Gardening blog archive

2014 - spring makeover (s) part 1

I've been keeping myself busy this last couple of months-the first project, which...

31 May, 2014
Scottish

Gardening Scotland, Pallet and Planter Competition 2014

Suntrap Gardening Club decided to enter both a Pallet and a Planter for the above...

31 May, 2014
Scotsgran

Phase ten complete

Ladies and gents here we go all phases complete, let's hope my knees will recover,...

31 May, 2014
W1nk

Various views of garden today.

"Birthday Girl" Rose ......never seems to disappoint. These Antirrhinums appear...

31 May, 2014
Meadowland

What a Difference!

As I have mentioned we grow Alstroemerias and have 65 growing in pots in one section...

31 May, 2014
Eirlys

Streptocarpus.

My Streptocarpus are now in full flower, so here are a few pictures of them. The...

31 May, 2014
Cinderella

Little smiling faces.

I suppose most of us use packs of Violas as bedding plants. I put them in containers...

31 May, 2014
Spritzhenry

up to date

As a last resort i did,nt sing to my plants as i entered the greenhouse. This...

30 May, 2014
230338

Free Lavender plants

Gardeners’ World Mag – June 2014 edition. For every reader 48 Lavenders Free worth...

30 May, 2014
Drc726

Growing Grapes in Your Garden

I have grown grapes in my garden for over 40 years, for most of that time I grew...

30 May, 2014
Davids

Short but enjoyable walk in my garden

Hello everyone:) I was thinking to write a blog but at the same time waiting for...

30 May, 2014
Shahida

Hidcote Manor Gardens

Well today has been wonderful, its my birthday and so we all went on a family trip...

30 May, 2014
Madaboutgar..

Can you get up at 5.30?

Wednesday night after tea this was the question asked by my OH. Yes of course why?...

30 May, 2014
Seaburngirl

Between the Showers

I took the camera out for a few more shots of the garden this afternoon, and decided...

30 May, 2014
Cinderella

MY ROSE BUSHES LOOK HEALTHY BUT NOT ONE BUD OPEN..

I have taken a number of pictures of my rose bushes with my LG smartphone to see...

30 May, 2014
Kokkinotria..

puna the tigress

ive just started drawing a Sumatran tiger called puna for kent big cat rescue for...

30 May, 2014
Noseypotter

An Aquilegia Garden :)

My Aquilegias have been beautiful this year again :) I let them seed themselves wherever...

30 May, 2014
Hywel

Taking chances...

I promised myself that the last thing I'm going to buy and plant in the garden this...

30 May, 2014
Jagienka

I have now replanted myself in.

Cornwall from Hampshire. I have been living in my converted barn for almost six months...

29 May, 2014
Quiltingqueen

Biodiversity in a pot!

I must walk past this terracotta pot about a dozen times a day and it's never struck...

29 May, 2014
Fifegarden

Visit to Orlando, Florida - May 2013

After a year, I finally got round to posting a few plant related photos from my visit...

29 May, 2014
Alextb

Valdels( Val) conservatory today

Paid a much overdue visit to Val this afternoon and what colour there was to see,...

29 May, 2014
Bjs

In Search of Scent

The bearded Iris Jane Phillips is known for being scented, but I wishI could Email...

29 May, 2014
Siris

Half term blues.

Suffering from school holiday rubbish weather blues. Was looking forward to spending...

29 May, 2014
Amsterdam

Replacement Chickens! Pets or wildlife?

This has been posted under wildlife rather than the pets category due to the reasons...

29 May, 2014
Honeysuckle..

I have discovered that I love Aquilegias!

There's a little shady spot beneath a small tree in our garden (I think it's a cherry...

29 May, 2014
Fifegarden

Iris not what I expected !

This was grown from AGS seed listed as Iris Gracilipes =Ex Min-Ya Konka. Well certainly...

29 May, 2014
Bjs

there's been a disappointing turn of events....

i was busy planting up my back garden, when the manager of the trailer park pulled...

29 May, 2014
Odaatpat

Birdwatch Comes Home May 2014

Been a bit cold of late so increased my out put of meal worms and suet balls. The...

29 May, 2014
Tommyshortl..

No longer nameless..

Thanks to some very helpful Goy members I now have names for some more of my plants....

28 May, 2014
Fifegarden

Test Blog

GOY office test blog

28 May, 2014
Shedman

Round and round the garden, like a Tuesdaybear!

Here is a little potter around my front garden. This first picture is of a new geum,...

28 May, 2014
Tuesdaybear

HELLO AGAIN ....... Nosypotter's ( Leigh ) Toadstools

I'm finding it hard to catch up with GOY since my cousin and her husband have been...

28 May, 2014
Amy

Open garden !

Well ... Here I sit ... Getting the garden ready to open has been a long haul this...

28 May, 2014
Suee

May 2014 and the journey begins...

So, first proper post in my garden journal and all I have at the moment is unidentified...

28 May, 2014
Fifegarden

Purple - The camera never lies - fibs!

I usually take snaps with my digital camera, but have found unless I change the settings...

28 May, 2014
Siris

I have no clue what I'm doing...

First post and I'm already out of my depth. I have zero gardening skills and even...

28 May, 2014
Fifegarden

SANGO-KAKU all settled in

I wasn`t sure whether to plant directly into the garden or put it in a pot. I had...

28 May, 2014
Stroller

Bearded Iris germanica- In the Red

Here are some of the reds I have in my garden. Action Front-am sure it is as named....

27 May, 2014
Siris

foxgloves and Shingle

Hi all, well we have got all the shingle down now so took a few snaps for you to...

27 May, 2014
Teds

Trendy selfie..:o)

If celebrities can do it,so can I.Lol.. New pot on today,and so much lighter..I was...

27 May, 2014
Bloomer

My spring garden

Hi guys, just spent all of yesterday weeding, pruning, cutting and fighting the beasties!!...

27 May, 2014
Amsterdam

In and out of the garden

More pics in the garden... Geranium phaeum & some Azalea Aquilegia A blue-tit...

26 May, 2014
Fractal_cat

Climbing roses Arthur Bell

Bought them about 3-4yr ago. Loads of scented flowers preformed well until this year....

26 May, 2014
Grandad

Iris bed at Myddelton House , Enfield

The plantsman and plant collector A E Bowles developed a large garden at Myddelton...

26 May, 2014
Inverglen

A Few Pictures of my Garden

Thought I would show you a few photos of my garden 2014. I know a lot of you have...

26 May, 2014
Cinderella

Clean pond

Cleaned out the pond yesterday we are now down to 27 fish, so they're gradually disappearing...

26 May, 2014
Roythefoot

Gardening days

Gardening is turning into an addiction for me! During the week, I identified Friday...

26 May, 2014
Mizzle

I'm a spoilt brat - part 2

26 May, 2014
Gee19

Terrific trees

A 1,000- year -old field elm( Ulmus minor ) has won the title of European Tree of...

26 May, 2014
Feverfew