Cornwall After basking in sunshine for the last couple of days it is overcast, breezy and chilly. It is raining in the wind but not freezing rain...
Birds will stay away from anything new and/or strange in the garden so patience is the word. It can take 3/4 weeks before they begin to...
Thanks Obelisk. I thought I was doing quite well until I received a lovely message from my grandson who lives in Canada. He remembered their last...
My scented geraniums are still outside in a sheltered corner. We are not expecting the blast this far down the country so fingers crossed they...
Thanks Ladybird and Penny Forthem. Still having a few bad moments and days. Thank goodness Poppy cat has stopped calling for him. I will be...
I grew a large specimen Garrya elliptica in heavy clay soil on the North end of a bungalow in Berkshire for many years with no problems. I am...
I must do my annual seed packet check to throw out dated seeds before I buy in any more. I usually try to grow something I have never grown...
If it is brought in and every applicant is refused the roads down here in Cornwall will be almost empty and car dealers will go out of business!
I will be growing Pink Grapefruit, Cocktail Crush, Big Mama and Sanjits Indian Curry. I still have to give the greenhouse its annual...
Garrya elliptica. A lovely sub shrub/tree. Can be grown horizontally on a fence or wall. Stunning long tassels of catkins, silvery grey green...
A Happy, Healthy New Year to all. Here's wishing you all lots of success with your horticultural efforts this year.
I would bend it over and anchor the ariel roots onto another pot of bark, with a U of wire, beside the mother plant if you want to try propagating...
What a glorious gardening day yesterday was. Sunny, mild, no rain, no howling gales. I moved the lemon verbena and pomegranate into the...
What ever your complaint, keep complaining to the police, insist on it being logged. You may never see any obvious result but eventually, if...
Physical ability, closely followed by money available. Now in my dotage I cannot garden for long or do many of the jobs required. In my head I am...
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