Gardening blog archive

A SNOWY SUNDAY?

Well, no snow in Wisbech, so looks like we lost out again. I have this theory, that...

6 Apr, 2008
Muddy_boots

Caught with my Pants Down

I thought I was adult and mature enough to realise that when the weather men say...

6 Apr, 2008
Treesandthi..

Snow Time

I woke this morning and realised that April can be so fickle, last year we were...

6 Apr, 2008
Libby

Eeeeekkkk!

Some of you may recall I open my garden under the National Garden Scheme (known affectionately...

6 Apr, 2008
Andrewr

Sunday morning 6 march

SNOW !! Maybe I won't be moving my Mahonia today after all. The weather men were...

6 Apr, 2008
Poppy

Garden diary keeping

Prompted by all the discussions on garden diary keeping elsewhere on the site I thought...

6 Apr, 2008
Ajay

colour and fresh air

my garden grows with me....I'm looking forward to it blossoming this summer....a...

5 Apr, 2008
Amiemaybe

2 years this May/June

I thought I would share a couple of pics. This was when we moved in 2 years ago....

5 Apr, 2008
Treesandthi..

Fleece for the frost

Any one putting fleeces on the clematis tonight lol. I got warned to being a frost...

5 Apr, 2008
Carolyn

"What is this daff?"

Someone on this site, and you know who you are , posts pictures of daffodils and...

5 Apr, 2008
Andrewr

Trades Description Act?

You may remember that we did a complete make-over of the back garden last autumn,...

5 Apr, 2008
Spritzhenry

An effective feline deterrant suggestion

One of the bugbears of gardening amidst neighbours who love cats is discovering their...

5 Apr, 2008
Muddywellies

"Growing wisteria"

It is 'blowing my own trumpet' I must confess, but a top-of-page-one g***le listing...

5 Apr, 2008
Muddywellies

A free Saturday

This is the first Saturday in absoloutley weeks that 1. the weather is great. 2....

5 Apr, 2008
Treesandthi..

The Big Move

Weather permitting on Sunday, we are going to attempt to lift & re-position...

4 Apr, 2008
Poppy

Geraniums and Fuschias

Not done too much out there today. I must have done too much yesterday, as I overslept...

4 Apr, 2008
Muddy_boots

soooo unfair.

Having spent yesterday and this morning working to pay the bills, i was so looking...

4 Apr, 2008
Irish

treasure hunting

Ive just been into our last remaining asbestos prefab to check for Mr Fox and his...

4 Apr, 2008
Ickledigga

Start off young.....

and they SHOULD help you out later on in your elderly years or at least one can hope...

4 Apr, 2008
Helofadigger

Mr Fox

Last night I'd just come in and sat down when a very concerned teenager appeared...

4 Apr, 2008
Ickledigga

oh nooooo this looks bad!!

I found these moving purple patches on my raised bed in the polytunnel. On closer...

4 Apr, 2008
Ickledigga

Mike C's Blog (9)

In my last blog I posted a photo of my shade house that I finished today and mentioned...

4 Apr, 2008
Mikec

Impromptu garden centre visit.

Needed some seed trays & pots so I nipped to my favourite local garden centre;...

3 Apr, 2008
Poppy

Mike C's Blog (8)

Today was the first time that it really felt like spring so I got out there early...

3 Apr, 2008
Mikec

STRAWBERRIES AND HERBS

Herbs Well, that was what I've done today. I first started off wandering around...

3 Apr, 2008
Muddy_boots

Tim Smit

Join Libby Purves, much loved Radio 4 presenter; in conversation with Tim Smit, famous...

3 Apr, 2008
Geography

Laurel Hedge problems

I ploanted a laural hedge about 18 months ago and it is now about 5-6ft high. My...

3 Apr, 2008
Chicken

First Wasp

Not sure what time of year they are supposed to arrive, anyone ? But saw my first...

2 Apr, 2008
Carolyn

The garden shop

A lovely afternoon so made an effort in the garden dept. Visisted Homebase after...

2 Apr, 2008
Carolyn

My 4 Day Front Garden Project......

Sunday:Made my start by moveing last Summers Pansies from the Conifer Bed into the...

2 Apr, 2008
Jacque

Help has arrived

Arrrrggggghhhh! On Sunday, I was checking out my pots of fushias, just to see what...

2 Apr, 2008
Muddy_boots

strawberry rescue mission

today i have been rescuing strawberries they were in oblong planters and left out...

2 Apr, 2008
Ickledigga

Better than Christmas

Remember all those catalogues that arrived in early January? All those tempting pictures...

2 Apr, 2008
Andrewr

Malvern Spring Gardening Show & Strawberry plants.

A few days ago i ordered an entry ticket for The Malvern Spring Gardening Show, it...

1 Apr, 2008
Marksbegonias

Welcome New Pond Lily

Well, this is a first (blog, that is)! Today, I was like a kid in a sweet shop, because...

1 Apr, 2008
Sid

What's to be done about cats?

Doing a little bit of hoeing at tea time, going along nicely then all of a sudden...

1 Apr, 2008
Poppy

Taking a step back

Why am I taking a step backwards? Well, several steps, really. I moved into my...

1 Apr, 2008
Muddy_boots

Something nasty is afoot!

Well I couldn't cope anymore seeing my lovely gravel looking in such a mess and after...

1 Apr, 2008
Helofadigger

gardening with the boys

The stone arrived yesterday to go around the raised beds in the polytunnel. The...

1 Apr, 2008
Ickledigga