Outdoor Girl ripening. We've got warmer weather forecast for next week so expect them to start coming thick and fast![ATTACH]
Heleniums. [ATTACH]Rudbeckia [ATTACH]The sunflower that popped up in my tomato planter, I reckon the Coal Tits have been stashing their seeds...
They look too big for sloes, those are little round things and the tree they grow is seriously thorny. These might be bullaces or damsons. You can...
I nipped the tops off all my Outdoor Girl tomato plants today. Plenty of fruit set, just waiting for the ripening now. Bet they'll all come at once.
Anyone remember the dog trainer Barbara Woodhouse? I'm sure she claimed to have had her children out of nappies at a month or two old!
You'd think the cost of the nappies would be enough motivation to get them potty trained, wouldn't you?
Has anyone seen this month's Garden Answers magazine? I get it as my free "Lifestyle Benefit" with my bank account. Anyway, it's got a two page...
Stunning pictures! I love the Heleniums and that gorgeous pink Astrantia.
Have just picked up a couple of Monardas, which I've been wanting for a while. I thought I was going to have to bring the bees home with me! The...
Speckled Wood on the rotten apple and Gatekeeper on the Small Teasel today. [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
I never got around to removing the apple that rotted on a feeder, and now it's attracting the butterflies. [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
You only have to sow nasturtiums once, and they'll be with you for life.
Bergenia - a patch of it grows on my dry, stony slope and got swamped by brambles for at least 15 years. After clearing the brambles it's thriving...
Hi @fairygirl, yes I think you're right. I sowed a little bit last year and a lot more this year. And some of my pots were overwintered down where...
I had pasta with the sauce made from home-grown tomatoes and basil.
That sounds likely, thanks!
I have been growing a patch of rocket, which grew very well and tasted great, trouble is something else - insect sized - thought so too and I...
That looks very tasty!
It's the timing that stops them competing. By the end of Spring there's nothing left above ground. Sure dig them out, but you're unlikely to get...
I've had some excellent books from car boot sales for pennies. Then of course there's all the videos on YouTube.
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