You are browsing our members' comments

As they do Shirley! A great collection there.

Very pretty.

My gold finches seem to have disappeared Shirley. They used to be here every day.

One always feels better after getting something off one's chest.
I'm glad you're over the flu now and hope your torn muscle will mend soon too.
Shame about your plants, I wonder if they'd have given it some thought, they might have placed the weight bearing boards in between the plants, but I know builders etc are not plant people.
Personally I always tell handymen etc to be careful of the plants. They usually listen (but give me strange looks which I totally ignore )
With some luck, if they take the scaffolding away soon, your plants and bulbs will recover.

The lengthening days may give you a boost :)

This looks so much like the gardens at Cleethorpes sea front.

Good idea Julia. I have an upright sack trolley which means I can slide big pots onto it.

It's not completely collapsible Hywel...the sides drop down for easier access if needed.We have a couple of outside metal sheds one of which has room.Going to christen it today!

I am so sorry about what has happened to you this month!
And of course you can have a moan, that's part of what we are here for.
And those builders!! I can't believe they put everything on top of your plants. I would have been out there insisting they move them.
I hope you recover soon. Things can only get better! x

That looks a handy thing to have, I'm sure you'll be glad you bought it :)
Is it collapsable ? I'm wondering if you've got room to park it.

Will take your advice on board,Eileen !

that is a serious bit of kit. luckily i'm all on the flat. but that makes for a less interesting growing space.
dont be tempted to overload it though or it will take you for a roll to. ;)

Brilliant idea!

It's not only lived through the winter, it's flourished and flowered.

It's a very impressive survivor!

The only recommended way of keeping wallabies out of gardens here is to build a very very high fence. We thought we had a fairly high one, but quickly found out wallabies can jump very high when they need to! It would have been exorbitantly expensive to replace all the fencing on our property, so we just have to live with the wallabies.

Another super photo of Jessie. Years ago when we had our Siamese, she used to squash into the paper rack, sit on top of the scratching post and climb up into a small shelf set into the edge of the kitchen cupboards, to watch the voles and mice in the old stone wall out in the garden.

Thank you both...we will probably try it out today...I'm sure it will be an advantage.
The sack trolley is useful too Shirley.

Jessie looks very much like one of our neighbours cats that comes to visit us sometimes. It certainly made me smile seeing the photo.

Thanks Balcony. We go for a walk here most mornings and see quite a lot of different wildfowl. They have a tearoom where we sometimes have a coffee or cup of tea.

It sounds like an experience your grandchildren will never forget.

I really dislike very hot weather. So many people don’t realize that heat kills more people worldwide than all the othet weather-related deaths combined.

I’ve been using more colors over the last 5 or 6 years. It looks more cheerful all year long. Luckily, most of the plants are happy here all year, there’s a few tropicals that prefer a little warmer weather in winter.

Balcony,

That’s great that there are some bird of paradise plants growing outside there. It’s a pretty hardy plant, but if it gets damaged from cold it could take many years to recover. Maybe that’s why it’s not too common there.

I guess four years isn’t too long. We’re spoiled here because it’s pretty much an overused landscape plant because of its extreme drought tolerance.

Stan,

I don’t think I’ve been to The Dunsmuir House. I’ll have to check it out on my next trip north.

Stan,

It looks great! I’m getting better at growing orchids. My Dendrobium hybrid with big leaves and big white, fragrant flowers has buds right now. Maybe you can id it for me.

Wow! That’s an old staghorn fern. You got in during the major drought of 77/78, I remember it very well.

It’s so amazing it survived the great freeze of December 1990. I lost so many tropical plants in that horrible freeze. I lived by the old Hayward Civic Center (which was demolished) and I think you are not too far away from there.

I really do hate this asparagus fern! The thorns, roots that cannot be completely removed. It also strangles many of my plants, especially my many Chamaedorea species of palms.

That looks like a useful piece of kit.

It’s a gorgeous tropical tree which is becoming even more popular here in Southern California.

A wonderful day out, BB! I’d have loved to accompany you through those gardens! It's wonderful that there should be such a big open space for plants in the middle of a big, busy city! Some of our cities could sit up & take notice of this wonderful place!

Thanks for showing us some of your pictures of your walk about! :)

An amazing picture, Lindak! :)

I will look at it. Thanks.

I shall have to have a look around & see if I can find one for the balcony!

Andy, Bird of Paradise plants aren't very common over here but a few people do manage to keep them alive outside in their gardens all winter. But they take extra precautions to avoid them getting frosted. Though who knows in a few years time we may have frost free winters! The last few years frost has happened only a few times when it used to be almost a nightly thing from October to May! I used to go to school in London with lots of frosty days!

My Bird of Paradise took about 4 years till I saw the first (& only) flower (so far) last year!

Thanks Shirley_tulip.
I saw them in full bloom and they looked spectacular.
I like it for being evergreen. Our spot (in the forest) have ho winter sun .....although enough in summer when the sun is above our trees..

I am glad that I am not only one here Bushbernie.
I do not chase them but usually spray the plants they seem to like with a spray the do not like.
--------------------
Thank you Shirley_tulip. I do not mind our wild animals wondering around.....just have to teach them the limits.
Our property is big enough for all of us.

Thank you Julia. They do let us know when they are coming.

That will be such a help for you both. There's no point in struggling on when there are things like this designed to ease the worry. I'm sure you will use it a lot.

We do have a sack trolley for moving any very heavy potted plants to shelter for Winter.

That's such a shame as they are very attractive shrubs. Have a look at the very hardiest types and plant one of those ... :o))

Thanks Klahanie, it's perfectly positioned for the birds, especially the Bluetits who wait in the Pittosporum above, dive down or food and back in a split second. Here in the UK, there is an annual survey called 'The Big Garden Birdwatch' where people are asked to spend one hour counting the types of birds that land in their garden. We had seven Chaffinches at one time!

If you would like to know more about this survey, just put RSPB Garden Birdwatch into your search engine.

Love your feeding "station"

This hebe is very pretty Shirley_tulip. None of my hebes survived our winters. I buy one every year (just in hope.)

Shirley, that's so kind of you,thank youx

I Googles this as I've not heard of it before. Fascinating reading about the fruit.

Full sun or part shade would make it happy ... a lovely shrub.

I love seeing the images from your trail cameras ... lovely animals.

Thanks David, it's one I can see from the kitchen window so I'm happy with that!

Thanks Julia, I took a ten minute look at the garden yesterday and there's not much colour but the shrubs seemed to have fared ok.

Delonix, I know, another thing GoY won't allow for me is to delete a plant from my Garden list. Oh well, things could be worse!

Love the Codyledon flowers. So pretty. I had loads of asparagus fern in my last garden and, like you, I hated it. It was impossible to get rid of totally and I spent so much time trying!

Lots of colour and interest. Everything does look fairly healthy and happy.