Gardening blog archive

How do I get that food?

A pair of Wood pigeons were chasing off the Blackbirds, which were chasing off the...

28 Feb, 2017
Siris

Who needs chocolate? ME!

As we draw closer to Easter I love to see the spring colours in the garden. They...

28 Feb, 2017
Wildrose

Monkey puzzle tree

I have A monkey puzzle tree that stands at least 100 feet tall And it sits in...

28 Feb, 2017
Debbadoo

A good year for hellebores

Judging by the displays at the RHS Garden at Wisley yesterday, I think this is a...

27 Feb, 2017
Andrewr

Doris had a go but I sorted it....

Hope you didn't suffer too much in the wind, she had a go around here but thankfully...

26 Feb, 2017
Lincslass

Spring has begun...

My other half and myself have just returned from a little UK break, to find spring...

26 Feb, 2017
Waddy

Went for a walk at the local greenbelt park across the street.

We took advantage of the break in bad weather. Everything there is soaking wet. The...

25 Feb, 2017
Stan510

Hellebores and new greenhouse! :-)

Sorry I haven't been around for a while its been pretty hectic here!, but things...

23 Feb, 2017
Simbad

Storm Doris Damage

Sooo windy today and we have damage to trees and one uprooted. Keep safe everyone.

23 Feb, 2017
Dawnsaunt

Butterflies in the Glasshouse and Alpines at RHS Wisley

Making use of our RHS membership, we managed to shoehorn in a visit to Wisley on...

22 Feb, 2017
Paulspatch

Doris is coming!! batten down the hatches everyone!

Wherever you are, take care, Doris Day (as she is now being called) is on her way...

22 Feb, 2017
Dottydaisy2

Hodsock Priory

We went on our annual visit to Hodsock Priory the week before last to see the snowdrops....

21 Feb, 2017
Homebird

Church Cottage - another year for an open garden !

Last year I intended to keep a 'blog-diary' of opening my garden for the NGS ......

21 Feb, 2017
Suee

The garden in February 2017

The snowdrops seem to have shot out of the ground and burst into flower all of a...

21 Feb, 2017
Homebird

More February Highlights

Had a wander around the garden again today and so good to see colour here and there. Hellebore...

21 Feb, 2017
Dawnsaunt

A February Catch Up

Just a few pictures and comments-the garden is beginning to grow again with splashes...

21 Feb, 2017
Janelloyd

No snowdrops this year

Because of the ground disturbance and the digging up and replanting for the new shed...

21 Feb, 2017
Arbuthnot

I have to replant all my Alpine plants and do it properly this time !

Had a feeling I was wrong. Researched ' How to plant up a Crevice Garden' on Google. Seems...

21 Feb, 2017
Dianebulley

Nidd Hall and Ripley Castle.

We booked a short break on the spur of the moment, for a 3 nights break last Friday...

21 Feb, 2017
Homebird

February Highlights

Hi All. Winter is such a drab time of year isn't it but thankfully Spring is around...

19 Feb, 2017
Dawnsaunt

In February.

'The freshening air is golden with February sun. The winter days are over, Oh, has...

19 Feb, 2017
Wildrose

Finally got some 'proper' gardening done

Since retiring in September I have been trying to do renovation jobs on most of the...

18 Feb, 2017
Seaburngirl

Today in the sun..

Its been 11degrees c today. We've lightly mown the lawn, planted new plants, weeded...

18 Feb, 2017
Dandanspond..

Cement planters two years on

Two years ago I experimented with making cement pots useing cloth .. As ever I saw...

18 Feb, 2017
Sandra

Nearly Spring

Four days of warmth and the garden has transformed things in the garden look a bit...

17 Feb, 2017
Bjs

Keen to get back!

Hello everyone! You may not remember me from a few years ago-I suddenly found a passion...

16 Feb, 2017
Mizzle

Out of HIBERNATION !

The weather has been chilly, dark and dreary Truffle decided to hibernate ... The...

13 Feb, 2017
Terratoonie

Seed time at SRGC

For the last six months SRGC members have collected, donated, packed and distributed...

13 Feb, 2017
Scotsgran

South Africa - Western Cape (7)

This is the last blog covering my trip to South Africa last September. On the penultimate...

12 Feb, 2017
Andrewr

The Life of a Monarch Butterfly

Let's take a moment to consider the fascinating life of the Monarch Butterfly. It...

11 Feb, 2017
Bathgate

Bit of help with smaller shrubs

A friend of mine has recently moved house with a fair bit of garden in the last...

11 Feb, 2017
Bjs

Why did Klahanie delete her account?

Does anybody know? Health?..

11 Feb, 2017
Stan510

Started off as a nice day.. ooops now it's snowing..

The day started off nice and sunny ish and now it's gone cold and snowy.. ten minutes...

10 Feb, 2017
Dandanspond..

Cannot arrive too early!

Have been flicking through last year's photos showing those,long,warm ,sunny days.when...

9 Feb, 2017
Meadowland

South Africa - Western Cape (6)

Just behind the town of Hermanus is the Fernkloof Nature Reserve. According to its...

8 Feb, 2017
Andrewr

**WHICH LONG FLOWERING PLANT HAS EARNED ITS KEEP IN YOUR GARDEN THIS WINTER**?

Being as it was actually dry and sunny this morning, I went out with my camera looking...

7 Feb, 2017
Dottydaisy2

The veg cage update

As the weather is so duff I thought I'd do a veg cage update. Last summer hubby converted...

7 Feb, 2017
Seaburngirl

More Moraeas

There is a wide variety and habit among the Moraeas. I have been concentrating on...

7 Feb, 2017
Wylieinthea..

The pond in early February

The pond is almost 20 years old now and there are goldfish in here that were a couple...

6 Feb, 2017
Seaburngirl

Another cold wet Day

So did a bit more repotting in the glass house,thought a few of you might like to...

6 Feb, 2017
Bjs

South Africa - Western Cape (5)

Our next visit was to Flower Valley. This is a project where local people are shown...

5 Feb, 2017
Andrewr

Life after vine weavil infestation....

I wrote a blog about finding a severe infestation of vine weavil in my planters last...

5 Feb, 2017
Homebird

The power of observation then curiosity.

A few weeks back I pruned a Berberis and noticed the prickly leaves and bright yellow...

4 Feb, 2017
Seaburngirl

Angels fishing

Just thought you might like this photo Dierama Pulcherrimum seeded

2 Feb, 2017
Steragram

2017 is all white and wet

So much rain and more to come but still some flowers are doing there best I could...

2 Feb, 2017
Bjs

Moraea tripetala

In 2012, the powers that are out there decided that M. tripetala needed to be revised...

2 Feb, 2017
Wylieinthea..

Gardening Blog

Hi Everyone, I am glad that you liked the look of my garden. Unfortunately,...

2 Feb, 2017
Captainpaul

South Africa - Western Cape (4)

As we were staying overnight on a small reserve with some animals, we had an hour's...

1 Feb, 2017
Andrewr