Gardening blog archive

Seed Swaps

Have you fallen foul of the ridiculous Royal Mail charging system? This morning had...

19 Aug, 2008
Poppy

Newbie gardener!

Hi everybody, I'm completely new to this gardening malarchy, can't spell it either!...

19 Aug, 2008
Angieteale

Soggy!

Hello Everybody. Another soggy day here in the north of England. I have just had...

19 Aug, 2008
Wizzbang

GoY WELLIE OLYMPICS ...

This fabulous photo is by GoY's wonderful Janette. :o) Thanks to all GoY member...

19 Aug, 2008
Terratoonie

help from other members

thank you for all your advice about stopping cats from using my lawn as a toilet!...

18 Aug, 2008
Gwendas

Proud of our achievements

Hi to all GOYers! I felt I had to put into words how pleased we are with our achievements...

18 Aug, 2008
Nariz

Hedgehog Population Boom?

Hi, Greetings to everyone on this wonderful site, literally stumbled in last night...

18 Aug, 2008
Gardenalfre..

The Large Blue Butterfly ....

This Beautiful Butterfly was Decalred EXTICT back in1979!!!! How Awful we all say&its...

18 Aug, 2008
Jacque

In Praise of Our Parks : Part Two

The 18th century landowners were playing an important part in plant production. Many...

17 Aug, 2008
David

Low battery and power cable not working!!!!!!!!!!!!

Sorry folks be right back ASAP see you soon

17 Aug, 2008
A_jh

A short story. But you might already have redit-redit-redit...

Down the garden path, under the roses, past the crisp apples and the borders buzzing...

17 Aug, 2008
Sid

Hello to garden blogging!

The sky looks threatening but nothing has come of it so I've spent a productive morning...

17 Aug, 2008
Ghostlybohe..

My Garden

17/08/08 -————— Rain Stops Play, Glad Of The Rain For The Front Grass, Only About...

17 Aug, 2008
Delbert

Rain Rain Go Away!

In the past 29 days we have had rain for 25 of them . What's up with this weather?...

17 Aug, 2008
Nancym

your thoughts plz

i had a thought just recently about what to put in my fishtank and ive decided to...

17 Aug, 2008
Charlie727

Summer Read

Started a great book today. "The Earth Knows My Name" by Patricia Klindienst. A...

16 Aug, 2008
Plays_in_dirt

In Praise of Our Parks: Part One

Although we have a fairly large garden by today's standards, with 2 growing children...

16 Aug, 2008
David

From ground to plate

I planted Arran pilot seed potatoes after chitting in a compost bag (recommended...

16 Aug, 2008
A_jh

nice summer day

I feel so bad for everyone that is having rain! We could use some about now. I...

16 Aug, 2008
Ediegirl

RHS Wisley

No kids today so my wife and i popped along to Wisley for the day. It looked really...

16 Aug, 2008
Treesandthi..

Penstomen

Please can any one give me advice on Penstomens, ie. do I cut them back after flowering...

16 Aug, 2008
Patpat

AUTUMN CATALOGUE

Just been looking through a Parker's autumn catalogue, and ordered some plants they...

16 Aug, 2008
Clarice

My Garden

16/08/08 -—————— Busy Day In The Garden-Weather Is Perfect-Not To Hot 21c No Rain...

16 Aug, 2008
Delbert

TODAY

Yesterday is history Tomorrow is a mystery Today is a gift That is why it's called The...

15 Aug, 2008
Spritzhenry

Hello everyone!

Thought I would say a quick hi to everyone as I have just joined this lovely big...

15 Aug, 2008
Smeagol

hi every one.

another day & no gardenin done got up this mornin & it lookt nice but not...

15 Aug, 2008
Truds

plants doing strange things

Hi all ,hope your having good weather today, its been lovely here in sunny northants....

15 Aug, 2008
Madaboutgar..

Hornets

Hi. If I have chosen the right picture it shows my Bonsai carving friend. wielding...

14 Aug, 2008
Poaannua

OOOPS!!!

To all members I have contacted since I joined GOY I must apologise for adding lol...

14 Aug, 2008
Sadie

Something To Cheer you up...Or Not

Do you have a Woolworth's Near you? Massive reductions on all Gardening Stuff :)...

14 Aug, 2008
Youngdaisydee

I'm home in one piece

Quite a few GOY members sent me their love and best wishes when they heard that I...

14 Aug, 2008
Chrispook

My Garden

14/08/08 My Birthday What A Way To Spend Your Birthday, Gardening.. Weather Was Lovely...

14 Aug, 2008
Delbert

9 tips for efficient gardening

Hello all, here are some tips that I came up with for gardeners to help save energy...

13 Aug, 2008
Gardenlover

Let's have a laugh!!!!

Nothing to do with gardening but I hope this will make you laugh as much as I did. My...

13 Aug, 2008
Sadie

Varigated Leaf Nasturtiums.....

Today i went on a Seed Hunt, 1st i had a peek@the Varigated Nasurtium plant as it...

13 Aug, 2008
Jacque

Getting ready for the big show (the biggest i enter anyway)

Last night i went, with my dad, to cover the stand at the show ground to save some...

13 Aug, 2008
Marksbegonias

Spare yourself a disaster! And a word on gardening books generally.

It's a sad fact that most plant labels aren't up to much beyond the accuracy of the...

13 Aug, 2008
Muddywellies

Anti - snail plots and plans!

You may recall that I had a lot of trouble with snails eating three of my Clematis...

12 Aug, 2008
Spritzhenry

Help

has anyone got any suggestions as to what to do with this awful front garden I have...

12 Aug, 2008
Newtogarden..

good old English weather

well its raining here AGAIN-i managed to get a few pics inbetween the rain-its not...

12 Aug, 2008
Charlie727

Quick tour part 3 Pond to Willow dome

This one is working. From the wildlife pond (having watched spring watch last year)...

11 Aug, 2008
Treesandthi..

My garden a quick tour part 2 Willow dome to Tree ferns.

This is another quick tour of the second part of my garden. It starts off from inside...

11 Aug, 2008
Treesandthi..

goy calender

just a thought but who thinks that a goy calender would look nice on their wall....

11 Aug, 2008
Lyd

Flowering gerbera in pictures.

I thought it might be fun to record how a gerbera slowly flowers over the course...

11 Aug, 2008
Raquel

Birdies!

Just as I was wondering whether seeing the cardinal had been a fluke, I saw him again!...

11 Aug, 2008
Raquel

Strawberry update

Well, the strawberries are doing pretty well, I think, they're still growing and...

11 Aug, 2008
Raquel

garden centres

as much as i love our garden centres here where you can spend an hr or two wandering...

11 Aug, 2008
Irish

Elephants

I,m really annoyed , I opened the post feeling quite bright and cheerful , there...

11 Aug, 2008
Amy

Minsterley Show

I did intend to write just one blog about the show, but i couldn't upload any photos...

11 Aug, 2008
Marksbegonias

How do you pick up slugs and snails ?

Hi, On the tail end of the recent blog on slugs and snails I just in the garden...

10 Aug, 2008
Carolyn