At the Bath show 10 days ago I bought a bougainvillea for my sister as hers had died after 5 years. It is supposed to be for her birthday in...
What with all the lovely pictures, i'm getting quite excited about my roses. All the new ones except Guinee have buds on. The Rhapsody in Blue...
Last year I grew 'Jungle Gold' and as I really liked the colour but they were slow to get going, I took some cuttings. The cuttings have just...
For the second year I'm trying Chinese Artichokes- there's a variety of things coming up but I don't know what the artichokes look like. Anyone...
This has finally come to the top of 'things to do next'. I'm planning to put some hostas and other slug food in it, so thought I might put slate...
Waco sent me the seedling podophylums [podophyli?] last year and there are about 9 in the pot now. I'm scared stiff to put them outside as a slug...
I have recently been using some blue slug pellets which contain Ferric Sulphate. This seems to work as far as plant eating is concerned, but...
Last year in summer my Sumac suddenly lost all its' leaves for no reason that I could determine. It lost one branch, but is budding OK this year....
I bought some tomato seeds this year, 2 from T&M and 2 from an Italian company. All have germinated well but the Italian ones are way ahead of the...
Last year I planted some tubers[?] of this and they were beautiful. I bought mine although they do grow wild in Longleat woods. They're lovely...
I love big fancy frilly begonias, but always have trouble starting them off... usually they're just getting into their stride by the time October...
I haven't been on GC for a while owing to bad attack of something like SAD. Last week I really had something to be sad about. My little boy dog...
Having solved the problem of keeping the greenhouse frost free this winter, I was looking forward to lots of things getting a head start. However...
http://www.gardensite.org.uk/envirocycle.phpI have been coveting one of these for ages as I have trouble turning compost- I think it was...
... I have mostly been depressed.... However I cheered up the day my family celebrated Christmas-29th December- as we indulged in a taste test of...
My daughter took this picture in Malaysia. The plant was quite a large bush with shiny leaves. She had it noted as bougainvillea, which it...
As I am not very mobile I can't walk long distances or in awkward places. So yesterday inthe the local park I was delighted to see a kingfisher....
I spent most of the afternoon clearing out and replanting a big oblong container. It had lilies from my Auntie and various bulbs, mainly...
Quite a few years ago after some particularly strong gales in November, we collected some large and beautiful cones from huge pine trees above...
A few weeks ago I finally separated some small orchids from their parent plants and potted them up. I noticed a few days later a very chewed leaf...
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