Tussiemussie's Blog archive

Is my plant POISONOUS ?

Useful site to chech if a plant is poisonous to animals, people. here is the link. http://www.cbif.gc.ca/pls/pp/ppack.list?p_sci=comm&p_type=all&p_x=px

Love your garden?

Shop carefully for your seeds, save seeds, swop seeds. check out this link http://www.earthportals.com/free.html I...

Windy day.

A brisk wind was blowing when I finnished my early morning job, feeding the ducks...

Rain Gardens - turning it to our advantage.

It seems like this heavy rainfall is here to stay. Let's pool our brains to learn...

Garden keeping me busy.

The strawberries, raspberries, loganberries, black/redcurrants have finnished cropping,...

Slimy Customers are Still Sniggering.

I read somewhere that a good natural slug repellant could be made by soaking rhubarb...

*Parentless plants*

I am going to adopt a wee vegetable, a heritage tomato, Jersey Sunrise. Partly because...

Wildflowers are in decline.

Have you got space at the edges of your garden or in borders for some wild flowers?...

Late sowing - my choice to extend the veggie cropping season.

Trying to extend the growing season, clearing the broad beans and an old strawberry...

Wildlife in the Garden.

Wildlife in my garden. Behind the garden shed we left a large nettle patch, this...

Ideas for Recycling in the Garden

Green garden waste, grass, weeds, and vegetable kitchen waste can be recyled in wood...

Gardening and global warming

Because I love my grandchildren, how I am cutting down on emissions, we are feeling...