Recent Posts

The same here. Currently sunshine but I can see clouds approaching. Warmer than yesterday. I unwrapped the tree fern. Wetteronline says rain at 4 in the afternoon.

I'm getting a heated propagator for Mothers' Day tho it won't arrive till next week. I shall then have another go at sowing some other chillies and yes, I will soak the seeds first to see if that helps.I don't bother growing my own peppers tho maybe I should if the flavour is better. I've...

I know that this doesn't apply in all countries but......Happy Mothers' Day all!I wish everyone a happy day - whatever you have planned. More gardening for me I hope.

@Allotment Boy Be interesting to know how the San Marzano do for you. I did try some last year but got nothing worth the effort.

Was just reading an article about the SNP refusing permission for a flat owner to rent it out as a holiday let on the grounds that a visitor might travel to it, thereby creating carbon emissions, and washing the sheets would add to this, as would a cleaner travelling in a vehicle to service the...

Really lovely images @simone_in_wiltshire

My apricot has nearly finished managed to go round on a couple of days last week a small brush. My Indian red peach is flowering at the same time but the peregrine peach is not quite out yet. Maybe the pollen from the apricot will pollinate the peach? I think pollen is only released above...

That's better.

Coltsfoot, Tussilago, along the little road behind my garden. The flowers look as if they are going over, I didn't see them when open. The leaves appear in the summer time.