Nectaroscordum Siculum, or Sicilian Honey Garlic. The supermarkets have taken to calling them Honeybells lately. They are a kind of allium, very...
My tulips were all up before the weather turned dry. I was more worried they would rot in their pots, with the enormous quantity of rain we had...
My Honeybells are in exactly the same state, throwing off the papery covering. I accidentally broke one off a week ago and put it in a vase of...
Flowers on my Snakebark Maple. These will be completely coating the ground before long. [ATTACH]This geranium was bought as a bare root this...
I'll probably succumb - I bought a few things at 30% off and free shipping that I have only just planted.
Parasitic wasp on the daisies, and my last few celandines are attracting a load of little brown beetles. [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
I've just been watching an adult robin begging food from another. Must be courtship behaviour. The feeding robin looks quite a lot bigger so...
Yes he does seem to satisfy all those points.
I find it very hard to understand the motivation, especially at his age. I don't understand why anyone would want that much power and...
The rowan blossom is coming out. Lucky I like the smell! [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Hedge Bindweed is very popular with insects. Not just for food, it's good shelter too. I always look inside the flowers to see if something is...
It's all my fault; I bought a water butt and have seen barely a drop of rain since. Apologies to everyone.
I've never understood why a poem is needed. Surely it's just as easy to remember "flush solids".
I have been using my washing up water on the front garden for the last week or so. I have several new shrubs that were only planted in the autumn...
I usually have better success with sowing them directly outdoors. I wanted to do it this weekend but with it being so dry, and cold temperatures...
I get big nests of them in my compost bin and they seem to like stashing their eggs right up on the rim of the twist-off lid; when I open it they...
Amazing lilacs @shiney
I didn't plan to do much outside today, as it was chilly and windy. But I went out to move a pot of bulbs that had gone over, and ended up...
I've never tried eating it but I found this:"Cornsalad was originally foraged by European peasants and has been eaten in Britain for centuries....
Allium season has started. This one has a dandelion seed crown.[ATTACH]Loads of new growth and ripening berries on the Mahonia. I bought this...
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