Gardening blog archive

Auditing My Garden (week 2)

Hi All, I have now had my garden for 2 weeks. I have worked out the sun distribution...

31 Aug, 2010
Pamsco

Pet Hates!

Having recently discovered that Spritzhenry has an aversion to overly spotty Toad...

31 Aug, 2010
Meanie

My garden today !.

"If you go down to the woods today"...or in my case "If you go down to your garden...

31 Aug, 2010
Rogi

perfect storm

thanks everyone that is a great help. I bought loads of G. and most of them are ok....

31 Aug, 2010
Patriciacha..

Help Me...Please !

HELP! HELP! HELP! Im so deflated need some advice and help please...Anyone !! I just...

31 Aug, 2010
Kpjo

Well Dressing in Derbyshire

We have had a weekend break away in Nottingham & Derbyshire & did a few trips...

31 Aug, 2010
Pamd

End Of August In The Garden

A lot of the high-summer colour's gone over now but these pictures show that some...

31 Aug, 2010
Louise1

My little piece of Paradise....our weekend house..shack, datcha..call it what you like.

Hallo all. Maybe some of you have read my homepage and seen that just recently we...

31 Aug, 2010
Rogi

Warkworth Show - Part 2

More pics from the flower show...including some of the winning dahlia exhibits. This...

30 Aug, 2010
Amblealice

prep for 2011

tried to buy Fuchsia seeds but no one has them. I bought some years ago but...

30 Aug, 2010
230338

Vals patio

A friend replaced his patio slabs and asked if anyone would like his old ones which...

30 Aug, 2010
Valadel

I'm whacked!

Monday is always my toughest gardening day and I normally look after 10 gardens but...

30 Aug, 2010
Anchorman

you ..rose ..me up

hi there, well i was down in the dumps yesterday ,you know when you are just so fed...

30 Aug, 2010
Joanella

frost warning?

Did I really hear right on radio 4 this morning, the forecast for the next few nights...

30 Aug, 2010
Pamg

A garden I designed,planted and now maintain

Here's a garden I took on about 5 years ago. This is the rear garden All the hard...

29 Aug, 2010
Anchorman

Kenilworth Castle and the Elizabethan Gardens...

Another wet day as we continue our tour of Warwickshire, today we are visiting Kenilworth...

29 Aug, 2010
Lincslass

***Summer's End down on the plot (1st Part)***

Summer's End down on the plot Well now we have reached the end of August & the...

29 Aug, 2010
Balcony

Ponds

Wow didn't expect answers that quick. Thanks to everyone who has welcomed me as a...

29 Aug, 2010
Jim1955

VISIT TO WORTLEY HALL PLANT SALE

Hi everybody. Hope you are all having a good wekend. I spent the morning doing what...

29 Aug, 2010
Bellflower

Phew, take a pew ..

hi all, i called in my local second hand shop the other day and saw some wicker garden...

29 Aug, 2010
Joanella

Ponds

I have finally given in to my 2 grandaughters pestering and agreed to build a pond....

29 Aug, 2010
Jim1955

OLD SOLAR LIGHTS

I HAD THIS IDEA TODAY ON SOLAR LIGHTS, MY WEED EATER DAMAGED THE SOLAR LIGHTS I...

29 Aug, 2010
Dianenolin

Plant auctions

I used to be a full time plant nurseryman and now do this part time.The remainder...

28 Aug, 2010
Anchorman

geranium perfect storm

can anybody help with this, bought perfect storm in the spring, but it only flowered...

28 Aug, 2010
Patriciacha..

Replacing a pond liner and creating a new pond.

The following sequence shows the process of replacing the liner and recreating the...

28 Aug, 2010
Anchorman

Pansies Moan

I have a sister in law who is only happy if she has a bargain ,the most recent pansies...

28 Aug, 2010
Bjs

An Inside-Out Garden View ... from my Downunder Dry Tropics Garden

There's a notion out there amongst gardeners that a garden needs to be enjoyed from...

28 Aug, 2010
Bernieh

At last some better potatoes

Here are my latest yields. The pink capped potatoes 2.6 pounds. The Charlottes...

28 Aug, 2010
Lilypad

Alderley Edge Show.

It's Alderley Edge show today, connected to the allotment society there. Flowers...

28 Aug, 2010
Rouillon

What to do and grow in your veg. garden in September

Tips for growing with the Moon in September As you harvesting the last of the beans...

28 Aug, 2010
Moon_grower

Trip to Warwickshire.......

Wednesday we set off in gorgeous early morning sunshine and headed to Warwick Castle,needless...

27 Aug, 2010
Lincslass

Building a pond + other stuff!

Yesterday I lost all my normal days gardening work. It rained from 6pm Wednesday...

27 Aug, 2010
Anchorman

At last it`s stopped raining!

And I for one am so pleased that I can set foot outside without the threat of either...

27 Aug, 2010
Labdancer51

" The Coast to Coast Walk" with Simon and Clare Part One "Cumbria"

*Inroduction The Coast to Coast Walk was the brainchild of Alfred Wainwright the...

27 Aug, 2010
Pansypotter

This is my daftest mistake to date. What's yours?

I have two grafted Salix Repens Voorthuizen ( a creeping willow) in two foot high...

26 Aug, 2010
Daisylou

following in family footsteps...

i am pleased as punch ,my son Colin has just got the alotment plot next to ours,it...

26 Aug, 2010
Joanella

Long thin garden makeover

Here's another garden I redesigned and landscaped for a customer a few years ago. The...

26 Aug, 2010
Anchorman

They day has come for Big Ben and friends

Big Bin got the chop I did not know if it was a sad day or a joyful day.But Big...

25 Aug, 2010
Johnjoe

PLUM CAKE

I would just like to say that i have made shirley tulip PLUM CAKE, it is very very...

25 Aug, 2010
Michelleden..

Difficult weather for gardening this year

I've been a part time professional gardener for 10 years and full time for six and...

25 Aug, 2010
Anchorman

foals in the sun

To remind us all that once upon a time we had lots of sun and a bit of a drought!...

25 Aug, 2010
Lulu33

Words of innocense

My daughter and her two children came to stay with me for a few days from Scotland....

25 Aug, 2010
Rohima

im having lots of babies....

well not me personally..at the end of last year i bought some rather poor looking...

25 Aug, 2010
Joanella

My Open Garden

Last weekend 21st & 22nd was my Open Garden, and here are some pictures on the...

24 Aug, 2010
Louis

Anchorman's blog

I'm very new to this site and I've never written a blog before but I'll see how things...

24 Aug, 2010
Anchorman

my tomato soup

hi all,just thought i would put on my recipe for homemade tom soup for those of us...

24 Aug, 2010
Joanella

Memo's

I don't know about you but twice this month I've missed an appointment. and I've...

24 Aug, 2010
Heron

Vegetables to Overwinter

A quick reminder of veg. you can sow over the next month to have crops during 'the...

24 Aug, 2010
Moon_grower

Tragic Tom's!

Wonderful crop of "Marmande" tomatoes which I have been regularly picking weighing...

24 Aug, 2010
Troddles

Suntrap in August

A day out at the place granny goes to enjoy some companionship with like minded people...

24 Aug, 2010
Scotsgran