A green woodpecker in the long grass areas in the orchard for a long time. Male great spotted on one of the feeders. They are so nervous and fly...
Pruned back the outdoor grapes. Cut up some of the big branches from the oak tree we had to cut down as it was dead and dangerous. Moved a pile of...
We decided to plant fruit trees after nearby orchards were grubbed out many years ago. Our apples include...Katya, Spartan, Blenheim orange,...
@Escarpment we will look more closely now at the verbena as we have had a bullfinch at the other end of the garden but maybe it has been around...
No @ViewAhead we are also still sweeping up leaves from the paths. We leave any on the beds as they will rot down in their time. Doing this after...
Repaired an old tent frame that is the support for 2 of our Chinese gooseberry plants. the recent storms had the frame rocking around and with the...
Ours is in flower now and with a lovely fragrance.
This is one of the Zygopetalums. Fabulous scent. [ATTACH]
We have ferns in the shower room area and even though the humidity from the shower should be enough they are regularly sprayed with rain water....
Our long tails though have been very few when we can see them. However had a great time watching a green woodpecker in the orchard which has some...
@CarolineL we grew Vanda caerulea for some years but then it gave up on us. Not sure why. As to Ascocenda....didn't know this one so looked it up....
Our Rosemary of over 40 years had been moved a number of times over the years for a variety of reasons. 2 years ago we noticed it wasn't happy but...
Dug up some lovely leeks and harvested some more kale. Also dug up a good size mooli to have at lunch today.
@pete we gave one division to a friend and for years she had no flower spikes. This Christmas we gave her another one with a spike on it. She...
@CarolineL we grow species paphs and when in flower they stay for months like many orchids. We were given a Paph insigne with the Coelogyne...
Greater spotted woodpecker doing as its name says on the weather vane post for over half and hour this morning very loudly. Sparrows still here...
Many of our orchids are in flower now and cheer us up in these dull grey days. [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
@Selleri we have been growing kohlrabi for many years but always in the polytunnel. We sow indoors and then transplant the seedlings into the soil...
We had a very bad season last year with our veg which has always been fantastic. So we wont give up but we need to sow indoors as our clay soil is...
We had our first get together of the village garden club today. It was a soup and puds event at lunch time with all the food made by members. It...
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