Hywel's Blog archive

I'm glad I bought this ...

It's called an ash vac, and it's meant to 'hoover' up ash from a dead barbecue fire...

One Summer's Evening

One night recently, I saw a beautiful flower opening right in front of my eyes. I...

An August Garden

My garden is a jumble of plants, and they are so overgrown, that it really needs...

Drastic Measures

I've got a 'shelter' in the garden, which I built from wood and sheets of perspex, and...

A hopeless memory :(

I think I promissed someone some fuchsia cuttings last year, but I can't remember...

Plants and Names ...

I like to buy plants with names that mean something to me, especially the names of...

Front Garden Photos in August

Here are some photos of my little front garden. It isn't big but I try to make it...

Holly Tree

I've got a holly tree that I'd made into a standard, but it had become lop sided, although...

My Garden in July

The recent rainy weather has made everything become overgrown in my garden ... The...

A wet few weeks ...

After a very wet June my garden is looking wild and overgrown, because the rain has...

White

There's a lot of white in my front garden this summer. There are self seeded Alyssums...

A hot Summer's Afternoon.

Yesterday was very hot in my garden. The thermometer went up to 30 C in the shade...