Good grief, Chopper, you are certainlly a busy man. I bet the cyclamen looks good around the pond area. Your bulb plans sound brill and it seems...
0) Chopper, I've been following your garden projects thread with great interest and I hope you continue to give us progress reports, although I...
Some cyclamen h. corms arrived with a bulb order last week. It would appear to be too late to plant these for this winter, wouldn't you think?...
Churches, Castles & CampanologyGosh, interesting stuff. I love old churches and even belong to a church architecture group locally. They are...
Okay, thanks for the advice, all, and I'll have a rethink next Spring.
Harrod Horticultural do a giant sieve, so check out their website. I got one for sieving my compost which has stones and giant roots in it (the...
Does anyone have any alstromeria cuttings they could send me??? I've had several unsuccessful attempts at growing these, and I think cuttings...
I've seen bulb planters with long handles which would save on the stooping as long as you drop the bulbs in the holes like bombs and then kick the...
I've got marigolds around my veggy plots as sacrificial plants too - it does work, honest!
Fantastic sandcastle, and I love the snow sculptures too. What fun you do have.
Inspirational pics and advice, thanks Peter, I have made notes and saved the link you gave to my favourites for further study.
Sadly, Shiney, your place is in the opposite direction to where we're going, so we can't even do a detour en route. I'd have loved to do that,...
I've got a pair of green-welly-coloured ones that I bought from a garden centre at least ten years ago. They were one of the best things I ever...
Hi ClaraLou I'm sick as a parrot that I'll miss it this year, as I wanted to buy my summer bedding and also lots of herbs at the show. We're...
I've been told onions like it - is that right?
There are plenty of large bees around here, doing their thing. We don't take much notice of each other and just carry on with what we're doing.
Dear me, these are tricky: 6. I think it looks like cyclamen too 7. Not sure, might be geum 8. Looks familiar - malva perhaps? 9. Echinops 10....
Keep an eye on it because C. poscharskyana's terribly invasive.
I think red rudbeckias are still in bloom then, or red dahlias, but you would need to sow them NOW.
I was thinking of a camelia too, although it flowers early in the year and they don't last long, sadly. Otherwise, a pieris is a good idea if you...
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