Gardening blog archive

Wishing you all a very Happy Healthy New Year...

And I hope you all have a Happy Gardening year ahead,and lots of flowers,like this...

31 Dec, 2017
Bloomer

A five year warm up!

Some five years ago, I stumbled upon a place that was just sitting there ready for...

31 Dec, 2017
Persephonex..

Trees 1

So here are a few photos of my trees, such a dull day so more pictures to follow...

30 Dec, 2017
Dawnsaunt

Clematis cirrhosa Wisley Cream ... Happy New Year.

Wisley bells sway to and fro ... ... chiming music high and low Maestros of...

29 Dec, 2017
Terratoonie

A nice surprise..

This morning we had planned to go and look at acers, however a burst pipe on our...

29 Dec, 2017
Dandanspond..

End of Year Woodland

Like the garden, the woodland is pretty dormant but the sun came out today so I took...

28 Dec, 2017
Dawnsaunt

End of Year Garden

Not a lot going on in the garden as 2017 draws to a close, still very cold and icy...

28 Dec, 2017
Dawnsaunt

Today in My Garden

The weather in Eastern Scotland has been really sunny since the start of November....

28 Dec, 2017
Cottagekaren

My woods

If you have bromeliads, you find that they have a flower and then set pups, which...

25 Dec, 2017
Wylieinthea..

2017 deadlines..."I love the sound they make as they go whooshing past!"

Here we are within a week of 2018 and looking back seems like deja vu... 2016 and...

24 Dec, 2017
Lori

My! How You've Grown!

Last year I really took a fancy to growing some of the slightly tender succulents...

24 Dec, 2017
Cottagekaren

Gardening Books...

Now that 'Gardening Grief' has set in, I wondered if anyone can recommend a really...

24 Dec, 2017
Cottagekaren

Cats and mice..

Since adding the smallest new planting area filled with about 500 bulbs. We’ve had...

21 Dec, 2017
Dandanspond..

Do you check the detail on your fuel bills ?

Does your 2016 fuel bills state a sum of money that your fuel supplier owes you ?...

21 Dec, 2017
Dianebulley

Moving Nightmare Part two

You may be wondering if we have moved ,unfortunately not …. I don’t think anyone...

20 Dec, 2017
Amy

Merry Christmas.

Hope you all have a great Christmas and New Year. Looking forward to a new gardening...

17 Dec, 2017
Linda235

Snowdrop for BJS

Its still in flower ..... Hopefully the £1.00 coin will give it a size to work from

17 Dec, 2017
Gnarly_gnome

Sparkling Snowflakes and Stunning Sunsets.

Last week, the snows arrived ... ... my dogs were surprised to see white everywhere...

17 Dec, 2017
Terratoonie

In very mild sunny weather..planting seeds and cuttings in pots

Its just so not winter like- another day of 19C temps and it might go up 2 more...with...

16 Dec, 2017
Stan510

We had our fair share!

Well the snow was forecast and it came all day Sunday. Usual disruption has followed...

12 Dec, 2017
Dawnsaunt

Mid-December flowers

I saw on the news it is a little chilly in the UK. Today it was only in the low 60's...

11 Dec, 2017
Wylieinthea..

Not too bleak Mid-Winter

We hardly ever get snow here....we are far north, but we are sheltered by all the...

11 Dec, 2017
Cottagekaren

Foggy Bottom, Bressingham Gardens

I have been meaning to write this blog since I put the last one on in September about...

10 Dec, 2017
Honeysuckle..

Come in to the warmth

Happy Christmas everybody. I have not been a very good correspondent this year as...

10 Dec, 2017
Scotsgran

Last of the flowering Succulents

In this third and final blog on flowering succulents, the first three are native...

10 Dec, 2017
Hywel

December blooms.

I went around and took pics of blooms around the yards. Mild winter...just so different...

9 Dec, 2017
Stan510

Birds, birds and more birds - and rats!

With Autumn finally gone, all the trees bare of leaves and the job of raking them...

9 Dec, 2017
Honeysuckle..

Shropshire- 6 inches of snow!

We’ve had 6 inches of snow within 24 hours! Absolutely magical. The school were I...

9 Dec, 2017
Amsterdam

First snow of 2017

So went and filled the bird feeders and thought I would take photo and make it my...

9 Dec, 2017
Kidsgran

Happy Christmas Everyone

I firmly believe Christmas is off our agenda this year , what a nightmare this moving...

8 Dec, 2017
Amy

Bernàrd the Christmas tree..

Following on from my recent question post asking about how to care for and planting...

4 Dec, 2017
Dandanspond..

RHS Rosemoor, illuminated for Christmas.

We went to Rosemoor one evening last week to see its transformation into fairyland! It...

2 Dec, 2017
Wildrose

The winter of my discontent.

We have now reached the period of danger. DEC- January and I can say usually mid...

2 Dec, 2017
Stan510

**Monty has a new website!!**

I follow him on Instagram, this week he announced that he now has his own website....

2 Dec, 2017
Dottydaisy2