Very pleased with the garden this year. The dryer summer has meant less fungal issues so most things are looking good. Still get the odd bit of...
Silver Birth being striped. Closer inspection loads of caterpillars. 100's off them. I've just gone round and squashed them all. Shame as good...
Any ideas on how to get more wildlife in my pool ? The plants are growing well and i get the odd bird drinking or bathing in it but that's it bar...
Not skirting boards just yet but i noticed mine starting to go at 30, so out came the choppers. Nobody notices now. I blame, my Grandfather and...
If only i had hair to pull out.....i am 40 now after all :rolleyespink:
Obsessional me ?? NEVER :snork:I have four cones around the play area and pool and i tried to do them and...... well it was too difficult to get...
Looks good Loli. Dont be too harsh on yourself. Four years is about right. Mine is at 3 so far, another year and it should be as i want it.
Tell me about it, i have no idea how they get a crisp exact square shape when they clip them in the stately homes. Mine is square ish, i've used...
For the first time in ages, i feel i'm getting somewhere with the garden. Clipped the box hedge yesterday, i think one more year and it should be...
I must say the tree Peony is looking great this year since i moved it to a more shadier spot. It only gets morning sun now rather than the...
Needed that rain last night. Some of the new perennials i planted a few weeks ago were actually showing signs of drought.G
I thought i would like Villa D'Este at Tivoli more, amazing structure, Box formal lines, with panoramic views and vistas but i was wrong. I...
My fav picture. The footbridge laced with Wisteria.[IMG]
Lovely. Two exact opposites, yet both amazing in their own right.[IMG][IMG]G
Just got back from a few days in Italy visiting Tivoli's Villa d'Este and the water gardens at Ninfa and wow after four days and what looked like...
They are ok. They havnt changed much. There are a few that are too far gone i think but others that are growing. I will leave them in the posts...
Havnt had much rain at all over the past 10 days so i did a pole test on the border and the soil was still wet after about a foot.The wildlife...
The box have gone. The really bad ones composted, the others posted up and used as spares. I think it was a mixture of things that have done for...
Moved a few things around today. Moved an Aster and planted a Cistus, Aquilegia, re planted some Rudbeckia. The Box at the bottom is probably...
Elder seedlings popping up everywhere !! Nightmare.G
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