Note to Self: do NOT annoy @redstar !Well today, after dodging this morning's showers, pegging and re-pegging out the washing, I am about to go...
Interesting, @Verdun! I did say relatively well behaved.;)@Jack Sparrow Re the dogwood/philadelphus, like the hydrangea, you don't have to take...
Hi @Jack Sparrow ... ...yes, you certainly wouldn't want to put a shuttlecock fern next to your lizard, or you would only see him in the winter!...
True, but the photo shows sun, and the nearby multi trunks on the other side of the fence imply shade too... but also dry soil, I'm guessing......
Just a few more thoughts about spring bulbs.... a lot of daffodils throw a lot of foliage after they have finished flowering, which can look...
1 achillea - have a look at any grass/lawn you have, you may spot some soft feathery foliage.... we have it growing naturally in our grass, both a...
Well, over the 5 years, I've tried both neglect, and due diligence.... and not a single hip!Ah well, I've tried!
I'm sort of a half-way house...We have some Rosea rugosa that were here when we moved in nearly 5 years ago (3 days to go, and counting!). I've...
For what it's worth, I was given a Spear & Jackson hand fork and trowel as a wedding present, 24 years ago. Both are still going strong, and are...
Yikes, if you need to take such action in Dorset, @strongylodon , I certainly will here!!Ah well, forewarned is forearmed, as they say!
[ATTACH] Here's another shot of the salvia. It's certainly a lovely plant, and I can see why I took a cutting last September.My next question,...
Wow!!
After admiring the 2nd wave of apple blossom :yikes: on our young Hereford Russet (we have just taken the 3 apples off, as the rooks were damaging...
Today, so far, I have cleaned the legs and base of our main patio table, scrubbed the old patio table (that we use when having "party" BBQs, for...
...also called yellow rattle, e.g. In chilterns seed catalogue
Oh, don't remind me! I actually get on really well with my MiL, unlike my mother...When she came to visit this summer, she was somewhat alarmed...
Grrr! Horse flies!! I hate, hate, hate them! A bite from them always causes a sever reaction from me, with a raised swelling, and raised...
Yes, I heard this on the radio this morning, which is what got me to thinking about our swallowtails...The European swallowtail is less...
For a few years we had yellow swallowtails in our garden. The first year (2013), there were at least two flying around the bronze fennel, lots of...
watching this thread with interest - I won't hijack it, even though I have a specific question on this very matter. Do you have clover? I found...
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