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2nd season allotment blog - 15 days in June

2nd season allotment blog-15 days in June I thought I might take a slightly different...

14 Jun, 2011
Balcony

Starting the 'good life'!

Hi guys, I'm fairly new to the whole gardening gig but seem to have be bitten by...

14 Jun, 2011
Nickybs

Potty about pots :o)

Thought id finish off some of my pots this afternoon and here they are,was gorgous...

14 Jun, 2011
Whdebor

the work rose bush

I'm new to all these flowers so I've been picking up tip's from people and reading...

14 Jun, 2011
Clairej2506

Garden re-vamp day 1

Well the builder turned up nice and early this morning along with a skip, he got...

14 Jun, 2011
Sewingkilla

Step light

This light was originally installed in our old patio after we removed a pond. The...

14 Jun, 2011
Elless

The plots on Sunday..

Hi all,just thought you may like a quick look at what is growing on our plots at...

14 Jun, 2011
Joanella

Tranquility 2

I don't think I can add anything to this ~ the garden speaks for itself, words will...

14 Jun, 2011
Stickitoffee

lovely suprise!!!

A couple of years ago I was cleaning out my out house (this is a yearly event) because...

14 Jun, 2011
Jennyh

Destruction Looms

Well, I heard yesterday that all my hard labour, in the garden, is about to be undone...

14 Jun, 2011
Pennyplant

Special Plants

I spied the sign to this nursery last weekend. Hubby and I paid it a visit! hubby...

14 Jun, 2011
Lulu33

The back Garden.

Hi all, There is lots more going on in my small back garden (yard), with baskets-tubs-planters...

13 Jun, 2011
Bikerbob

Coincidence or wishful thinking ?

I have been deadheading the chives ,over the past week,and composting them..and this...

13 Jun, 2011
Bloomer

The trials & tribulations of a new gardener - Part 1

Ok so I admit it gardening is far from easy! But whilst I'm being honest I must also...

13 Jun, 2011
Misscupcake

Not a bluebell but a foxglove wood

This is a foxglove wood, on the road to Combe Martin the A 399 and i thought it was...

13 Jun, 2011
Cmsue

Pics of garden today & Before and After pics

Some of you might remember hub building a new fence, He used a fence treatment in...

13 Jun, 2011
Youngdaisydee

A visit to tranquility

We recently visited John's garden at Ashwood Nursery, Kingswinford; it's his private...

13 Jun, 2011
Stickitoffee

Garden on return from holiday

This is what I found when I returned from holiday on the 4th June...everything ok:0)...

13 Jun, 2011
Bornagain

A Blue Blog!

Hmmm, rather alot of blues! A little trip around the garden with the camera, I thought...

13 Jun, 2011
Lulu33

Waspnest

Found this waspnest in one of my birdnest box on Friday. This morning i rang up...

13 Jun, 2011
Clarice

A clean pond?

Due to the heavy rain today, I took My Good Lady to a garden centre, (Dobbies at...

12 Jun, 2011
Cliveanne

Plumeria Cutting 'Mimi's Home Pride'

Plumeria 'Mimi's Home Pride' is an extremely hard to root plumeria which even on...

12 Jun, 2011
Bobwalshplu..

Gutted!

Have been away for a week so was keen to get back to see how things were going in...

12 Jun, 2011
Rhannii

My poppies

We have lived here for 15 years. When we moved in there were 2 trees, a lot of grass...

12 Jun, 2011
Marshmallow

Natures Ups and Downs

We put a bird box up earlier last month and was so pleased that a family of Great...

12 Jun, 2011
Nana_d

gardening chat

hi, guys just signed up looking forward to talking to you all about gardening and...

12 Jun, 2011
Cazcat

Winter down South.

Well, with last week's rains, winter seemed to be in a rsuh to arrive. While not...

12 Jun, 2011
Capegardener

Rain, rain, go away

I don’t believe it. it’s raining again. I’ve not been out in the garden (except...

12 Jun, 2011
Franl155

Rhodo in bloom

Hi All, Just received a mobile phone picture from the caretaker of the rhodo I planted...

12 Jun, 2011
Ptarotuos

june

it as been a miserable day today never stopped raining what happened to flamin june,...

12 Jun, 2011
Jackiejenkin

Adenophora Lady Bells does anyone else have this plant?

Last year I purchased this plant in a 9cm pot called Adenophora as I was looking...

12 Jun, 2011
Hardy_peren..

chop, chop

Had a busy weekend so far now stopped due to rain HURRAH! I cut back the Viburnum...

12 Jun, 2011
Sewingkilla

Rainy Sunday.

Now i know we really need the rain, But now what shall i do, All my Sunday jobs are...

12 Jun, 2011
Hollyeves

Blooms in June

Shortly we'll be half way through the year! It's now difficult to believe that six...

12 Jun, 2011
Kowhai

Icing sugar???

I was trawling through various gardening sites the other day, & found an unusual...

12 Jun, 2011
Cliveanne

bog garden

I've ruined my garden! Decided I wanted to tidy up the peicemeal patio. Take it all...

12 Jun, 2011
Sandygirl

My very own plot!

My very own plot! After around a year on the waiting list I've finally got my very...

11 Jun, 2011
Balcony

wild orchid in the hedge row near Otterton in Devon

Hi we had a lovely walk from Ladram Bay to Otterton in Devon-down country lanes and...

11 Jun, 2011
Johnrobertson

strawberries

Hi We have returned from holiday ( we had a nice time and the weather was not too...

11 Jun, 2011
Johnrobertson

Hail and Thunder

The sky went very dark, there was a huge clap of thunder and then came the hail-oh...

11 Jun, 2011
Kfunsters

Making Life Easy

We are revamping the area around our house. The existing lawn and drive were getting...

11 Jun, 2011
Expats

pic with lamp in it

thanks for the nic ecomments about the pic with the lamp in it:) I don't know if...

11 Jun, 2011
Countrydwel..

thankyou

thankyou to the members who were kind enough to offer me advice re my hollyhocks,it...

11 Jun, 2011
Prettyrose

thankyou

thankyou to the members who were kind enough to offer me advice re my hollyhocks,it...

11 Jun, 2011
Prettyrose

Profile Update

Just to let my GOY friends know I've updated my profile..and to say how pleased I...

11 Jun, 2011
Crissue

Still around

Dear All, For those of you who have been following the Shadowlands blog, just a quick...

11 Jun, 2011
Ptarotuos

This & That

I have just had a builder's bag of 22mm gravel delivered. Now the garden is beginning...

11 Jun, 2011
Cliveanne

Scooby

In the summer of 2009 we were visited by a brave courageous and very cheeky little...

10 Jun, 2011
230338

My Tree Paeony has made me so happy.

I came home from a visit to my daughter today. I managed to get to visit Spitzhenrys'...

10 Jun, 2011
Scotsgran

ANOTHER BARGAIN.

Hello everyone,It's Friday and guess where I've been ( unfortunately there is no...

10 Jun, 2011
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