Gardening blog archive

How to pot on.

Plants can become pot bound, which restricts their root growth. They need deep pots,...

18 Aug, 2012
Dianebulley

Southport Flower show

Went to southport Flower Show on Thursday, did not take any photos as there was not...

18 Aug, 2012
Clarice

Life of a Thistle

I thought it might be fun to track the Thistle from start to finish. So have a look... The...

18 Aug, 2012
Wells

Haworthia's, the small relative of Aloe

I love Aloes and collect them, but loving them, will inevitably lead to the smaller...

18 Aug, 2012
Little_things

SQUIRREL AND BIRD OF PREY

No pics I'm afraid, it's just that I saw something odd. I was very excited, if worried,...

17 Aug, 2012
Bornagain

Shorter trip to the mountains.

Today I had a time to make a half day tour to the Popradske pleso (sort of mountain...

17 Aug, 2012
Katarina

Some Flowering Fuchsias

Here are some of my Fuchsias flowering this year. I've got more than this but they...

17 Aug, 2012
Hywel

Colour in the Garden.

It seems to have taken ages for some of the flowers to come out this year and my...

17 Aug, 2012
Lincslass

Garden today:))))

Hi all just thought i would share some pictures of my garden on such a gorgeous sunny...

16 Aug, 2012
Mark61

Seagull selection again

Reposted because of glitch with first posting! Went to Brighton with a friend a week...

16 Aug, 2012
Franl155

Where's everyone, I want to share my grapes :)

I hope there on there hols having a good time because goy is very quiet lately.. There...

16 Aug, 2012
Youngdaisydee

Cheap or free, all very welcome in my garden. :o)

The following plants are all freebies that were sent with orders I placed, or for...

15 Aug, 2012
Homebird

Summertime in My Little Front Garden

My front garden is not very big, but after a revamp earlier in the year it is now...

15 Aug, 2012
Pansypotter

COMBINATIONS

My back garden in August ... Lots of happy duos, trios and groups ... Rocks and...

15 Aug, 2012
Terratoonie

The passionflower story...

I expect some of you will already know this, but the Passionflower is so called because...

15 Aug, 2012
Karensusan63

Computer Problems

I haven't been around for a few weeks, as I was visiting my oldest son & his...

15 Aug, 2012
Dwyllis

AUGUST 14TH 2012

More snaps Coreopsis (bought for 50p) Stargazer (?) lilies-open at last! Seems...

14 Aug, 2012
Sheilar

My newest hypertufa project.

Hi all. As some of you may know I like making things out of hypertufa after seeing...

14 Aug, 2012
Rogi

Today from the south to north of Slovakia

My today´s journey very shortly by picture and music :)) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qzUqvPFoEzc&feature=related

14 Aug, 2012
Katarina

Isfryn, Bethania, Open garden 19th August 11- 5

A five acre garden opens to the public for the NGS scheme. It is split in two sections,...

14 Aug, 2012
2ndhand

A definitive answer to the slug and snail menace for GOY members and visitors.

The latest person to ask about how to deal with these horrors (unless you are dealing...

14 Aug, 2012
Sarraceniac

A request from my daughter:)))

My daughter is just having all her garden redone,as her husband is a builder they...

14 Aug, 2012
Mark61

Our NEW fish pond

In our previous garden we had a large fish pond and as we were both working at the...

14 Aug, 2012
Amy

Ruschia radicans in my garden

Ruschia radicans is a great little mesemb to have in the garden. Mine has made a...

14 Aug, 2012
Little_things

Olympic Park 2012

Took only a few pictures on an evening visit to the Diving finals. The size of the...

13 Aug, 2012
Inverglen

Miracle birthday to remember Grove

Just putting these pics on for Lulu, Kasy and Sticki. Katarina was invited to : ),...

13 Aug, 2012
Steviethete..

Hydrangeas Hymn

First press this link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JKPvx38D4GM&feature=related and watch...

13 Aug, 2012
Katarina

not black??

anybody got any ideas why the black beauty pansies i bought, from seed, r not black??...

13 Aug, 2012
Andrea_g6

Taking a moment

There was some reaction on my intro about our region. We live in Port Elizabeth....

13 Aug, 2012
Little_things

What did you do on Saturday afternoon?

Two guesses who invited us along to see their Garden. I'll give you a clue. The host...

13 Aug, 2012
Scotsgran

New Pond, Part 2

Hello Friends Here is Part 2 of the New Pond Well, the New Pond is finished all...

13 Aug, 2012
Ladyessex1

Peace and Quiet!

In an attempt to escape the heat, the flies and a village full of VERY LOUD Spanish...

13 Aug, 2012
Nariz

Nature's blessings

I've been a bit quiet recently. Unusual for me but I've been pre-occupied with visitors,...

12 Aug, 2012
Juliernorth..

Moving things round

Hi everyone, I hope this quick blog finds you all in the rudest of health. I've been...

12 Aug, 2012
Waddy

Opening blog - breaking the ice!

Hi, I just registered here! I am from South Africa and live close the ocean. We are...

12 Aug, 2012
Little_things

giant marrows and pumpkin august 12th 2012

just thought id give an update.... so far we have 2 marrows. the smaller one is catching...

12 Aug, 2012
Sandra

Some Herbs need space for a big root run.

I have just dismantled my baby bath Herbs. The Parsley had a small root. Thyme...

12 Aug, 2012
Dianebulley

Ivy selection

I like Ivy, but I hadn't realised that I had such a "thing" for them till I looked...

12 Aug, 2012
Franl155

Now to enjoy the results

Peas today Beans tomorrow Then enjoy some salad Its all turned out pretty well...

12 Aug, 2012
Lizziebee

The Miracle Grove

Hello folks, I was going to call this blog 'presents & presence.....but lost...

12 Aug, 2012
Lulu33

Tomatoes

Carried out a bit of an experiment this year, as usual I grew my plants from seeds...

12 Aug, 2012
Hank

Short visit to mid August garden

There is a time in life, and so it is in garden, when nothing blooms. My garden was...

12 Aug, 2012
Katarina

Sink's Done!

To be honest, I haven't been that productive lately. I find it hard to get motivated...

12 Aug, 2012
Teresaeddy

Warm day with some colour in the garden..

As it's been a truly nice day here albeit a little windy, so i decided to spend a...

11 Aug, 2012
Surreylad

Craggy Pinnacle overlook and endangered plant habitat

I went up to Craggy Pinnacle yesterday, off the Blue Ridge Parkway in North Carolina....

11 Aug, 2012
Lauram

Asheville Botanical Gardens, part 2

Here are more photos. I don't know the names of all the plants. Many were labeled,...

11 Aug, 2012
Lauram

Asheville Botanical Gardens, part 1

This is a beautiful place. I took way too many photos for one blog, so I'll split...

11 Aug, 2012
Lauram

Just a little bit of colour

Everything slow this season will call it that instead of summer. Tippy pot was fab...

11 Aug, 2012
Scotkat

A very Busy: Hornet mimic hoverfly!

I was sitting in the garden just watching, as I like to do ! and this rather large...

10 Aug, 2012
Grandmage

My Oriental Lilies

I thought it would be quicker to show these all together. Oriental lilies are much...

10 Aug, 2012
Scotsgran