Gardening blog archive

A newbie

Hi everyone...I am a newbie to forums..but not to gardening. I just thought I would...

12 Jun, 2010
Annieuk

Bird Of Paradise

I thought you would all like to see what we bought for my boss at work. It is her...

12 Jun, 2010
Donnah

The lost garden of Marple

For a long time, this was 'a lost garden' I have created many a garden from mostly...

12 Jun, 2010
Macpat

garden fair

ok im telling you now im off to the garden fair,didnt get home till 1am from work...

12 Jun, 2010
Ladybug47

It,s been a long time.

It has been a long time since i last blogged. 2 months, but i have been very busy,...

12 Jun, 2010
Lemondog

The Naming of Plants

In an earlier blog, I commented on the tendency to name plants after the donor, thus...

12 Jun, 2010
Kowhai

Suntrap Garden to CLOSE

Yesterday we got the awful news that due to cut backs Oatridge College who run lifelong...

11 Jun, 2010
Scotsgran

celmisia in bloom

Hi all , I asked a question about the name of a plant when I joined goy and you said...

11 Jun, 2010
Khayla

Banished To The Garden

I was banished to the garden this afternoon while the OH made copious amounts of...

11 Jun, 2010
Sueb

Anyone want a lawnmower??????

We have had it in mind for some time to do away with the lawn in the back garden....

11 Jun, 2010
Amblealice

A hop and a skip through Elizabethan history and onwards.....

Well here we are, my dear Goyers, on week 5 of my Garden History Course! I can hardly...

11 Jun, 2010
Floribunda

Fingal County Council's New Policy

where i live in Dublin our council has come up with a new policy. they sowed wild...

11 Jun, 2010
Irish

Martha Washington Pelergoniums also known as Regals

I have been fascinated with Regals the better part of twenty years. In that period...

11 Jun, 2010
Kevin_jng

SPIDERMITE

I had posted a Question re. my ailing Plum tree and included some photos which show...

11 Jun, 2010
Peonyrose

Hellebore Seed (urgent action)

Earlier in the year there were a number of comments when i showed my yellow flowered...

10 Jun, 2010
Bjs

This site is too addictive

Ok yesterday I was very very busy, digging out moving stones, clearing out bluebells...

10 Jun, 2010
Oliveoil

C'mon England !!!

The things you have to do for the kids !!!!! However, I know where I will be on Saturday,...

10 Jun, 2010
Grandmage

the start of my back garden

I did a blog when i first came about mum being blind and wanting a garden full of...

10 Jun, 2010
Ladybug47

Bashed but not broken !!!!

Pleased to say today we are only having a drizzle so I have to rescue a few things... ...

10 Jun, 2010
Lincslass

A Journey

I had just cut the lawn, phew! Found I had my "David Bailey" head on, had an idea...

10 Jun, 2010
Dido

Greys Court Garden

Yesterday was a non event kind of day, with grey skies, a little rain, and limited...

10 Jun, 2010
Kowhai

my mums garden

i designed and helped build this pond and pagoda about 8 years ago . the clematis...

10 Jun, 2010
Noseypotter

Summer's lease

I see that my last blog celebrated the arrival of summer. Well, as the Bard said,...

10 Jun, 2010
Kowhai

Summer at last?

June 3rd was a perfect June day. In fact, June is probably the best month for gardens...

10 Jun, 2010
Kowhai

Trading

When I was an undergraduate studying anthropology, we spent some time on the neolithic,...

10 Jun, 2010
Kowhai

Foliage

In my parents' garden, and in most others at the time, the stress was on flowers...

10 Jun, 2010
Kowhai

My Garden Blog: What Works?

Given the numerous constraints on what is possible in the garden, identifying what...

10 Jun, 2010
Kowhai

My Garden Blog: Change

Next door, Patrick, our neighbour has employed a gardener to make some significant...

10 Jun, 2010
Kowhai

My Garden Blog: The Legacy

When moving into an existing house, new owners will discover a legacy waiting them...

10 Jun, 2010
Kowhai

My first gardening blog

Having pondered on whether or not to get involved in blogging, I've decided to give...

10 Jun, 2010
Kowhai

Our Pond

I am so lucky to have been able to ask questions and receiving such helpful responses....We...

10 Jun, 2010
Bebehart1

Lots of work to be done...

Spent my morning digging up saplings and putting blueberry bushes into the ground,...

10 Jun, 2010
Georgiamum

It's a new garden. (Kind of.)

What I mean is, since last summer, when the Great Dying of the Plants occurred (I...

10 Jun, 2010
Raquel

"The Haven" (2)

I had a very enjoyable full day in my adopted garden on Tuesday, even though it poured...

10 Jun, 2010
David

News from the garden

It has been quite long time since I have been writing something. The time are going...

9 Jun, 2010
Hanne

And so to Summer ( First week of June in the garden )

This Blog is saying good by Spring Hello Summer In between i have popped in two Rhododendron's...

9 Jun, 2010
Bjs

Plan Bee

Plan Bee Help save the bees Quote Together we can help make 2010 the year that bees...

9 Jun, 2010
Balcony

my open garden 13th june

this sunday . im trying to tastefully get rid of the chicken wire stopping jerry...

9 Jun, 2010
Noseypotter

Hello I'm back

Hello flowers.... Well I must say it's good to be back.I ended up having to get a...

9 Jun, 2010
Dee2uk

Bee without a flower

Hi everyone, Hope you're all enjoying the warm rain ! ! Well I've spent a bit of...

9 Jun, 2010
Silverbell

A bit off colour at last

My garden is now going to explode into colour All that hard work is now paying...

9 Jun, 2010
Donnah

2 weeks to go!

Well in about two weeks time I sit my final RHS Exam at level 2. So I have been revising...

9 Jun, 2010
Treesandthi..

Alliums -- An update on those I planted late.

I am delighted with the first results of the alliums planted way after the planting...

9 Jun, 2010
Scotsgran

Does organics really work?

Yes it does! Get a load of my "Scotts" VS organically grown corn! The corn in the...

9 Jun, 2010
N2organics

Garden thief! An extended vent....

Something awful has occurred. This morning, as I ran to my car, late to work as usual,...

9 Jun, 2010
Lauram

A visit to Dewstow Hidden Gardens and Grottoes

Today I went to the above gardens with my floral group. This is a site near the...

8 Jun, 2010
Rachelsmum

At last its done ...........

We've now completed the 2nd veg bed :-) and into it we've planted Sweetcorn Beetroot and...

8 Jun, 2010
Kimmy666

What we started with 15 years ago.

After taking a stroll through the garden this June I thought you might like to see...

8 Jun, 2010
Owdboggy

Streptocarpus update No 3

All the plants are starting to grow with the warmer temperature and longer daylight....

8 Jun, 2010
Tanny

IT RAINED TODAY

When I got up this morning it was drizzling with rain and during a break I went out...

8 Jun, 2010
Tanny