Gardening blog archive

View of my garden and some plants

My garden is beginning to show signs of lack of rain with some plants managing better...

20 Jul, 2013
Jaykaty

A July summer.

A few more things about in the garden, some seen before some for the first time. Sempervivum...

20 Jul, 2013
Surreylad

Touring gardens in midst of heat wave

by John Beaulieu (Bowl-you) As I write this in mid-July we are having a heat wave...

20 Jul, 2013
Bowl_you

Been on Arran all week

We have walked biked climbed Goat fell and so many more walks and been bitten to...

20 Jul, 2013
Scotkat

My Flower

I thought you might like to see my Hermacallis, cant spell it tho. such a lovely...

20 Jul, 2013
Patriciacha..

Feeling quite proud

I was watering a couple of things in the front garden yesterday evening and was obviously...

20 Jul, 2013
Digginfit

Gardening in this heat..

Well actually there is not a lot to be done whilst this hot weather continues, I...

19 Jul, 2013
Lincslass

Scorching Hot July..the lawn is sulking but the flowers don't seem to mind the heat!

Just a few pictures from my front garden today.The lawn is really suffering(I don't...

19 Jul, 2013
Paulthegard..

Brugmansias

Last year I bought 2 brugmansias, one yellow in flower and one white that was quite...

19 Jul, 2013
Booboosmum

Tomato info

My Early Girl tomatoes have kind of a hard core inside when you cut them. Is there...

19 Jul, 2013
Francinegag..

Where we have spent the heat wave !

Phew it's hot really hot 29c this afternoon the first photo shows where I sit out...

19 Jul, 2013
Kidsgran

A little bit late and a little bit pinky...

...but it´s not my fault. Enjoy. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hnt4K7NxU4Q&list=PL3E24386FC6D16411

19 Jul, 2013
Katarina

Kazakhstan Revisited (6) - Eremurus

I wanted to put eremurus in their own blog as we saw several different ones, and...

19 Jul, 2013
Andrewr

Big Yellow Moth !

A big yellow moth flew into the kitchen a few nights ago. At first we thought it...

19 Jul, 2013
Hywel

front and back

Yesterday Pauline OH picked up my camera while I was out and took a few pictures...

19 Jul, 2013
Bjs

Mid July around the garden.

I am loving this warm weather in the garden. Even though the strong sunshine is burning...

19 Jul, 2013
Homebird

Garden is blooming quite nicely now.

It has been awhile since posting on here but I have had so many little projects on...

19 Jul, 2013
Diydick

New fence

At long last the new fence is up what a difference it has made !. Just got to wait...

18 Jul, 2013
Teddygirlja..

Village show

Very happy this evening-and somebody was kind enough to give me three beetroots and...

18 Jul, 2013
Steragram

A few photos in July for Karensusan

A very short blog to show Karensusan a frothy Cotinus! Not sure why the colour has...

18 Jul, 2013
Sheilabub

Hampton Court Flower Show.

I was lucky that my husband agreed to take me to the Show this year. He's not a gardener!...

18 Jul, 2013
Spritzhenry

Thirsty birds

I have noticed my bird bath is in great demand the last few days, so I am keeping...

17 Jul, 2013
Drc726

Could dark clouds threaten...

Hi all and it's great to be back and read other members' blogs. As always sheer delight...

17 Jul, 2013
Chickweed

hot soil

20 past 4 just been to get some potatoes for tea and the soil was so hot the spuds...

17 Jul, 2013
Snoopdog

Seems to me now, its more sensible to buy a big tub

with matching saucer, when getting a hardy plant for a container area. The plant...

17 Jul, 2013
Dianebulley

bird in trough, not sure what

There's at least one bird round here that doesn't seem to like getting too far off...

17 Jul, 2013
Franl155

... then there were two

The first peigeon didn't have the place to itself for very long.

17 Jul, 2013
Franl155

July and SUN

A journey through the hot days of the current heatwave. A fluttery Small Tortoiseshell...

17 Jul, 2013
Fractal_cat

first there was one ...

I set the bird spa trays on their new plinths and then came indoors; literally less...

16 Jul, 2013
Franl155

Cheek

Blooming magpie did a kamakasi on my beloved Heart bush and vamoosed with half doz...

16 Jul, 2013
230338

Miles too hot, so time for a blog!

The weather here is scorching, even at 4pm. I am waiting for the evening before I...

16 Jul, 2013
Honeysuckle..

Summer Containers

Here are some of the containers I definitely was not going to plant up this summer....

16 Jul, 2013
Melchisedec

just a few more pics,

i always seem so busy lately, hope everyone is ok, here are a few more pics from...

15 Jul, 2013
Surreylad

Gardens today:)))

Hi all not put any pictures of my gardens on for a while so here are some to show...

15 Jul, 2013
Mark61

Invasion of privacy!

Am I over-reacting? A recently widowed neighbour, a lovely lady in her eighties,...

15 Jul, 2013
Gattina

Kazakhstan Revisited (5) - Old Friends

There were many bulbs and other small plants that I saw in flower on my previous...

15 Jul, 2013
Andrewr

Early morning visitor!

While reclining in my bed and drinking my early morning cup of tea (provided by hubby...

15 Jul, 2013
Honeysuckle..

Heligan, no longer lost...

We first visited Heligan when it had only been open a short while and it was still...

15 Jul, 2013
Lincslass

My little patch

This is my garden i am pleased with the amount of colour I have is such a small...

14 Jul, 2013
Cmsue

Let me go!!!

I was watering my plants in the afternoon when I suddenly realized the water was...

14 Jul, 2013
Kasy

Our Project: a retreat in the Cerdagne

Finally, on Friday, we shall have the keys for the property in the Cerdagne. This...

14 Jul, 2013
Xela

Colour Changing Rose

It is labelled as "Golden Life", but I'm not so sure. As you can see, the...

14 Jul, 2013
Alextb

Hello and garden update

Hi Everyone, It's been a while since I've been on Goy. Hope you are all well. Any...

14 Jul, 2013
Lulu33

the next day

well, I thank you all for tips! I didn't went to the beach I didn't iron I didn't...

13 Jul, 2013
Liasciubba

Is Growing Veg Really Worth All the Work and Fretting.Have a look, What do You Think??

It really can be quite frustrating being a gardener...and not least, when trying...

13 Jul, 2013
Paulthegard..

Bird leisure spa

Rearranged the "bird spa" to give more room and more open space all round. It's a...

13 Jul, 2013
Franl155

IN PRAISE OF AUSTIN ROSE LADY EMMA HAMILTON

I adore this rose, it has a wonderful, strong perfume. She's a little floppier...

13 Jul, 2013
Bornagain

Plants In The Foliage Garden

Following a request from Dottydaisy to list the plants in this photo, I thought it...

13 Jul, 2013
Andrewr

A lot of work.

As a child I often listened, that relationships are like garden. You have to take...

13 Jul, 2013
Katarina

today

don't know you but I'm not even enough satisfied of my results! don't know how...

12 Jul, 2013
Liasciubba