Not wanting to suggest another thug :heehee: but if you are looking for food plants, the herb fennel (as distinct from the vegetable fennel) is a...
Today I took hubby up to admire my woven fence panel, trundled a couple of wheelbarrow loads of chippings to form a woody layer in the adding-to...
I’m feeling very pleased with myself today.A few weeks ago I coppiced one of my hazel stools, giving me a pile of canes / branches / whips .......
I am like you - I don't like to use a traditional tin either. I use a silicone mould, which forms a round(ish) loaf. My standard loaf is a dough...
Following on from the excitement of the tree-felling yesterday, I now have a large pile of shredded spruce-branches to shift. About 8-10...
I sowed my chillies on Friday 5th February. The first sign of a seedling germinating this morning - a Red Cherry ... :wub2:
What have I been doing in the garden today? Talking in very bad french to the neighbours gardener, who had come with a tree-surgeon to cut down...
Indeed @ARMANDII !! Let’s hear it for the much-neglected hoverflies! I remember last year how they descended, en mass, when we put out trays of...
Hello @Coffee and welcome to Gardeners Corner! (I love the name you’ve chosen, by the way!).As @ARMANDII has said, your pond looks good,...
Well, today the snow is melting, but it’s still cold and icy out there. But we did go and admire the bulbs that are peeping out a little now, and...
I understand the frustration of wondering what to draw.when the books arrive, I’m guessing that they will suggest you use reference photos. If...
I also garden on pure sand, with just a thin layer of topsoil in some places (the grass has very little or none).As @ARMANDII says, add as much...
Brrrr!! When I read the temporary thermometer on the patio table first thing this morning (7.45am) -10.1c. Now, at 8.40am, it’s warmed up to a...
It was subzero here too, @CanadianLori, with us getting a high of -3c. (The only bird feeder that I left out overnight was frozen solid, and...
After Trump suggesting people should drink disinfectant, and then A&E reporting cases, you have to wonder......... but you made me chuckle...
Update: Well, that was more difficult than I expected!A number of the feeders were frozen - I could not undo the clips to get them off the...
I agree, @Black Dog , the birds can peck through the frozen nuts..... it’s just that the nuts are now sitting quite a way in from the frame of the...
A question for those of you who are used to these cold conditions....The forecast for Belgium is that we will remain with sub-zero temperatures...
All I will be doing today is clearing snow, and feeding the birds. I’ve already been stared at by one of the robins, who wants me to drink my...
The white flowers look like a variety of cosmos, a half-hardy annual.
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