I thought people might be interested in seeing how the wildlife pond is settling in....As you can see, we have a very lush pond! It takes a bit...
Today, after the “not enough, Lord!” rain had passed, we tackled the pompom viburnum. It has finished flowering, and is one of the few plants...
Roses cut from the garden this afternoon, as the forecasted rain will spoil them [ATTACH] Winchester Cathedral and Cardinal de Richelieu, if the...
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A pause, and then we are back to the weekly harvest [ATTACH] From 1pm, clockwise Rosemary, marjoram, chives, bronze fennel, and sage
Yes, you can just rub them off, and keep an eye in the coming couple of weeks for any you may have missed. On a healthy plant, they won’t have...
First of all, there is no woodlouse showing in your photo. This is what a woodlouse looks like [ATTACH] Woodlice do not generally damage plants...
Just pruned the possibly canker-ous dead stems off our oldest apple tree. It is under 20 years old, at a guess. I don’t know if it’s all canker,...
I got the seedlings outside to harden off, and then weeded a load of Marjoram out of the herb bed, where it is trying for total domination.I...
I’ve spent the morning gathering three trug-fulls of molehill soil, so that I could cut the grass of the more formal area, and paths this...
I’m about to try air-layering and cuttings on another acer, as it’s in an area to be bulldozed for the renovation work.
[ATTACH] We have a lovely established acer in the new garden, and I spotted some seedlings underneath. Will they grow true?The seedlings [ATTACH]
...and the bottom garden that floods regularlythe raised veg beds, greenhouse and newly planted fruit trees [ATTACH]looking down to the lower...
I thought I'd better give an update...The top levelsFrom the front door to the road [ATTACH]the gravel garden between the house and the road...
I’ve been learning a new “thing” - Tunisian crochet.first attempt - a sort of entrelac pattern. I decided that I had enough cushion covers, so...
This week's herb harvest, showing the difference a fortnight makes. Loads of marjoram, fennel and tarragon! So, starting top left we have...
Personally, I would choose peppermint or apple/bowles mint over spearmint for tea….
I always try to live with the wildlife around me. Sometimes we get ants coming indoors, attracted by the honeydew from the houseplants (greenfly...
When we used to make parsnip wine, the recipe was using the parsnip boiling water. We then used to make parsnip chips with the cooked parsnips -...
I’m loving seeing your progress, especially your branching put into water gardening! It was wanting to help the birds and hedgehog that got me...
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