Snowdrops are mostly finished by now. The garden at the moment is full of crocuses [ATTACH][ATTACH][ATTACH][ATTACH][ATTACH][ATTACH]...
@Sheal Here's a photo from a couple of years ago taken from an upstairs window. The solanum crispum is the large purplish mass across the back of...
@longk, thanks for that. It looks as though we should hold back with more pruning for this year since we've taken about a third off already. We'll...
No, just 2 normal looking thick brown stems emerging from amongst the ivy, winter jasmine and general garden detritus in photo. (Memo to self:...
We've got a Solanum Crispum, about 8 years old, trunk 3 to 4 inches diameter at base. It's got a bit out of control and has grown up into a...
Thanks @Dips and @Sheal . I thought it might be a phormium but because of its narrow and non-flopping leaves I started to doubt my ID.At your...
The leaves are long narrow and very stiff. Pretty colour though.[ATTACH] [ATTACH]
I think their price are similar, otherwise I'm quite likely to go for the cheap one as well :)I wonder if I could use /apply them together so...
I've just 'harvested' my sweet potatoes and thought to update this thread a bit.Since I successfully grew lots of slips in spring, I was able to...
Fish Blood & Bone or Grow More - which one to go for?I understand that FB&B is an organic product, so its NPK is unpredictable and varies...
Others looking good are A white Nerine [ATTACH]Oenothera versicolor [ATTACH]A winter clematis [ATTACH]Viburnum x bodnantense Dawn [ATTACH]...
Took a few shots around our garden yesterday before I started to take some plants indoors in anticipation of the cold and wind to come. And here...
Wetlands along the River Severn at SlimbridgeThis peregrine falcon was resting on a piece of drift wood for quite a few minutes till crows came...
Chinese leaves or Chinese cabbage.When I was little living in Beijing, Chinese cabbage was one of the handful of vegetables for winter. Every...
A few bits and pieces around the garden Linaria maroccana back to flowering after a bit of a rest [ATTACH]Verbena bonariensis [ATTACH]...
We went for a walk along the Severn Estuary near to Oldbury Power Station early in the week. The tide was at its lowest, far out on the muddy...
A few of my efforts [ATTACH][ATTACH][ATTACH][ATTACH]
Doesn't want to leave the cosy home yet. Saw this baby house martin last week. [ATTACH][ATTACH][ATTACH][ATTACH]Ruling its spidery kingdom...
:grphg: Silu, from my experience I find seed-grown onions and shallots do much better than from set, and they are less likely to bolt as well....
Like shiney's Cobaea scandens, ours is doing very well at the moment [ATTACH]Crocosmia [ATTACH]Galtonia candicans, Thank you @longk , I love...
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