Gardening blog archive

What a confused garden!

Is your garden as confused as mine is? There are still lots of summer flowers out...

31 Aug, 2007
Spritzhenry

Begoniaceae ~ The Begonia

I have looked for some information and i hope this is of some use to you, and will...

31 Aug, 2007
Marksbegonias

Beginning to garden

With two exceptions (my courgettes and watercress) everything in my garden has almost...

29 Aug, 2007
Peter

Harvesting, storing, preserving..... anything else?

With just a week and a half until my sisters wedding, I am thinking about all the...

29 Aug, 2007
Joey

New Genus Pages

Some more changes :) Joey has been busy putting together some new Genus pages-17...

28 Aug, 2007
Ajay

When not to let your children near your garden!!!

I decided that my son of 16 years was old enough to be trusted to do some gardening...

26 Aug, 2007
Genuisscuffy

Some more changes

Whoa! Where have the latest photos gone from the Members tab? Well, they have got...

24 Aug, 2007
Ajay

Salvias, Salvias, Salvias!

You might have guessed from the heading of this blog that I decided to write about...my...

23 Aug, 2007
Spritzhenry

The Grapevine - Grows on You to your inbox

Hi there, as Ajay mentioned, I have been working on a newsletter made up of bits...

23 Aug, 2007
Joey

Windy day.

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

22 Aug, 2007
Tussiemussie

Rain and wind

The weather is coming into my garden sideways today! But on the up-side the clematis...

22 Aug, 2007
Joey

Amateur Gardening Show

Anyone else going? a great day out and plenty to buy. I've been going for quite...

22 Aug, 2007
Grindle

Minsterley Show

The Minsterley show went ahead last Saturday. There were no farm animals there this...

21 Aug, 2007
Marksbegonias

Some changes

Hello all, I have just deployed a few changes. Most of the changes are behind the...

20 Aug, 2007
Ajay

A happy garden

It's been a while since my last blog and to be honest I've not had to do anything...

19 Aug, 2007
Peter

Perfectly Pink!

As I am lucky enough to have a large garden, I am able to indulge in creating areas...

18 Aug, 2007
Spritzhenry

Deepest Africa :: Rock Plants

Im leaving to the UK in some weeks, will travel around europe for 3 months or so...

16 Aug, 2007
Nzira

Square Foot Gardening

I thought I would update you on how my Square Foot Garden has done over the summer....

15 Aug, 2007
Genuisscuffy

Website glitches

Sorry to any of you who have had problems accessing the website this morning. Especially...

15 Aug, 2007
Ajay

Bird Feast!

I've always loved birds, the cheerful songs that they sing early morning is a pleasent...

13 Aug, 2007
Sodapopklc

First show's over now!

Shrewsbury flower show has finished again for another year. I was pleased with the...

13 Aug, 2007
Marksbegonias

New team member

We are very excited that Joey has joined the Grows on You team and will be helping...

13 Aug, 2007
Ajay

Off to the local shows

Yesterday I headed to one of the many local shows going on in my area in August....

13 Aug, 2007
Joey

Here we go again

I got so fed up looking at the horrible, sad, sickly looking Tomato Plants so out...

11 Aug, 2007
Weemamabell

First flowers

Hi! I asked a while ago how to make a garden in a patio area. Now we have first flowers...

10 Aug, 2007
Sergey

sunny days

Today, the sun is shining and it is hot, hot, hot! I am working inside so I am listening...

10 Aug, 2007
Joey

carnivorous plants

Last summer I had a little problem with little bugs buzzing around my indoor plants....

7 Aug, 2007
Joey

The things you miss

I've been spending more time in the garden since the weather has improved and it's...

6 Aug, 2007
Peter

Shrewsbury Flower show gets closer!

Entry for 05 August 2007 The week running up to The Shrewsbury Flower Show. I'm...

5 Aug, 2007
Marksbegonias

ANTS

Yesterday and today, while trying to tidy the edges of my grassy areas, I kept disturbing...

4 Aug, 2007
Spritzhenry

Test Your Gardening Knowledge!!!

This autumn, Anna Ford is hosting a brand new BBC Radio 4 Garden Quiz and she is...

3 Aug, 2007
Peter

Sunshine and weeds

What a difference a few days of sun has made to my tomatoes! For weeks there's been...

3 Aug, 2007
Peter

Dahlia Delights

I know that a lot of people don’t really like dahlias but I think they are fantastic....

2 Aug, 2007
Joey