Gardening blog archive

*High summer down on the allotment (July No.1)*

............... High summer down on the allotment (July) ................. It seems...

16 Jul, 2010
Balcony

Wild Orchids at Ragpits

Ragpits Ragpits is a BBOWT site near to Wendover. It is the site of old chalk workings...

16 Jul, 2010
Anothergala..

Saint Swithen's Day rains....

They say if it rains on the 15th July it'll rain for 40 days and nights-I do hope...

16 Jul, 2010
Clematisa

back working on the garden ,garden pictures

Well i have started working on the garden again ,after a long long lay off .The grass...

16 Jul, 2010
Detectorist

Childhood Memories of Candytuft

The year was 1948 and I was five years old when Manchester council gave our family...

16 Jul, 2010
Chung

New project !

Not long been in this house so getting inside nearly sorted .So time to start outside...

16 Jul, 2010
Pixey

Not just green now!

When I joined GoY in April, I said I wanted to turn my boring green space into a...

16 Jul, 2010
Mandym

My R & R.

Well I have just returned from my Rest & Relaxation on Hayling Island. Had...

15 Jul, 2010
Cinderella

Captain's Blog (11) Our "Awfully Big Adventure"

Wednesday14 July 2010. Weather forecast for today came true! First day of torrential,...

15 Jul, 2010
David

What a bad night

We had really bad winds on the south coast last night.... ive lived down here for...

15 Jul, 2010
Hollyeves

Did you know bees can ‘do it’ in the rain?

Now I don’t by any stretch of the imagination consider myself to be a fair-weather...

15 Jul, 2010
Mrv

Blooming lavender rose...

This miniature rose is a survivor! I bought it for $1.99 at Kroger's (a grocery...

15 Jul, 2010
Raquel

Prickly Visitor

I had a morning visitor with a prickly disposition last week, he had to be handled...

15 Jul, 2010
Tanny

Long border.part 2

I thought I would show you how things have grown since the last blog. Sunshine and...

15 Jul, 2010
Bloomer

update on soil pipe planter.

A short while ago I told how we came across this piece of pipe and added pictures...

15 Jul, 2010
Grannysue

Jamie's Bird Table 14.07.10

This is my son Jamie with the bird table he made at school last week. It's lovely...

15 Jul, 2010
Annella

RE CYCLE IN THE EXTREME

Well its been a while since I have been on the site-all that seeding and weeding. I...

15 Jul, 2010
Teen

Where is Moon?.

Im trying to contact Moongrower. have clicked on members, but no luck

15 Jul, 2010
Bobangles

Too many plants?

I love my garden, and I suppose it would be described as a `cottage garden`, but...

14 Jul, 2010
Andrea

Disaster for the Damson Tree

The howling gales we experienced recently along with driving rain resulted in more...

14 Jul, 2010
Scotsgran

Disaster Strikes!

Well at last it rained heavily and it has done the garden a whole world of good...but...

14 Jul, 2010
Labdancer51

Curious Cucumber

I have had about 9 cucumbers off this plant so far and it’s still producing loads...

14 Jul, 2010
Sueb

I have some Aquilegia seeds if anyone is interested........

Hi all! After some help from Wagger and one or two others, I 'think' I have extracted...

14 Jul, 2010
Oddbillie

Scarecrows Battle!

I thought you might like to see some of the scarecrows that are in the town of Battle...

14 Jul, 2010
Drc726

Inspiration leads to inspiration.........

Well, please don't think I'm copying Lily with some of the pics in this blog but...

14 Jul, 2010
Oddbillie

When we don`t mean what we say !!!!!!!!

It was a year ago this month when I stumbled upon this site and I said on my profile...

14 Jul, 2010
Stroller

Wow - the heavens the heavens!

Am such a happy bunny-having the biggest downpour on the planet, and I'm soooooo...

14 Jul, 2010
Minihoney

HUMMINGBIRD HAWK MOTH....

I saw this today... on my Lavender bush... love these little moths ... when i first...

14 Jul, 2010
Hollyeves

The Before (Many years ago) and After (Many years of hard work)

Thought today I would search out some old photographs of how my garden used to look,...

14 Jul, 2010
Oliveoil

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I'm lost in here at the moment, I wanted to say a big thank you to all that replied...

14 Jul, 2010
Oldsparky

New Herb Collection

Well I've planted my small collection of herbs, in large wall mounted containers...

13 Jul, 2010
Tiateddy

just a quick blog

im entering a local art compertition in august and i thaught some of you might like...

13 Jul, 2010
Noseypotter

STREPTOCARPUS update number 4

At last my children are starting to flower. I have 53 plants of the cross pollination...

13 Jul, 2010
Tanny

Fledgings*

*Earlier this year I put pictures and updates on Goy about the Blue tits nesting...

13 Jul, 2010
Pansypotter

HYDRANGEAS

Mums Hydrangeas are lovely again this year... they are on either side of the front...

13 Jul, 2010
Hollyeves

Fungus

Over the week-end I saw a bracket fungus growing on the base of an oak tree, so I...

13 Jul, 2010
Hywel

At Last

Rain at last!! It started a light misty rain here in Gloucestershire at about 5am...

13 Jul, 2010
Lulu33

hampton court flower show

Well here I am back again like a bad penny. Went to Hampton Court flower show on...

13 Jul, 2010
Lilypad

Replacing winter losses.

Considering the horrendous winter we have had and the minus12-15 degrees centigrade...

12 Jul, 2010
Seaburngirl

a beautiful morning

I got out early this morning to enjoy the sunrise and get a long run in before the...

12 Jul, 2010
Lauram

Makeover part 2 the pond and steps area.

At the top of this bed is a pond, honest. It has been cleared and emptied. New...

12 Jul, 2010
Bornagain

A visit to Beth Chatto`s garden.

Hello everyone, I`ve just been to Beth Chatto`s garden in essex & boy what a...

12 Jul, 2010
Elsiemay

collecting seeds

Now is a good time to start collecting seeds. So far I've saved seed from a little...

12 Jul, 2010
Pansyp

Mama grape-vine is producing!

In the undeveloped property next to my house, there is a huge wild grapevine that...

12 Jul, 2010
N2organics

Garden's New Look 2010

We were unsure whether the changes would work but pleased now that we can see the...

11 Jul, 2010
Simplylyn

"The Haven" (3)

At last, have got on top of the Ground Elder and other pernicious weeds choking the...

11 Jul, 2010
David

GARDENING MOAN

"Most of gardening is enjoyable. That's why we keep doing it. But there are always...

11 Jul, 2010
Peonyrose

Day lillies are go!

Last year I had a good show of these lovely flowers ... many of whom I got from a...

11 Jul, 2010
Fluff

More pots for Heron

Long before fridges GrandMa kept her bread in a stoneware container to keep fresh...

11 Jul, 2010
Bjs

Potato famine ???

How could I be so stupid I ask myself ? The potatoes did not look like they were...

11 Jul, 2010
Scotsgran