Just been down & signed up for an allotment - not the best plot, right up against the fence & quite badly shaded by the trees but plenty of space...
Seems to be problem tree of the year - slowly sorting out the girlfriends rather neglected back garden - having cleared the ivy & bindweed, Ive...
Seem to have been doing a lot of travelling this year - just got back from Christmas week in Seattle - here are some photos from the Chihuly...
Back from a flying visit to the North Island New Zealand - spent a damp but interesting morning at the Pukeiti gardens on the slope of mount...
A couple of weeks ago I was doing the watering for a neighbour whilst he was sunning himself overseas ; as a thank you he gave me one of the...
Project for the bank holiday weekend is to fit an outside tap at the front of the house for easier watering ; can anyone recommend a simple /...
Rather foolishly I treated myself to a netatmo weather station for my Birthday, and put it in the greenhouse to monitor the temperature. It works...
So I had a week off in the USA & spent a day at Red Rock Canyon just ouside Las Vegas. Its looking quite lush at the moment, depsite a distinct...
Just a heads up - Cheap fruit trees in Aldi this week.I might pop by after work & see if theres anything worth having ; I don’t think there’s...
Ive been out in Canada for a week to sample the local beer - spent Saturday morning wandering around the botanical gardens in the olympic park in...
Just watching Hidcote - a garden for all seasons whilst pretending to work - its a repeat from 2011 but well worth a look if you havent seen it....
The first of this years garden wine - Rhubarb, about the only thing thats growing with any vigour in my veg patch. [IMG] --
Lots of runners appearing on the wall of Strawberries that I would quite like to grown on - if I cut them off & pop them in some compost will they...
So - I twisted my ankle last Sunday carrying the newly ironed washing up the stairs, so Ive been immobile on the sofa most of the week, with only...
I was trying so hard to be good this year & not buy too many seeds - however whilst under the influence at the weekend I picked up some more...
Out in Florida for some R&R this week, spent the morning wandering around the Fairchild Tropical Garden just south of Miami, well worth a trip if...
I am a happy man - pretty much all the Musa Balbisiana seeds have germinated & two of the Musa Griersonii have germinated in three weeks in the...
I've had a couple of fruit trees from them, Helpful & interesting stock.
I think I've finally killed my comfy 70s beige corduroy sofa & no amount of duct tape is going to fix it this time - so can anyone recommend where...
I must have planted 20 or so sunflowers of different sizes & types this year - the only one which has survived the slugs this year has just come...
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