Bad Fence
We have a nice area of decking, we can sit at the table, we can see the Clematis…
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We have a nice area of decking, we can sit at the table, we can see the Clematis…
I’ve kept this photo quite large, I like how the little ant is climbing up too. Just one…
These have been growing on the window sill for a little while and they are in desperate need…
The other week I mentioned that really I woud like to replace the lavender as it had got…
These Wild Strawberries are fantastic! I bought four plants the other year, two survived (not helped by the…
While the tomato plants are doing really well, the giant sunflowers and sweet peas have yet to show. …
This is the BBC Garderners World lavender, just one of the five plants that we have had for…
These are the BBC Gardners World passion flowers that I sent off for last year just before the…
The first year we never saw any flowers as we planted it late in the year, the second…
This has taken quite a bit of rough treatment over the years, even more so when we got…
We have had rain for a couple of days, quite light and broken which has meant it has…
What to do when the Easter holiday weekend starts with pouring rain all day? I decided to see…
More signs that a new year is just beginning, spring is here. Last year I picked up a…
Last year we had two blueberries from this bush. It was its first year so I was not…
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…