This week’s selection.left to right Marjoram, rosemary, sage and chives [ATTACH] (Photo taken with different camera, but same surface and...
This week's selection - the marjoram is getting a bit seedy, but still has good flavour [ATTACH]
Our herbs are very much left to their own devices too. :)We use them in the kitchen every week of the year, and grow so many that I donate to...
Although the herb harvest has been regular, my posts have not....But here we are at the end of the summer season, and the weekly herb bundles...
Thank you! We can just about do that - it’s 10 days before we return to Belgium, so we’ll mowitjust before we leave…
Many years ago, the neighbours planted a Russian vine. I think they have removed it from their garden, but it invaded my parents garden, and I am...
I thought these photos might help a little.This is a stressed foxglove, where the flowers have all gone over prematurely because of the drought....
Very true about the watering,@fairygirl .we have had hardly any rain here for 2-3 months now. The foxgloves started flowering at the beginning...
Perfect! Thank you!
Yup, that is what foxgloves do. They flower late May into June, then you get thousands of seeds on each flowerstalk, ready to grow, and flower...
I know I know the plant, but can't remember the name....[ATTACH]
Looks like a wild cherry to me, but you say it was different to the cherry trees nearby?
Roasty-toasty! 31c and rising, with hardly any breeze. We need rain!!
It’s sedum spectabile, or ice plant. Pretty tough, but I don’t like lifting and dividing clumps too much on our sandy soil, as they need to get...
Today I’ve been doing a little late Chelsea chop on my sedum spectabile, having watched a 2-week old gardeners world last night. I was chuckling...
Today was “turn the compost bays” day. What a surprise to find, buried in the “adding” bay, a clump of butternut squash seedlings that had...
Yes, since the re-introduction in the 1990s, the population has really recovered in the UK. They are wonderful birds, and still quite rare here in...
I know what you are getting at. However, I use an international observation site (observation.org) which records all sitings, their precise...
I love seeing a new butterfly/beetle/moth/bee in the garden. I run to my phone (which has a great camera), take a photo, enter it into the...
My hubby asked me to draw a foxglove yesterday. A long time since I’ve picked up my pen, but it felt good…. [ATTACH]
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