Fingers Cross for Gooseberries
We had little success with the two gooseberry bushes last year, the leaves seemed to get eaten over…
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We had little success with the two gooseberry bushes last year, the leaves seemed to get eaten over…
I noticed one or two buds starting to show some leaf which means in a couple of days…
A Woolworths reject from last year. It did show signs of life last year just before some creature…
April is when everything starts to happen. I have mowed the grass once so far this year, it…
This originally came from a friend in Brighton, we put it in the ground one year and have…
It has taken less than a week for the plum tomato seedlines to show themselves.
These pots of idiot proof seeds were picked up from Wilkingsons for 99p each which seemed like something…
I noticed the first bit of blossom for the year while I was out seeing how the bulbs…
Snow snow snow, then rain rain rain. Last week there garden was under a load of snow, now…
Not much going on, everything wet or froozen or a bit of both. Sun low in the sky…
These Snowdrops were part of a BBC Gardners World offer last year and I’m delighted to see that…
I think we have moved from looking Rustic to looking Fallen Down and ‘whoops’! The wind and rain…
The ‘rustic’ looking bit down “the side” is looking a little bit more ‘rustic’ these days. The sweetpeas…
There was a high casualty rate but I think it has been worth it. From last September, we…
Soooo cold! The first time I have been able to do anything in the garden and so I…
The BBC Gardners World passion flowers are doing fine outside, the most tender one under a drinks bottle…
Rain rain rain rain rain, and a bit more rain. 2008 is much like 2007 was, full of…
Another BBC Gardener’s World free offer here, one that I sent off for months and months ago and…
Early October and the sunflowers in the front are still looking good. Just as you think it has…
rain rain rain rain rain….. sunflowers still hanging on. The extra grass seed that we planted is starting…
I have been meaning to pot these outside for weeks now, each morning they were looking a little…
It must be autumn, not only are the mornings so dark and depressing, but after last weekend of…
They have been still standing tall but with bowed heads and died flowers for some time. At the…
We bought some top soil, the first time ever I had bought it! Normaly I have managed to…
Well, it feels like autumn now!
Just when I thought we would not see any, I have noted two flowering chrysanthemums and two more…
The first one came down the other week during the strong wind and rain we had. The second…
A note to make for next year, plant flowers in groups. The Amaranthus I am really pleased with,…
The seeds that were planted a little bit late (see http://sunflowers.moleville.co.uk/more-seeds-too-late/) have had semi success. They took a…
This little project was all about trying to tart up the ‘bit down the side’ and while it…
Rain rain rain rain rain 🙁 All summer. The Back: The Front:
Been meaning to pick this for ages, our last lot of rhubarb for the year. Apart from Rhubarb…
The book says to cut back to two buds at least one third of the bush, plus any…
This is all unexpected. Tonight I discovered a new small flower on one of the sunflowers which has…
I am really pleased with this Amaranthus stuff. It seems quite robust and during the time now when…
The front garden is nice with all the wild flowers that we have sown, but this year they…
I suppose these need to be cut down at sometime, save some seed and sort out what to…
I am quite happy with how the worms are going. They are on the second layer and are…
The great things about potatoes, you put them in and they sprout. They all look nice and green,…
One day it was small, and the next day it more than doubled in size. So we picked…
We don’t know what type of potato they are, but I think now we are in august it…
I still have so much to do to the “bit down the side” but money and time seem…
These are my own little babies! Out of I think five pots, we now have two left, each…
I really don’t know what these plants are, and I forget how come I bought them and planted…
It’s windy and rainy…. which means the sunflowers at the front are a little bit sideways. But still,…
The time has nearly come to do something about the grass in the front. It has come a…
“Didn’t they do well?” I am quite pleased, and now we have a load of massive sunflower heads…
Not too bad seeing as I didn’t do anything at all apart from plant these. Sweet Peas from…
We didn’t grow the runner beans in order to achieve a massive great harvest, but what we do…
These have been keeping themselves to themselves but now we have some development. Our last remaining chillie plant…