Gardening blog archive

The last day of August [1]

It has been a funny month weather wise and today was no exception. The forecast was...

31 Aug, 2017
Seaburngirl

During the nice weather...

During the nice weather over the Bank Holiday, I took the time to tidy up a bit and...

31 Aug, 2017
Waddy

Best Bougainvillea season in years I think.

August and September are big bloom months. Plus some others like Amaranth.

30 Aug, 2017
Stan510

Changes sometimes have to happen..

Been having a busy time of late, the big shed at the bottom of our garden needed...

30 Aug, 2017
Lincslass

Yunnan - Land of the Southern Cloud (9)

All good things come to an end, and we had reached the last day of our trip. The...

30 Aug, 2017
Andrewr

Bambi and Thumper

Posting this for all the animal lovers. A friend sent these to us.

30 Aug, 2017
Wells

Winter already.

I'm starting to think it's winter already. I have lots of flowers on my Clematis...

29 Aug, 2017
Thorneyside

Yunnan - Land of the Southern Cloud (8)

Today we were driving into the mountains and into snow. We were back in rhododendron...

27 Aug, 2017
Andrewr

A few favourites on a sunny Bank Holiday

What's a Pulsatilla doing in flower at the end of August? Many of the following...

27 Aug, 2017
Sheilabub

Finished garden

It has taken me around 9 months to tranform my garden. Now I just potter and tweak....

25 Aug, 2017
Hillsidegirl

Fancy bells & succulents

Just had to share my pics of Cl Broughton Bride. It's just in it's 2nd year &...

25 Aug, 2017
Green_finger

Yunnan - Land of the Southern Cloud (7)

On this day, we set out from Zhongdian to drive round Napha Hai Lake Traditional...

23 Aug, 2017
Andrewr

Morning Glory (Ipomoea)

The Morning Glory (Ipomoea) plants on the balcony are flowering really well this...

23 Aug, 2017
Balcony

Another day in the garden

Today has been a very hot humid day. After a visit to B &Q to choose some more...

23 Aug, 2017
Marjories

Southport Flower Show

We were lucky enough to visit the country's largest independent flower show again...

23 Aug, 2017
Waddy

Three Welsh pics

Our son came down from Lancashire to see us last week so we make the most of a fine...

22 Aug, 2017
Steragram

A walk round the park

This was last week and I'm tired so I'll let the photos speak for themselves-hope...

22 Aug, 2017
Pamelaanne

***Some succulents around the garden***

We have been collecting succulents for a very long time, some we keep,and are now...

21 Aug, 2017
Dottydaisy2

Yunnan - Land of the Southern Cloud (6)

After a picnic lunch, we started looking at plants in an alpine meadow full of native...

20 Aug, 2017
Andrewr

Back from hols in Greece

Thought I'd share a few photos of the lovely plants/flowers around whilst on holiday,...

20 Aug, 2017
Daylily

We're moving home . . .

As some of you already know, we sold our house back in March, found a smaller one-eventually-in...

19 Aug, 2017
Sheilabub

Aristotle Was Fond Of Eating This........

Do you know what you are looking at? Hint- It flags trees not blogs Here are...

19 Aug, 2017
Loosestrife2

New and old

I was excited today to see the first flower on the fucshia that I bought on the bargain...

17 Aug, 2017
Pamelaanne

Yunnan - Land of the Southern Cloud (5)

After an overnight stay in a very comfortable hotel, we had another full day of driving....

16 Aug, 2017
Andrewr

Cherry picking and causing alarm

I decided to tackle the overgrown conifer and the unwanted young sycamore outside...

16 Aug, 2017
Pamelaanne

Pond update

The pond is settling well and the plants growing away well. The inline UV light is...

16 Aug, 2017
Seaburngirl

Roses....

.... at least, I think that's what they're called, the little bit with holes at the...

15 Aug, 2017
Pamelaanne

Our Fuchsias

We don't have that many Fuchsias any longer but we do have a few in containers in...

15 Aug, 2017
Eirlys

A glut of courgette/zucchini

I don't have a veg plot and I sort of suscribe to the potager garden style. Because...

15 Aug, 2017
Gaia_greenf..

Our visit to Fairhaven woodland and water garden.

This was the first garden we visited while holidaying in Norfolk. It's in South Walsham...

15 Aug, 2017
Homebird

August odds and ends..

Sunflowers I planted as seeds in June,now blooming. Tomatoes and Figs,I grew freshly...

14 Aug, 2017
Stan510

Canalhopper's Garden

This blog will just be some random jottings and pictures of our garden, and a way...

14 Aug, 2017
Canalhopper

The joys of living in the countryside!

Looking out the window the air is a delicate shade of brown and it 'snowing' small...

14 Aug, 2017
Honeysuckle..

Local Fuchsia Show

These are some photos of plants at a small local Fuchsia show in Windsor that I went...

14 Aug, 2017
Thorneyside

A Look at the Garden and New Helper Harriet...

Honestly !!! What happened to that heatwave some bright spark predicted, I do not...

13 Aug, 2017
Lincslass

Yunnan - Land of the Southern Cloud (4)

The previous day had ended with rain, and the weather did not improve over the next...

13 Aug, 2017
Andrewr

Hello, everyone!

I think, like many of you no doubt, I need a gardening blog to be able to share with...

13 Aug, 2017
Gaia_greenf..

pampas grass move

After I’d had the idea of planting potatoes in sacks [see previous blog], I had another...

12 Aug, 2017
Franl155

My pathetic veg patch

This is my veg patch, at least I got it started this year after having flu 5 times...

12 Aug, 2017
Pamelaanne

Begonia Double Stars & others

Back in the springtime this year I wondered whether to do the baskets or not, well,...

12 Aug, 2017
Green_finger

It's all about the roses...

It's been a long week at work but I do love my Friday nights. Feels like a special...

11 Aug, 2017
New_at_this

My garden is under attack :-(

I think my garden is under attack by voles. Nearly a month ago we had our new fence...

10 Aug, 2017
Jenlewis

Help

Hello I have tried to post this question on the question page-for some reason I have...

9 Aug, 2017
Janelloyd

spuds in sacks

I’ve never properly planted potatoes, though once I did stick a sprouty spud into...

9 Aug, 2017
Franl155

*Forest 2017*

Every year for the last six I've been sure that I've finally got a part of the woods...

9 Aug, 2017
Lori

Yunnan - Land of the Southern Cloud (3)

We had two nights at another homestay, perched on the side of the valley We had...

9 Aug, 2017
Andrewr

Overwintering 2016-17

My previous blog “greenhouse blues” describes how I overwintered plants for 2014-15...

8 Aug, 2017
Franl155

Can you guess where we have been?

To the garden of my dreams.....come and have a look around with me.... It's...

8 Aug, 2017
Homebird

Best gardening purchase ever......

Hello All I was thinking the other day about how you get tons of use out of certain...

8 Aug, 2017
Hollyduff

greenhouse blues

My main problem with plastic-covered greenhouses is that eventually the frame spreads:...

7 Aug, 2017
Franl155