I am, @JWK. I look around, at just about any time of the year, and feel that the garden gives me a hug back. Neighbours comment on how much colour...
...and finally!the island bed looks so lush. I’m so pleased I found out that Veronica is able to grow in our conditions [ATTACH][ATTACH] These...
Nearly there!The view across the valley. You can see how much the choke berry has grown in the island bed to the right, and the medlar tucked...
The next half-dozen photos...Looking up across the wildflower meadow towards the veg beds and the pond [ATTACH]We seem to be very good at...
Busy day today… Bundled up cut broom and chokeberry branches, and put out for recycling. All the fruit trees and fruit bushes had a thick mulch...
Apologies in advance, but there will be a lot of photos coming up. I will try to redo all of the views/aspects, to see what has changed...The...
….and we are now approaching our 10-year anniversary here. Time to work out where the original photos were taken, and start to redo them!
@Bear , have you looked at images for apple canker? James Grieve are a lovely apple - crisp, juicy, sweet, and lots of flavour. But they are very...
As far as I know, there is a system of soakaway into the ground (as with a septic tank), or it goes into the grey/rainwater pipes in the street. I...
In Belgium grey water systems are in all new-builds. Yes, each building has a retaining tank under the building/patio, to hold its own grey and...
Not too much today, as it’s too hot…. First thing I put the “running hot” water in the pond, and saw that it was still a good 7-8cm below normal...
Interesting to read your various thoughts on this topic! We are very much aware of the cost of using tap water, as it is more than €0.05 per...
“Alien in a foreign land”[ATTACH]
This was definitely a-buzzing near me, as it tried to get back out of the lounge![ATTACH]a broad-backed chaser dragonfly - aka a seriously big...
This photo of a 5 week old pond popped up in my Facebook feed. So of course, I went out and took one for comparison.I think it is safe to say...
Sorry, when I went back, they had all gone! This is the best I can do for the front face, but the photo is a little burnt out....[ATTACH]
I saw this flower (in managed beech-tree woodland, if that helps), amongst great swathes of wood anemones (Anemone amorosa). In the photo you can...
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Sorry that I’ve been away from the forum for a number of months.it’s been rather hectic here. Trying to cope with a new puppy, who had lots of...
Not much today, as I’m still poorly, and hubby is too……but I lifted the gladioli corms from their pots. Most of the corms had doubled in size,...
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