Gardening blog archive

Pond got that "Arctic look"!

Our pond changed its appearance recently with the cold weather, which at one point...

17 Jan, 2010
Kindredspirit

The fleece comes off

A lovely day in the garden, spent sowing seed, pruning an apple tree and removing...

17 Jan, 2010
Anothergala..

A failure and compensation

Oh dear, the new orchid is sadly no more. All the remaining leaves fell off and so...

17 Jan, 2010
Labdancer51

Frozen local lough.

Our local lough has been frozen recently and we decided that we'd walk the length...

17 Jan, 2010
Kindredspirit

Bedtime reading

When I go to bed I like to read for a while, it lets me unwind and relax ready for...

17 Jan, 2010
Wagger

out of control willow structure 'TAMED'....

i planted my willow structure about six yeaars ago...i killed the first attempt.....so...

17 Jan, 2010
Sandra

Great day in the garden today

After all that snow and cold today was the first day for weeks and weeks I managed...

17 Jan, 2010
Donnah

Sunny Day

I have a little greenhouse as most of you know In the autumn i had lots of cutting...

17 Jan, 2010
Clarice

Local lough frozen.

Walked right down the middle of this lake today from one end to the other, visiting...

17 Jan, 2010
Kindredspirit

Fun with cameras!

Today I was experimenting with the idea of coupling my digital camera next to the...

17 Jan, 2010
N2organics

" FIRE WITHOUT SMOKE "

Whether you are burning wood inside or out this could be useful to you ....... Beechwood...

16 Jan, 2010
Amy

Planning

So, things I want to accomplish outside this year include: -removing some of the...

16 Jan, 2010
Noeticblues

Open gardens in Denmark III

I will now invite you to se a wonderfull garden in Århus, neighbour to the forest...

16 Jan, 2010
Hanne

January Blues

I've seen everyone else is suffering from the same pangs I am: I'm ready for spring!...

16 Jan, 2010
Noeticblues

A New Orchid

Did some shopping yesterday & saw Tesco selling some Gorgeous Orchids for just...

16 Jan, 2010
Jacque

I can see grass..

for the first time in about 4 weeks the weather has cleared up a bit, and it,s actualy...

16 Jan, 2010
Usernut

Magical Photo's

My inner child tends to believe in magic. I like these photos, they are some of...

15 Jan, 2010
Catfinch

Was that only a week ago?

Well I dont think many of us will forget the weather of the first 2 weeks of January....

15 Jan, 2010
Seaburngirl

Good, Bad and AMAZING!!

YESSSS!!! The temperature was 10 degrees today and the white stuff has been disappearing...

15 Jan, 2010
Spritzhenry

Winter visitors

While all was still under snow and frozen up, we had some winter visitors to our...

15 Jan, 2010
Dorjac

garden swan planter

hello everyone hope the holidays were good to everyone. Sorry about all that snow...

15 Jan, 2010
Pondlady

Seeds Growing.

On 3rd 0f Jan it was a lovely crisps sunny day, so i got my seeds out that i could...

15 Jan, 2010
Clarice

Happy New Year

Hi, a Happy New Year to you all. I got back from holiday to find more plants and...

14 Jan, 2010
Buttybabe

The Ivy League

Just checking on the garden the other day, when most of the snow had melted, I noticed...

14 Jan, 2010
Janey

Spring is coming

I've had a poke around in the garden today. It really makes me want to get going,...

14 Jan, 2010
Pamd

RSPB Bird Count

On 30th and 31st January 2010 is the bird count in your gardens .For those who dont...

14 Jan, 2010
Hijuju

winter wonderland!!!

HI EVERY BODY I JUST THOUGHT I WOULD ADD MY PENNY WORTH TO ALL THE COMMENTS ON THE...

14 Jan, 2010
Lemondog

HOW TO BREAK A MAN!

I took these pictures in the summer and today came across them on my computer. I...

14 Jan, 2010
Loobee

feeding the birds

after going on the autmn watch bbc2 site i found another site—btogardenbirdwatch,...

13 Jan, 2010
Joanella

WILDLIFE DRAWINGS

I have always enjoyed sketching but an evening course in 2003, run by a highly talented...

13 Jan, 2010
Jbardet

Big Garden Birdwatch 2010

I received a catalogue from the RSPB today and inside was a flyer advertising the...

13 Jan, 2010
Busylizzy

Dahlias

After reading Jacques blog yesterday regarding her purchases of Dahlia's, I hot footed...

13 Jan, 2010
Busylizzy

Summer 2009

Hello my dear friends from GOY. These are the pictures I took this summer, as are...

13 Jan, 2010
Aleyna

Birds not feeding

I keep clearing snow off the bird table it has a fat ball hanger and a seed feeder...

13 Jan, 2010
Drc726

The New Bird Feeder

Because i found that lots of My Bird Seed was`nt getting eatten & much was getting...

13 Jan, 2010
Jacque

Survivor of the snow

Tuesday 13th. January. 9.30 a.m. After a misty start, the sun is coming out and it's...

13 Jan, 2010
Pamd

Colorado - Cactus

When we lived in Colorado it was in the San Luis Valley, which was a high alpine...

13 Jan, 2010
Healerwitch

Geraniums - AGAIN!

Back in August, I wrote a blog about hardy geraniums. No, NOT Pelargoniums-those...

12 Jan, 2010
Spritzhenry

New Bird Table..........

Found this little table on Amazon, made in East Yorkshire, how refreshing!!! husband...

12 Jan, 2010
Dottydaisy2

PARTRIDGE FAMILY & TITS

Last Summer, I surprised a family of Red-legged Partridge, Mum, Dad and seven chicks,...

12 Jan, 2010
Ponty

A Lovely Amaryllis From My Goy Friend Janette :)

Dear Janette posted me this Gorgeous Amaryllis last wk but because of the Awful...

12 Jan, 2010
Jacque

My 9 New Dahlias

This morning Bornagain put up a blog showing a Gorgeous Pink Cacti Dahlia & when...

12 Jan, 2010
Jacque

TWO YEARS TODAY.............

jUST NOTICED THAT I JOINED G O Y 2 YEARS AGO TODAY.... HOW THE TIME HAS FLOWN. AS...

12 Jan, 2010
Hollyeves

Quiz for our garden club.

Being chairman of our local garden club, I'm looking for ways of making it more fun....

12 Jan, 2010
Treesandthi..

Feeding the birds

We decided to add a couple of quick and easy feeding sites for the small birds. ...

11 Jan, 2010
Wagger

Weekend walks and good news

The weather was fine on Saturday so Jim and I wrapped up warm and walked through...

11 Jan, 2010
Labdancer51

How to look after your Streptocarpus

To support the images in the Streptocarpus GoYpedia page, I am attaching useful...

11 Jan, 2010
Amblealice

Keeping Tabs

You may have noticed I can usually tell you how old a plant is in my garden. This...

11 Jan, 2010
Andrewr

New GoYpedia page

We have a new page dedicated to Streptocarpus. There are already over 50 images...so...

11 Jan, 2010
Amblealice

Wonderland

I sit indoors with fire a glow and look outside at cold, fresh snow, I think of...

11 Jan, 2010
Busylizzy