Gardening blog archive

Oxford Botanic Garden in early February

Today I attended a course at Oxford Botanic Garden, and during the break for lunch,...

8 Feb, 2014
Andrewr

Not only for geraniums

by John Beaulieu (Bowl-you) Not to be confused with winter sewing, which is what...

8 Feb, 2014
Bowl_you

Another lucky win

Just a short entry. I have been lucky enough to win 3rd. in our HPS "Three Flower"...

8 Feb, 2014
Pamd

Completely snowbound at Shadowlands, but thinking of Spring!

Dear All, You may have seen on the news (BBC) that Tokyo has had a fair amount of...

8 Feb, 2014
Ptarotuos

Whats the best bargain you've had?

Ive just been told of a "not to miss bargain" one of the expats had here in france, Now...

8 Feb, 2014
Dungy

Around the glass house and garden it's looking a bit better

Pity about the water but you won't want to see that Have labelled some snowdrops This...

7 Feb, 2014
Bjs

Guess what ive just seen????????????

Well as i was sitting here reading todays blogs with the window open and the sun...

7 Feb, 2014
Dungy

Bargain Hunting

I love a bargain...well who doesn't? I've just got back from our local GC and I'm...

7 Feb, 2014
Waddy

Primula Auricula

Hi all, I'm from the Netherlands and because I do not know any other Auriculacollector...

7 Feb, 2014
Aurikelina

Iris Katharine Hodgkin' forgotten and neglected.

Sorry about the incorrect spelling of Katharine in the photos below. Is this iris...

7 Feb, 2014
Scotsgran

I wonder

Hi folks, Its a few wet days ahead for us lot here,( france ) or so the weather people...

7 Feb, 2014
Dungy

Give A Valentine Present That Lasts For Ever

Instead of chocolates or jewelry or, dare I say it, a load of manure, why not name...

6 Feb, 2014
Andrewr

what have you been doing webber?

long way to go yet but i have started to re-write my garden. the jungle bit is taking...

6 Feb, 2014
Maisiesdad

Between the rain

I ventured into the garden and watch Jamie run across some logs placed some years...

6 Feb, 2014
Bjs

i lost me again

some will know i changed my name from snoopdog to snoopy because i was always having...

6 Feb, 2014
Snoopdog

The lights went on in the sky today! :)

I spent the best part of today outside in the miserable darkness and drizzle. I...

6 Feb, 2014
Cottagekaren

Annual summer border [3]

Who would have thought that this series of blogs would still be on the go? Well in...

6 Feb, 2014
Seaburngirl

Flowers offering pleasure today

I've been confined to barracks for the last 3 days with a tummy bug. The flowers...

6 Feb, 2014
Seaburngirl

Hellebores

I don't know how long these last in water, but it is the first time I have grown...

5 Feb, 2014
Lizziebee

What are you doing today

Whats your gardening/country plans for today? Ive a few concrete urns and a statue...

5 Feb, 2014
Dungy

A message to all those who have been flooded so far this year.

I am writing this as I listen to gales outside and rain lashing down yet again-it...

4 Feb, 2014
Wildrose

Iris bucharica

Last year I bought a small pot of Iris bucharica bulbs from a well known DIY store....

4 Feb, 2014
Scottish

Accident's and Myth

As ive not been intouch for a while I thought i'd tell you of a few gardening things...

4 Feb, 2014
Dungy

Refuse Collectors drive over garden

I watched the Refuse truck coming round the corner to empty the communal bins on...

4 Feb, 2014
Alextb

ALLOTMENTS TODAY

.Over the last 60 years have seen many changes and have to say todays plots look...

3 Feb, 2014
Dandlyon

A winters evening.

It's a strange thing really and to some an odd thing to say but winter has a lot...

3 Feb, 2014
Dungy

POTATOES IN CONTAINERS

. Using 40 gall drums cut in half and bottoms removed ,fork ground over where drums...

3 Feb, 2014
Dandlyon

emails

a while back a member said emails were arriving late i have a different problem not...

3 Feb, 2014
Snoopy

please see previous blog guessing game :))

sorry all for being so long on previous blog but with work and home just did not...

3 Feb, 2014
Mark61

Tatty Heathers corner to Pretty Heuchera Corner

A quick update from my last blog on the progress at the back right corner of the...

2 Feb, 2014
Cottagekaren

FRESH MANURE

There is a very important drawback to using fresh manure: the rapid increase in bacteria...

2 Feb, 2014
Dandlyon

Winter companions ...

I enjoy growing exotic plants in the house. They don't die back in the winter, but...

2 Feb, 2014
Hywel

Spare a thought

Well ive not been on this forum for a while but because of "e mails" being sent asking...

2 Feb, 2014
Dungy

An apple tree disease.

It is rather a question and I wonder if someone would be able to identify the problem...

1 Feb, 2014
Kasy

Desert Island Discs

Since joining Goy, I have looked at hundreds of photos of members gardens. I started...

1 Feb, 2014
Nannijii