Gardening blog archive

The Reluctant Spring 2014

It's hard to believe that it's the 24th of May weekend...things are very quiet in...

18 May, 2014
Lori

I Love it but....

This pretty bush was already in the garden when we moved here and I love it, but...

18 May, 2014
Waddy

Lutea Banksii

This has been in the garden since 2010 and I think this is its best performance so...

18 May, 2014
Stroller

more pictures to go with my other blog

here we go . the concrete mushrooms im giving to amy with a bird bath I...

18 May, 2014
Noseypotter

ill be back

astaller vista baby . well since being in the nut house about a year ago ive been...

18 May, 2014
Noseypotter

Glasgow Botanical Gardens Day Out

Yesterday I went on an adventure day out taking Mega Bus Amazing what you can see...

18 May, 2014
Scotkat

BUSY,Busy,busy Bee me!!!

Hi everyone apologies for not popping in and enjoying GOY. But like you all i'm just...

18 May, 2014
Beehappyflu..

Mid-May garden

Here are some photos of flowers in my garden today - some kindly gifted by generous...

17 May, 2014
Shirley_tulip

Garden in May

Some of the plants in flower today.

17 May, 2014
Hollyeves

Iris - A change of face

This flowerhead was one of my casualties in the winds recently. It not surprising...

17 May, 2014
Siris

May Jewel Garden

May has seen a mixture of torrential rain showers and wonderful sunny days. The effect...

16 May, 2014
Pansypotter

Fuchsias, Succulents and Cacti, Seeds etc ...

On both sides of my garage there are two alley ways, which I have had covered with...

16 May, 2014
Hywel

"Gathering feed in May on a warm and sunny day...."

Of late my garden has turned into a fly in crèche. Mainly for starlings and also...

16 May, 2014
Tommyshortl..

My Bike ride this afternoon

I did get just over 10 miles but it was touch in the wind. But worth it at top for...

15 May, 2014
Scotkat

Irises - singing in the rain

What a wet and windy fortnight it has been in the south! I have had to stake the...

15 May, 2014
Siris

back again

For those of you who read last year, bought some plants seeded the backgarden, part...

15 May, 2014
Tercol

Greenhouse Work

New season, new compost. Re-cycle compost from local council department...

14 May, 2014
230338

Tulips from Scotland.

Hi there fellow gardeners. I have been taking photos of my Tulips before they fall...

14 May, 2014
Linda235

For Pamg

After seeing Pam's wonderful garden, she asked to see my garden, so I went out with...

14 May, 2014
Waddy

My walk this afternoon after my 12mile bike ride

I never took camera on bike ride but shall tomorrow . But did on walk. Enjoy the...

14 May, 2014
Scotkat

Bike ride this morning

It as another nice day to go out on my bike which I have now been doing for 2 weeks...

13 May, 2014
Scotkat

This Weekend

This weekend gone-we went to the Malvern Spring Flower Show-fantastic as always-and...

13 May, 2014
Janelloyd

constructive destruction

I was in a bit of a mood, needed to expend some energy, but didn't know where. Then...

13 May, 2014
Franl155

Project Hedgehog

When hubby was taking the bin out the other night he noticed a hedgehog foraging...

12 May, 2014
Mizzle

Hasn`t She Done Well!!!!!!!

This is Holboellia Coriacea, a tender evergreen climber that I planted against the...

12 May, 2014
Stroller

Singing the blues

Blue's my favourite colour. Sorry the photos are not up to the standard of many on...

12 May, 2014
Steragram

Wet and Windy part 2

As I have said before Spring is my gardens richest time and for another month there...

12 May, 2014
Bjs

Spring in our Garden

As I have mentioned, several times, ours is a Spring garden. I never cease to be...

12 May, 2014
Eirlys

Some progress - slowly but surely!

Well, day off today and then 4 more days before 9 days holiday.....WOO-HOO! My birthday...

12 May, 2014
Oddbillie

He's back :)

Just when I had said to Amy that I rarely see him in the garden now.

11 May, 2014
Gee19

Somewhere Over The Rainbow...

I've always been very fortunate to see some really wonderful Rainbows-but I've never...

11 May, 2014
Petaltracey

Getting there !

Hi everyone ....not been on for a while ...not been very well over the last few months...

11 May, 2014
Teddygirlja..

Shady Bower..

Through the winter my daughter lost a huge Smokebush in her garden, must have been...

11 May, 2014
Lincslass

Photos of a Spring hedgerow from outside the garden

Walking down the drive this afternoon,I realised how seldom I take photos of the...

11 May, 2014
Meadowland

Fruit trees

Poor fruit trees they have been blown all over the place by wind in the last two...

11 May, 2014
Michaella2014

Spritzhenry's blog thoughts

Having just read Spritzhenry's blog about the mis-labelled plant, it got me thinking...

11 May, 2014
Honeysuckle..

A Day Out In The Cotswolds

Yesterday was the official launch of Evolution Plants, a new plant nursery near Bradford-on-Avon....

11 May, 2014
Andrewr

To complain or not?

There is a great Garden Centre up the M5 which I use frequently. Their plant displays...

11 May, 2014
Spritzhenry

This last month

Here are a few pictures of things that have bloomed, or are blooming, in the garden...

10 May, 2014
Fractal_cat

Really nice!

I actually went round the garden the other day taking pictures of our various Spring...

10 May, 2014
Eirlys

Windy day in May

A further walk around the garden, I am pleased with the way it looks both garden...

10 May, 2014
Bjs

The Garden in May 2014

Thought you might like a wander round the estate. Pulsatilla albana Rhodiola Aethionema...

10 May, 2014
Owdboggy

River of gentians on Beechgrove Garden

What a great idea. I don't have room for this but our Karen maybe has in her garden. Or...

10 May, 2014
Scotkat

Upcycle Bike Helmet

I bought a new Bike Helmet yesterday. And instead of putting old 1 to landfill. I...

10 May, 2014
Scotkat

Rampant Clematis

10 years ago we planted a Clematis in the back corner of our garden. The intention...

9 May, 2014
Alanb

Gardener mart Skidby Village

Tonight I have been sorting out plants to sell on Saturday 10th May at the village...

8 May, 2014
Seaburngirl

The Cercis or Judas tree as it is also known

You wouldn't believe how excited I was to see buds and then flowers appear on...

8 May, 2014
Amy

Around my garden with my camera Part1

Its so nice to stroll around the garden and capture whats in bloom or about to bloom. Everything...

8 May, 2014
Scotkat

Paeonia Suffruticosa The Rock (seedling)

Yesterday we were forecast rain and high winds all day today and that's what we have So...

8 May, 2014
Bjs

Gardening progress!

First hello to all my (hopefully still!) gardening friends as I haven't been on the...

8 May, 2014
Honeysuckle..