Well, in the absence of a sure ID, I’m going to treat it as a young cardoon plant, and have a go at moving it later today. Let’s hope that there...
Early this spring I sowed some echinops and cardoons. According to my labels, I only had one cardoon, that struggled and gave up, but a number of...
Fascinating, @Nikolaos !Well, not surprisingly, I didn’t get that much done yesterday. I did cut another 5m or so of the laurel hedge, and made...
Yes, it’s a great spreader, isn’t it!? It even does well in our soil, but I love it for the contrasting leaves, and I can’t get enough plants for...
Oops, @Emily Jones , I’ve just realised that I didn’t say how to store the concentrated mint... In case you hadn’t worked it out, I keep the paste...
We didn’t do too much gardening at the weekend, instead concentrating on enjoying the space - for example eating outside in the chilli forest...
I was thinking foxes, as if squirrels, you can often see the “hidden” nut.we have lots of holes just like that all over the garden - I think the...
“Hello, my name’s Siân, and I have a chilli-growing habit....” [ATTACH] ....and no, this isn’t all of them! I dread to think what we’d do if we...
After feeding the chillies (takes around an hour), the patio yellow pear toms, the tumbling toms, the veg bed plants - courgettes, squash, and...
Hi Emily! All of your herbs, apart from the basil, will survive and come back in the spring. The thyme will be available to pick through the...
Sounds like the perfect plant for me then! I find that unless a plant is really, really determined to grow, it just curls up its toes and dies in...
I bought a verbena (Rigida) Santos last year. This year it was slow to get going, but came up well. It has flowered reliably throughout the...
Yesterday was a busy day (so too tired to say what I did last evening!).I pruned another 4-5 metres of laurel hedge with secateurs. I can’t do...
Hmmmm.... not the best of starts!I just went up to set the steps into the slope on the bed extension, to find that Mr Foxy had dug up one of the...
In comparison to you, @Gary J Bradford , we had a doddle of a day yesterday!hubby helped me lift the rest of the turf on the drive bed...
We’ve had a quiet second half to the week, as I have to be fairly sedentary to help my pooch, who is recovering from her second stroke. Her hind...
I decided to make Mum a granny square blanket, similar to the one her mother made me when I was a child. [ATTACH] so I gave Mum this last month,...
Ohhh, exciting!the anticipation.... :hate-shocked:
She’s very quiet today, thank you for asking @luciusmaximus . She wants to be with me, and has followed me around all morning (she normally...
Thank you both!We’re back home again from the vets. Izzy has had cortisone, anti-inflammatory and vitamin B injections. She was brighter this...
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