Pottering around today, in the light drizzle... I've opened the cloche frame on the trough by the kitchen window, and planted two tumbling tom...
Looks like a young beech to me....
Norty boy, doing Elvis lips!! Sounds like my Izzy, who sits down and refuses to move when I take her to the kennels. They have a trick for that...
:rain:We have RAIN!:spinning:Happy dance!!:spinning:It was so dry here, I've been saving washing up water for trees, bushes etc, and still...
The first one is aubretia - a much under-rated ground/wall cover plant, in my humble opinion.Second two are hardy geraniums -they will probably...
Wow!!Looking through these photos, I realise how behind we are here. We've normally caught up and overtaken the UK by now, but not this year....
This morning I finished hand-cutting the bottom hedge (i.e. With secateurs), do as not to disturb any birds too much. Just cut two 40l trugs-ful...
It pollinates the flowers - dispersing the pollen
I can't believe I've only just seen this!Wonderful news! And so glad that the 2-stage approach got him into the car...!!I can second the...
You not been visiting Belgium, have you @Zigs ?Woke up to find a broken wine bottle over the drive this morning - and the garden is gated and...
We've had visitors this weekend, so didn't get too much done.They only have a v small garden, and try to grow so many things - many being plants...
Well, yesterday I pottered enjoying the growing stuff, then mowed about half of the grass between thunderstorms.... eventually decided that...
@noisette47, I suggested that she used diluted washing up liquid, and a toothbrush, to clear the affected areas. After googling Jonathan and...
Yup! Spot on, that's a rose....:heehee:Seriously, it does remind me of queen Elizabeth, with the reddish tinge to the foliage and stems, strong...
Ah yes, the twiddle stick! Let's hear three cheers for the twiddle stick!!
I've just been doing a Facebook "apple welfare" clinic for a friend. She has two young fan-trained trees, and one of them was poorly. When she...
Been busy today!Planted some mangetout seeds in one of the cloches, alongside the young mangetout plants, and some French beans alongside their...
Hi, and welcome the gardeners corner, @sweetiex !I think you will find us a friendly bunch, and willing to offer support, advice, and a shoulder...
I agree totally, @JWK I didn't sow my own tomatoes for another three weeks, and courgettes even longer! My tomatoes are compact, and happy to...
I know, @pete but the tomatoes were in tiny pots, I'm talking small yoghurt pots, half full, four to a cottage cheese-sized pot.... The compost...
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