Again you people who are able to take such stunning photos of wildflowers in the UK must make a record of them. So many plants are lost but you...
Watered in the tunnel. Picked the 3rd large bowl of redcurrants. Best harvest in years. Thankfully the blackbirds have given them a miss this year...
@Jiffy lovely photo of a juvenile GSW. We have had the male and female coming to the feeders for some weeks now but no sign of any young. Also the...
The rain carried on this morning and then stopped. We weeded quickly the area for the bean seedlings and planted them out. The very top of the...
We have had REAL rain! I knew I should have planted out the next dwarf french bean plants. At least the ground wont be like concrete if I do the...
We also have loads of field bindweed in many areas of the garden. Never noticed it before but this year it is rampant.
Picked some more strawberries and red currants. Amazing crops this year (need to be quiet about the currants as usually the blackbirds take most...
@simone_in_wiltshire fabulous to see your sweet peas in flower. We were late this year in sowing and then planting out but all we have is good...
@Obelix-Vendée We did check very carefully for any nests and we couldn't find any. We have birds nesting in other areas of our garden and orchard...
Sowed some poppies and hollyhocks outdoors. I know rather late but then who knows what will happen. Picked some more strawberries. Doing really...
@strongylodon Beautiful flowers and stunning photos. Thank you.
Too small for a raven.
Planted out the pumpkins and squashes in a cleared area of an old compost heap. Soil really good. The rain yesterday wasn't enough. The veg area...
We have just sown some more dwarf french beans (for succession) indoors ready to transplant out. Also the leeks seedlings have been added to with...
Rain at last but still not enough. Sorted through the last of the stored apples. Not bad as it is near the end of May. OK they are wrinkled but...
What about Sarcococca? It can be pruned down to the size you want and will still flower with lovely fragrant flowers in the winter/spring.
A few of our orchids in flower now. [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
@wiseowl how lucky you are to have such a good crop of Victoria plums. We have 2...well one we don't believe is Victoria. They both flowered...
Sorry @Robert Bowen we gave up growing pots years ago as they did so badly it wasn't worth the effort. Experts will respond. Here we have had to...
Planted out the next pea seedlings. The ground though is still like concrete. Very very hard to put in the pea sticks which we must do not for...
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