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Gardening blogs from Jan 2008

Memories ( For My Little Dog Bubbles )

hi everyone, I am really enjoying myself looking at all the lovely photos and just...

5 comments

libby

31 Jan, 2008
Libby

PRUNING 2 – WHEN TO PRUNE?

So having said how to prune, the next question of course is when to do it? Shrubs...

4 comments

AndrewR

31 Jan, 2008
Andrewr

GoY turns 1

Hello all, Just a quick blog. GoY is 1 today. It was exactly 1 year ago that Peter...

16 comments

ajay

31 Jan, 2008
Ajay

PRUNING 1 - WHY PRUNE?

Ask many gardeners why they prune their shubs (and climbers) and they will tell you...

5 comments

AndrewR

30 Jan, 2008
Andrewr

Goodbye to my gardening companion

My first Blog, and sorry its a sad one! This week I have lost my cat to cancer. He...

14 comments

andrea

30 Jan, 2008
Andrea

January, lovely!!

Well what a gorgeous month this has been, one of the mildest I can remember. There...

9 comments

AndreaRichter

29 Jan, 2008
Andrearichter

Vegetables in January

It's been a while since I blogged about my garden (you haven't missed much) so here's...

2 comments

peter

28 Jan, 2008
Peter

A Wizard Idea

Hi all, Welcome to everyone visiting after reading Garden News and Garden Answers...

7 comments

ajay

28 Jan, 2008
Ajay

butterfly

i was very suprised today i sew a tortoiseshell flying around in my back garden it...

6 comments

marieballs

27 Jan, 2008
Marieballs

I just CAN'T, even though I should!

Well, it was such a lovely weekend, at least here in Somerset, that I've been tidying...

4 comments

spritzhenry

27 Jan, 2008
Spritzhenry

Blogging restored

Hello all, Sorry to all of you who have been trying to create new blog entries. My...

1 comment

ajay

27 Jan, 2008
Ajay

UK Mole Survey

BBC news are running a story on a survey to count the number of mole hills across...

14 comments

ajay

25 Jan, 2008
Ajay

spring ??

First daffodils in bloom, 24/01/08. dwarf variety bought at local supermarket, Am...

4 comments

Hamish

24 Jan, 2008
Hamish

Plant timing!

I have yet to get the Timing correct for My Begonia plants at the first show of the...

3 comments

marksbegonias

24 Jan, 2008
Marksbegonias

Found Them !!!!

I went looking for a birthday card this morning that I had put away till it was needed...

6 comments

weemamabell

22 Jan, 2008
Weemamabell

Spending too much (again)

No photos this time-sorry, but my camera is being 'looked at' at the manufacturers...

10 comments

spritzhenry

21 Jan, 2008
Spritzhenry

Whoops

Hello all, GoY was done for 25 minutes at around 15.40 GMT :( Sorry to all of you...

1 comment

ajay

21 Jan, 2008
Ajay

Lost Seeds

Does anyone else put things away safely ? Ive put a few packets of seeds away to...

8 comments

weemamabell

20 Jan, 2008
Weemamabell

Whichford Pottery

Someone asked me a few weeks ago for the website for Whichford Pottery-at the time...

0 comments

AndrewR

18 Jan, 2008
Andrewr

Videos about my garden

I have made a video about Twinkle and the little mouse and put poetry to it as I...

17 comments

lindak

17 Jan, 2008
Lindak

January 08

After all the terrible winds and rain we had yesterday...(15th jan)..it was such...

4 comments

hollyeves

16 Jan, 2008
Hollyeves

Freecycle.

Do you have a local Freecycle website, keep an eye on it. I have seen greenhouses,...

3 comments

Tussiemussie

16 Jan, 2008
Tussiemussie

Moyclare Garden - Liskeard - Cornwall

Our garden is a spring garden-and will soon be at its best. We have only recently...

1 comment

Elizabeth_Henslowe

16 Jan, 2008
Elizabeth_h..

Garden colour inspiration - New Feature

Hello all, We sort of hinted this was coming when Majeekahead asked for colour search...

6 comments

ajay

16 Jan, 2008
Ajay

Testing my blog

hello

6 comments

PaddyMac

16 Jan, 2008
Paddymac

My little babies

Here is a photo of my little baby Geranuims ! im so proud of them , lol

5 comments

weemamabell

14 Jan, 2008
Weemamabell

No Access!

One of the garden centres that i use is on a roundabout on the main A5, if there...

3 comments

marksbegonias

13 Jan, 2008
Marksbegonias

Geraniums

As I told you all on the 10th I bought a packet of Geranium seeds and sowed them...

13 comments

weemamabell

12 Jan, 2008
Weemamabell

New Begonias

I noted most of the new Double Tuberous Begonias that I have ordered for this year...

0 comments

marksbegonias

11 Jan, 2008
Marksbegonias

It's that time of year when....

.... all the catalogues arrive. It's better than being a kid in a sweet shop! Avon...

7 comments

AndrewR

10 Jan, 2008
Andrewr

Climbing fuchsia, Lady Boothby

I have just ordered some climbing fuchsia plants, apparently not to be dispatched...

21 comments

KarenKing

10 Jan, 2008
Karenking

Seeds

I shouldnt be let out alone ! I had to go to see the Doctor this morning or believe...

4 comments

weemamabell

10 Jan, 2008
Weemamabell

Hello Again

Its been a long time since I logged on, so I thought I'd say hello to old friends...

3 comments

Hamish

9 Jan, 2008
Hamish

Wind damage

As you probably know Scotland suffered some every strong winds last night , I spent...

5 comments

weemamabell

9 Jan, 2008
Weemamabell

Grows on You reaches 1000 members

While we've been busy adding garden reminders and chatting on the radio Grows on...

7 comments

peter

7 Jan, 2008
Peter

Garden reminders - New feature

In many parts of Europe the three wise men (and not Santa) deliver gifts on the 6th...

5 comments

ajay

7 Jan, 2008
Ajay

Wassailing in deepest Somerset!

I know that this is not strictly about gardening, but in spirit it is-because the...

6 comments

spritzhenry

5 Jan, 2008
Spritzhenry

Apples and Pears

Completed the winter pruning of my top fruit trees this afternoon. I learnt about...

6 comments

AndrewR

4 Jan, 2008
Andrewr

Little Nickers

Does anyone know how to discourage 5 squirrels from ganging up on the birds and pinching...

13 comments

grapevine

4 Jan, 2008
Grapevine

In the greenhouse, looking forward to the new season!

Moving round the greenhouse, taking most of the compost off, leaving the last bit...

2 comments

marksbegonias

3 Jan, 2008
Marksbegonias

Grows on You on the radio tomorrow

Tomorrow afternoon I'll be on BBC Radio Derby from about 1:15 to 1:30. I'll also...

9 comments

peter

3 Jan, 2008
Peter

Happy New Year

Happy New Year everyone !! My lovely husband gave me money at Christmas to spend...

12 comments

weemamabell

2 Jan, 2008
Weemamabell

Update on my new calendar - sorry about pun!

That calendar I got for Christmas with the CD-ROM-well, I installed it on my laptop...

4 comments

spritzhenry

1 Jan, 2008
Spritzhenry

Happy New Year

It has become a tradition here at Bracknell Towers to go round the garden on New...

10 comments

AndrewR

1 Jan, 2008
Andrewr


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