Hubby is back in Wales this weekend, visiting his mum, before he brings her out to stay with us for a couple of weeks. He drove over straight...
Hi Cheryl! A few questions first, if you don't mind.... When did you plant the chilli seeds? What temperature was it in the greenhouse overnight?...
1. Marley Farley - foxy lady .... I just adore foxgloves, especially white ones 2. Trunky - final resting place .... Such...
Been quite lazy today, and a "lady that lunches", so not much got done. Just some essential watering of pots, harvesting (and passing on to a new...
This morning we had a new visitor - a greater water boatman (or backswimmer, as they are now being referred to). [ATTACH]The view across the...
....been up again this morning, and managed to get a photo.At least now I know why all the tiddler goldfish were swimming in the deep water,...
Sort of "flying" - a greater water boatman, I think now called "backswimmers", because of the confusion caused by the Americans....I've never...
Finally!! :bolt: Sitting in the lounge, with legs out on the patio, as a thunderstorm system trundles around Brussels. Ok, we are probably having...
I was feeling quite despondent with the heat. For some reason I decided to go up the garden to look into the pond - why, when it's 33c/89f, and in...
So hot here!Since I put the pond in at the end of April, we have had just three heavy thunderstorms. That's all the rain . . . !The grass is...
Indeed!Because of the detail, and logic behind the recipe, I'm thinking of a variation - a redcurrant sponge, with a little almond in the sponge...
Thank you @Logan and @Verdun - I have just googled thalictrum and it has gone straight to the top of my wish-list! Unfortunately, my moist and...
Thank you!
Another way would be to lift your clump of chives this autumn, and divide it. I wouldn't do it now, because the plants are too stressed with the...
I think the recommended way is to have three clumps. The first clump you cut down as the flower buds first appear, the second clump as the...
I've been hiding from the sun in the afternoons, during this heat.Thank you @strongylodon for allowing me to use your photo for reference - a...
Sorry, @Fat Controller, I realise that burying the pot/planter is difficult, but the risk is the roots "cook", so grouping the pots together helps...
For the bigger mints, e.g. Apple mint, spearmint, I use a 40l trug. Basically, one of my weeding trugs, when the handles snap (as they eventually...
[ATTACH] I've just realised that I don't have a "before" photo - probably because from the same spot, there wasn't a view... (And yes, I did check...
I've had an achieving morning....Over the last few years, the view across the valley has slowly been disappearing, as Hazel and chokeberry grow...
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