The Red flowering currant has now got flowers all over it and the newly planted Viburnum tinus seems to have settled in. Despite several sub zero...
21st March 2025This morning, after downloading the trailcam videos from the night before, I went for a wander around the garden, so see what's...
18th March 2025We've had some nice sunsets over the last few days. This one from the 18th, also shows the planet Venus, close to the horizon,...
15th March 2025Near the top entrance to the wood, there are several Majorcan hellebores, all of which had fallen/drooped forwards onto the lawn....
7th March 2025Jumping back to just before we scarified the lawn, on the morning of Friday the 7th, I saw something black on the lawn from the...
We just scarified our lawn at the weekend. We hired a large petrol powered machine, but you can get small garden electric ones. It has a rotating...
The last bit of gardening action was more Daffodils from the side of the house, moved to the kitchen border, to give a bit of early colour in this...
In another spot, liberated from Daffodils, we planted another of the anniversary roses that have been living in pots on the back corridor window...
9th March 2025It was a very misty and damp start to Sunday, despite what the BBC weather and met office website said! We didn't go out until...
There's no major changes at the railway at present, though all the plants are showing new growth and some with flowers. It's almost a year since...
8th March 2025We've had a busy weekend in the garden on the hottest weekend of the year so far. Last year, the first half of the year was too...
We had 300 feet of the stuff, severely overgrown because the last owner didn't do any trimming. I've got rid of some, but it usually needs cutting...
Laurel is almost indestructible. When I moved house, I cut one Laurel bush flush with the ground, so I could turn my trailer around without the...
Inside the wood, there are daffodils with buds now, which shouldn't be far away from opening. The Daisy Pomponettes that were moved from the...
Here's the view from inside the wood, looking out towards the lawn. Once the Viburnum grows and spreads, it will help to close in the wood over...
Around the front of the woodland, still at the bottom end, is where the Viburnum tinus was to go. The original plan was to put it behind the fern,...
Next, I moved down to the bottom of the wood, to plant the Ilex Aquifoleum. This was at the bottom end of the wood, behind the Japanese Maple, to...
2nd March 2025On Sunday the 2nd, we had a grand tour of six local garden centres, 'though we returned to one at the end of the afternoon, so I...
Thanks.We do, but it's a pain, as it always decides to be windy after we start cutting!
1st March 2025This afternoon, Lynne and I spent several hours, digging out the slates. Half a wheelbarrow load was dug out, washed with a hose...
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