Gardening blog archive

*** A Bit OF FUN**

Thought I would cheer you all up with this......took this photo tonight of the one...

30 Jun, 2016
Dottydaisy2

Blackbird Overload.

Our garden is only small as I have previously mentioned, not enough room for all...

30 Jun, 2016
Siris

**WHY DO WE DO IT..... WELL YOU TELL ME**

Oh dear not another wet morning!! it's getting very tedious now, as I make my way...

30 Jun, 2016
Dottydaisy2

Trimming of the trees

Few trees around here had to be trimmed as they were hazard or too close to our deck...

30 Jun, 2016
Klahanie

A fast visit to a local nursery.

A fast visit. The Dahlia's were beauty's. The dwarf Jacaranda- blue flowers,was my...

29 Jun, 2016
Stan510

Nice Discovery In The Wild Area This Afternoon!

Nothing exciting but I was pleased and surprised. I have a small wild(ish) area...

29 Jun, 2016
Paulspatch

Hannah Hauxwell's wildflower meadow

Yesterday I went to see the old farm of Hannah Hauxwells, the 'Daleswoman' in the...

29 Jun, 2016
Resinone

Its raining

again........ These are the two rogue poppies that appeared in the front garden,...

29 Jun, 2016
Csarina

Update on our new garden

Hello again Well we have made great strides since my last blog and my husband has...

29 Jun, 2016
Ladycarol

Am looking for a Lavender Plant

supplier who accepts cheques and posts plants out as soon as a small order is received...

29 Jun, 2016
Dianebulley

Stormy Day in NY

Well here in NY it is a very stormy day , thunder storms coming in one after the...

28 Jun, 2016
Vjd

Rambling Rector time

Rambler Rector is in full bloom but it looks like snow in Summer on the ground. I...

28 Jun, 2016
Marjories

Sussex Prairie Gardens.......photos

Thanks to Shirley (Tulip's) recommendation, we visited Sussex Prairie Gardens on...

28 Jun, 2016
Paulspatch

Hydrangeas

I've always liked Hydrangeas. In my family home we had large shrubs and as a child...

28 Jun, 2016
Eirlys

New wild flower garden

Some of you may remember last year our old fruit cage was in danger of falling down...

28 Jun, 2016
Amy

AT LAST A FEW ROSES

Everything in my garden is very late his year. My roses have just started blooming,...

28 Jun, 2016
Costas4

Gardening injuries vol. 4

The case of the killer parsnip. It was a warm yet cloudy Saturday afternoon in the...

27 Jun, 2016
Samjp

A Little Job In The Front Garden (and a few pics of what was looking good out there today)

One thing I like about this tiny front garden in this house is that any job I do...

27 Jun, 2016
Paulspatch

Why has everything grown so large?

On one border (east facing) so many normally lowish plants have grown quite massive....

27 Jun, 2016
Arbuthnot

June garden in the sunshine

We're just back from two weeks away (on the Sussex coast with our Aussie family...

26 Jun, 2016
Sheilabub

Thanks to nature and a very kind neighbour.

We have been away on holiday for nearly two weeks and when we got home we were worried...

26 Jun, 2016
Wildrose

Just back from Loch Earn

After a wet week at Loch Earn with my sister and two cousins, the garden had gone...

26 Jun, 2016
Linda235

The open gardens and well dressing we visited today.

It was Elmton Village well dressing today and they arranged to hold Open Gardens...

25 Jun, 2016
Homebird

My garden

Thought I would add some photos of my garden from the start to what it looks like...

25 Jun, 2016
Jan2003

June Prune.....ing.

Lots of work being done by me. I have gotten out the pole pruner and went to work...

24 Jun, 2016
Stan510

WATER,WATER EVERYWHERE

I've never experienced rain like this before it was horrendous a deluge I'm so glad...

24 Jun, 2016
Amy

Our new garden

We moved to the latest home in December and the garden was like a very bad jungle...

23 Jun, 2016
Ladycarol

No gardening Today

The poppies that appeared in the front garden have come out, they are not the single...

23 Jun, 2016
Csarina

Gardeners' World - they're doing it again

Gardeners’ World is currently being disrupted in the TV schedules for the likes of...

23 Jun, 2016
Andrewr

Leopard Slug = Gardeners Friend

Really? You may well ask. This was news to me too that I only recently discovered...

22 Jun, 2016
Green_finger

Kesä parvekkeella Summer on the balcony

Niin se on, mökin myytyämme meidän puutarhaelämämme on kekittynyt parvekkeelle, jossa...

22 Jun, 2016
Mikap

First Sun Then Rain

I started weeding the front garden on Sunday, because of the rain I did not get back...

22 Jun, 2016
Csarina

Only a short blog

I've just been looking at the honeysuckle on the back, north facing fence. It's laden...

22 Jun, 2016
Arbuthnot

No Beetroot harvest

I went down to the allotment yesterday with the idea of pulling out the Beetroot...

22 Jun, 2016
Balcony

Sparrows on the up

We seem to have had a lot more sparrows this week in our front garden. Not the same...

22 Jun, 2016
Bramhallbill

Summer begins

well here it is the second day of summer in the usa, has been pretty good weather...

22 Jun, 2016
Vjd

The Bird Table

This year the birds have made good use of our bird table. Not sure if this is because...

20 Jun, 2016
Eirlys

The Weir Garden

The Weir Garden is a National Trust property near Swainshill, Herefordshire. This...

20 Jun, 2016
Eirlys

Sound Advice.

Last year I had a serious problem with a rhodo. As always I asked for advice on G...

20 Jun, 2016
Tiger1234

Patio Potatoes

I have an extensive patio and this is the first time in 20years that I've got back...

20 Jun, 2016
Sianfiddle

Tropoleum Tri colour

You are I am sure all familiar with this plant which I trained across the roof of...

20 Jun, 2016
Bjs

Up date on one of my small water features

I know lots have seen this in previous years It has worked surprisingly well considering...

20 Jun, 2016
Bjs

Firefly

I saw something last night that i have not seen in years, a firefly, i was sitting...

19 Jun, 2016
Vjd

Today's visitor

We have had a visit from Squirrel Nutkin. The first for a long time. Marjorie

19 Jun, 2016
Marjories

Blog the Bamboo. Phyllostachys aureosulcata spectabilis

The name is a trial by any ones standards and it's size would not suit everyone's...

19 Jun, 2016
Bjs

A day's visit to Nagshead the RSPB Nature Reserve.

Today was one when the weather was not able to make up its mind,so we decided to...

19 Jun, 2016
Meadowland

Weeds again

This morning I have weeded one side of the front garden again. The weeds have gone...

19 Jun, 2016
Csarina

Blood Lily

What's Count Dracula's favourite Lily? A Blood Lily, of course! LOL! Not very funny...

19 Jun, 2016
Balcony

A Trip With Paddy To Priory Park And Walled Gardens,Southend. A Little gem on our doorstep.

A little gem, indeed but this is our first visit since living so close. Our last...

19 Jun, 2016
Paulspatch

LEOPARD SLUGS, GARDENERS FRIEND! Don't chop!

I found one this morning and it duly got the chop. However just now doing a bit of...

19 Jun, 2016
Resinone