Gardening blog archive

Christmas wishes everyone

And a good garden season in 2013

16 Dec, 2012
Scotkat

My Garden in November and December

My November blog didn't happen as I've been having some work done to sort out the...

16 Dec, 2012
Geranium_gem

Armchair Gardening

A fire, a hot cuppa and a good gardening read make me one happy girl on this long,...

16 Dec, 2012
Ivy_clad

Cactus country for Hywel --Part1

Around Phoenix Arizona. I have collected these pictures from our visit to Arizona...

16 Dec, 2012
Klahanie

My gardening year 2012 with a big thank you to Gee.

I was inspired to add words to my photos after Gee explained in yesterdays blog how...

16 Dec, 2012
Scotsgran

Apple feeder

I usually take a piece of fruit with me to work-but as it's been so cold, I'm much...

15 Dec, 2012
Scottish

The Future is 2013

Short days long nights ,however there is hope ,you just have to look a little harder...

15 Dec, 2012
Bjs

The Explanation

Old Silas Griggs,the gardener, was sitting in the sun, telling his little daughter...

15 Dec, 2012
Feverfew

carnivorus garden gnomes?

Trawling through Google for "realistic garden gnomes" I found this- the phrase "three...

15 Dec, 2012
Franl155

Winter Days

The hard frosts this week have certainly softened the crab apples.

15 Dec, 2012
Old_twig

Dear Father Christmas, please can I have our lovely

gardening site without the adverts of prostitutes. I promise to be a good girl all...

15 Dec, 2012
Dianebulley

cold, crisp and creative..ish

ages since i posted some updates, hope everyone is ok on this great site. Thought...

15 Dec, 2012
Skipscanda1..

Save our Seas petition

I don't want people to think that I'm getting too "right-on" with environmental...

15 Dec, 2012
Franl155

Bailey of the Virgin Mary.

So, this is the sort of a thistle, which has extremely good effects on liver and...

14 Dec, 2012
Katarina

Pulmonaria officinalis

Its buds are pink at the beginning, but as they grow old, they turn into azur blue. This...

14 Dec, 2012
Katarina

Verbascum densiflorum.

Winter time is a good time to learn theoretically something about plants. As I went...

14 Dec, 2012
Katarina

a christmas fairy poem

love this funny poem not sure where i first saw it and if it was on goy then apologies...

13 Dec, 2012
Helen60garden

Food for thought or.....

....thinking about food :)

13 Dec, 2012
Gee19

Gods gift to us

This is my first ever blog on this or any other site, it is sort of related to gardening,...

13 Dec, 2012
Derekm

OK everybody, lets have a poetry competition !

There is no gloom in winter's cold, Much to do, when getting old, Every day, the...

13 Dec, 2012
Dianebulley

A different way to start Daylily seeds

When I bid on daylily seeds on the Lily Auction, it often takes 2-4 weeks to recieve...

13 Dec, 2012
Wylieinthea..

The 'upside' of the big freeze!

I must have looked a picture this morning....wellies, scarf, hat, pyjamas, dressing...

13 Dec, 2012
Karensusan63

A few pics of today.

First apologies to Terra and Bjs i've not had time to do the blogs on Buddlija's...

12 Dec, 2012
Surreylad

cold outside

hi everyone busy gettin ready for Christmas it's really cold out now so not out in...

12 Dec, 2012
Jackiejenkin

to mount athos again

My usual trip to mount athos last November was in the holy monastry of OSIOS XENOPHON,that...

12 Dec, 2012
Bik

It´s really a winter time.

This was the view from the window last weekend. Some of you thought, it was just...

12 Dec, 2012
Katarina

Allotment First 10 months

Hi All Just got back from my allotment the ground is very hard and the sprouts look...

11 Dec, 2012
Steveg1966

New House New Garden

We moved to a new house this week which means I get my grubby mits on a new garden! It's...

11 Dec, 2012
Langley11

naked in pembrokeshire!!!!!

today in the brilliant sunshine the trees were glowing in all their winter glory....

10 Dec, 2012
Sandra

Pre Goy(for me at least)

Spring 2009 saw me finding Goy for the first time. These photos were taken through...

10 Dec, 2012
Bjs

Look who is coming for dinner tonight

Wildlife in the backyard of Arizona home in the desert country. Javelinas. Really?...

10 Dec, 2012
Klahanie

❅ ❄ ✼ SPARKLES AND SPANGLES ✼ ❄ ❅

December's blue skies over my garden ... ...................................................................... Down...

10 Dec, 2012
Terratoonie

Its that time of year again

Yes it is that time of year again, So off we went up the moors to our favourit spot...

9 Dec, 2012
Cmsue

The Cairngorms in the snow.

I am just back from a trip to Elgin painting a portrait for a whisky company......sadly...

9 Dec, 2012
Linda235

Portrait of the roadrunner

It comes daily for a drink 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 6.

9 Dec, 2012
Klahanie

If you have grown some Michaelmas Daisies

(aka Asters) remember the rain of 2012. I planted 6 of them in a double row, by...

9 Dec, 2012
Dianebulley

Sunsets

I thought you may like to see some of the lovely sunsets i have taken on our travels

8 Dec, 2012
Cmsue

Two white peacocks.

I found a place where there live white peacocks. They inspired also the local artist.. Interestingly,...

8 Dec, 2012
Katarina

Nurse Eirlys

I was busy writing Christmas cards when there was a terrific crash. I nearly jumped...

8 Dec, 2012
Eirlys

A concrete example

My next-door neighbour Mrs Jones ,has got a garden full of stones; A crazy path,...

8 Dec, 2012
Feverfew

Enjoyed a lovely walk today .

Got up this morning to frost and sunshine and just new we had to go for a walk after...

8 Dec, 2012
Kidsgran

Famous last words....

Update I put together the above blog on 13 (!) November but as I...

8 Dec, 2012
Gee19

A story of the London Bridge at Lake Havasu, travel with Klahanie.

We traveled from Palm Springs(California) to Lake Havasu. It was our first visit...

8 Dec, 2012
Klahanie

Astronomy 2013

About this time of year, I start making my calendar for next year-I have to make...

7 Dec, 2012
Franl155

Planting up

The garden this year has been a bit neglected. There have been various reasons for...

7 Dec, 2012
Fractal_cat

Do you fancy a quick trip to Cornwall?!

I suddenly remembered that I hadn't got round to sharing our lovely visit to the...

6 Dec, 2012
Sheilabub

Waxwings in Worcestershire

Last week I spotted a bevvy of twitchers, excitedly taking over the entrance to the...

6 Dec, 2012
Stickitoffee

just starting the spring garden

winter is over here and planted a number of sunflower seeds. these flowers generally...

6 Dec, 2012
Piersdad

At the end of the 'Great Wall'...

I started writing this blog before we got engulfed, so I've only just got round to...

6 Dec, 2012
Spritzhenry

Merry Christmas from New Zealand

It's that time of year again ...the silly season, as it is irreverently called. Snow...

5 Dec, 2012
Dwyllis