow Have a splitting headache which has meant slab weeding abandoned for now, oh dear what a shame:-)
will have a look at this link later on… thanks everybody for advice on this and i can definitely say I will not have any weeds growing through the gaps next year as there wont be any!!
Weeds here in Cyprus once weather cools down grow fast to human heights! Much of the garden is hard landscaped as it’s impossible to maintain in July/august but things grow so fast here it’s scary! My OH is the gardener I,m just the observer and helper on occasions. We have lots of Mediterranean plants and trees and shrubs, boundary conifers different to the huge ones in the UK, and loads of fruit trees this year starting to bare fruit.
We currently have figs, pomegranates, nectarines, grapes, lemons coming thru plus oranges and Sharon fruit. Nut trees not doing so well though. We planted two Jacaranda trees two years ago we are hoping they will flower in the spring! Lots of Jasmine everywhere for it’s scent, plus we have lavender and honeysuckle doing very well. The prettiest is the Bourgainvillia so vivid and copious it’s a treat. Hard work to chop it back though. My favorite is the quirky bottle brush a stunning red colour, we have four trees and one large weeping willow bottle brush all natives of Australia we are told.
We have a well/borehole which supplies the computerized irrigation without which we would have a patch of red soil and dust! We are told that there are many minerals in the well water which helps things grow so well, we haven’t had water tested so don,t know what’s actually in it. It’s not safe to drink though!
Sounds fabulous Milo, any chance of a picture? oh, and by the way, what is Sharon fruit?
It’s an orange coloured fruit with a waxy skin, you actually find it best just a ripening stage, ideal way to eat then is slice off the top and dip a spoon in, I,m not a fan myself OH is fond of them,they originate from Israel which as the crow flies is not far from us. He wanted variety in his orchard and that we have!
I tried to do pictures from my IPad will try from my PC later, but just can,t get them to upload onto a forum! I can send them by email but not to a forum, any advice gratefully received.
We have Yukkas that are currently flowering, a few lilys and our date palms have shot up this year, not sure when or if they fruit but we shall have to be patient.
It sounds great there Milo! I would love to have all those different fruit trees in the garden, it must be heaven to pick fresh fruit straight from the tree.
Do Jacaranda trees have masses of blue flowers? I believe that was the name of the trees that lined the roads when we visited Madeira a few years ago … they were beautiful!
Regarding posting your photos here, first you need to have your pictures hosted somewhere - you can get your pictures hosted for free in sites such as http://photobucket.com … this link will show you how to post on the forum
That sounds like Gardeners Paradise to me, Milo! And warm too! I’d love to see pictures also, it’s easy if you follow the directions above. I was wondering about Sharon fruit, thanks for the explanation.
I agree with the others Milo, you’ve got some great plants there and would love to see some photos as well…
prefer the moss myself, dosn’t need cutting lol, Alan and Grandson Charlie decided to trim the shrubs, they were very mean and am hoping they all recover again next year, they did get red of all the brambles and nettles, apart from the corner I leave for the hibinating insects… got some bulbs to go under the rest of the shrubs
Well this rain will put paid to the 3 pots I had left. Will have to empty them when it dries up and that will be that till next year 
Ooooh dear, I’ve tried all host websites suggested but it does,nt work with my IPad, I don,t have a clue how to put photos on forums with this blooming IPad!! All photos put on here are the latest I have, but I have early ones on my PC will try and put those in the album on here at least! I can email photos if someone can take them!
Anyone with an IPad please walk me thru it:blush:
Bare with me, I,m not teccy at all!
OH has just bought in a pile of figs! The birds have been eating them, much to his disdain, and he was given a trick to keep them off, it involved some cotton wool, olive oil and toothpicks! In what order and why I don,t know BUT it worked purply green ripe figs uneaten by birds! We have lots of olives now, we don,t know if they are eating ones or ones to make into oil, there are only 10 trees, so not much to get out of them really. They look good though 
Have sent you a PM, Lyn… 
Its 26 celsius (78.8F)here in sunny wigan, but I have just had a phone call off my friend in Inverness, its 11 celsius (51.8F)and hammering down, he says its been like that for nearly a week, he says his garden has had it, I suppose we should count our blessings and make the best of the weather, so bye for now, I am off to a barbecue,
Sounds like we are more fortunate, weatherwise, than our friends right up north…
Hope you enjoy your barbecue, Aitch 
And your friends across the Pond too! Still 9 C and drizzling here …:roll:
You poor thing Eileen, and you a sun worshipper as well…As I write this the sun is just on the horizon and the temp outside is still 26.5deg with 52% humidity… not that you really wanted to know that of course…:twisted:
How kind of you, Barry, to share that tidbit with me! It has dropped to 8 C now… :roll: