Gardening blog archive

A good afternoon's work- ish.

Okay so I am feeling really rather smug now. It's Half Term; the other half is...

16 Feb, 2012
Pennylane

Crested Tits

I hadn't seen my little friends for a while and wondered whether they had come to...

16 Feb, 2012
Digginfit

A good day times four

It is my fourth year on G.o.Y. ,my son's 25th birthday, I was sixty last week, and...

16 Feb, 2012
Mavisc52

History and Care of Gardenia Plants and Gardenia Flowers

Gardenia is a genus of flowering plants comprised of about 142 species belonging...

16 Feb, 2012
Bobwalshplu..

By request....Growing Trees in my small-ish garden

N.B. Approximate eventual heights and widths are noted in brackets, and I have neutral...

15 Feb, 2012
Karensusan63

SHOPPERS PLEASE NOTE......

A well known supermarket M.......s is selling their bargain £1.79 climbing plants,...

15 Feb, 2012
Dottydaisy2

Bit more Beatrix Potter (Peter Rabbit)

I am near the end of playing around in doors and have started seed sowing and potting...

15 Feb, 2012
Bjs

A beautiful sunny February day!

Well I'm not sure how the weather was with all you GOYers today.... but here in Edinburgh...

15 Feb, 2012
Scottish

Blue Peter garden

Just spotted this on the BBC news page-the Blue Peter garden in Salford is to be...

15 Feb, 2012
Franl155

Feb update

not many pictures as yet-today I have bit of a horrid virus :((

15 Feb, 2012
Paulsgarden

In anticipation

So, I have been pretty quiet these past few months, predictably, being away from...

15 Feb, 2012
Ptarotuos

Snowdrop Walk

I thought I would share with you my walk through the Snowdrops today at NT. Attingham...

15 Feb, 2012
Marigold6

Sunset tonight

These two pics were taken outside the school this evening jsut befroe class. The...

14 Feb, 2012
Pixi25

Snowdrops around the garden 14th Feb 2012

I split and transplanted several clumps of snowdrops last year and was surprised...

14 Feb, 2012
Homebird

Your best plant-finder site (outside GoY*s*)?

Anyone have any favourite sites they turn to when they want to look up a plant? GoY...

14 Feb, 2012
Franl155

Swan

Muddy has some lovely photos of swans so I though you might like to see mine. cheers...

14 Feb, 2012
Patriciacha..

Cucumber and Listerine

Had an intresting email from my sister this morning, it said if you are troubled...

14 Feb, 2012
Yorkshire

Tommyshortlegs Updates Jan-Feb 2012

Been out of hospital for over a week now and feeling a lot better. Thank you all...

14 Feb, 2012
Tommyshortl..

Do you ever get that feeling.....

that you're being watched?

13 Feb, 2012
Gee19

The return of "Stumpy"

Below is a copy of a blog I wrote on Ispy-a-bird last June...... "A pair of jays...

13 Feb, 2012
Lily2

Poppy

I have been searching in my garden today for a little sign of life from my lovely...

13 Feb, 2012
Patriciacha..

Pagan places - Cornwall - June 2002

Chysauster ancient village – we had the entire site all to ourselves for over ninety...

12 Feb, 2012
Franl155

Colours & shapes of nature..

just some from my garden last year... I hope to see them...

12 Feb, 2012
Joanella

Snow has been an advantage ! Random pictures

Many reasons it also had its good points-one cleared the neighbours drive for him...

12 Feb, 2012
Paulsgarden

After the snow and frost: mice can read.

Like most of the country we had the snow last weekend, a good 4" and then on Thursday...

12 Feb, 2012
Seaburngirl

A Month on>>

Well it's about a month since the last contribution and though the weather hasn't...

12 Feb, 2012
Nailseaned

Did my pots of potatoes feed us this year.

We are still enjoying our crop from the seeds planted in 2011. I bought all of my...

12 Feb, 2012
Scotsgran

Does Apple wood burn or not ?

Someone says I am wrong, saying it wont burn. Sent me the following poem. Apple...

12 Feb, 2012
Dianebulley

Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!

Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Gerry's allotments on 6th February 2012 Allotments...

11 Feb, 2012
Balcony

Exciting times in the trees.

Got a phonecall this morning from my youngest," Come quick mum and bring your camera" Their...

11 Feb, 2012
Lincslass

For Gattina - FLAT English garden in sunny February!

I was given a lovely new tiny camera for Christmas, (Panasonic Lumix), so I no longer...

11 Feb, 2012
Sheilabub

TV .. BIRDS BRITANNIA + Young Gardener + Great British Countryside

Today on Television ... BBC2 Saturday 11th February. 2012 3.30 pm-4.30 pm Birds...

11 Feb, 2012
Terratoonie

A new start

Well after leaving my garden behind for 3 years and renting my house out Im now back...

10 Feb, 2012
L33_eth

Always something to do in a garden!

I've just read several beautiful blogs about winter in all its glory. Then my elbows...

10 Feb, 2012
Sandygirl

Snowy day

Although i do love the picturesque scenes that snow gives i'm not a great lover of...

10 Feb, 2012
Surreylad

Edinburgh School of Gardening for Women

There was an article in today's Edinburgh Evening News re the Edinburgh School of...

10 Feb, 2012
Scottish

THE BIG FREEZE

-14 degrees here, and even though we have our Pond Pump running through every Winter,...

10 Feb, 2012
Crissue

Flowers to cheer you up

Ok Karen....this is the latest from my flower group. The one with the Champagne is...

10 Feb, 2012
Linda235

More plants

more!!!! Thanks for viewing :))))

10 Feb, 2012
Paulsgarden

Weekly or Monthly

Hello I am hopefully linking my blog to this site-if I am not successful-I will try...

10 Feb, 2012
Marigold6

Back To Square One

We had a couple of inches of snow overnight last Saturday and, while it was still...

10 Feb, 2012
Andrewr

history of garden gnomes

don't know if anyone's found this, or would be interested if they had! I was looking...

9 Feb, 2012
Franl155

Winter flowers cheer me up

At last we have some real winter! I always think that a few weeks of sub-zero winter...

9 Feb, 2012
Malverntrev

Hooray it's come....

Well, there was a knock on the door at 8 this morning and me still in dressing gown,...

9 Feb, 2012
Homebird

WINTER OPTIMISM :o)

Mother Nature's sweet surprises ... In my beloved garden, the plants and...

9 Feb, 2012
Terratoonie

Mosaic News

So much has happened to me since I joined GoY in May! Yesterday the local paper...

9 Feb, 2012
Lilcrawford

My weekly visit to my daughter's to babysit. What a surprise the change of weather was.

I was surprised as I pulled off of the M18 at the Thorne exit to see that there was...

9 Feb, 2012
Homebird

solar panels have arrived..:-)

this week has been soo exciting here at Corseside..we have been having solar panels...

8 Feb, 2012
Sandra

A few bargains...

Hi folks..thought i would show you some bargains i have bought over the last few...

8 Feb, 2012
Joanella

BBC 2 Tonight.

Hi all, just seen an interview on breakfast TV with Sarah Raven. She is hosting a...

8 Feb, 2012
Willinilli