Gardening blog archive

Super Blue Blood Moon

It's worth a look at the moon tonight, just coming up and it's huge!!!

31 Jan, 2018
Dawnsaunt

Amaryllis Planting and Care

I may have done a similar blog to this one over the years but as many people get...

31 Jan, 2018
Balcony

In Bloom

I bought this Amaryllis in our local market for £1.00 not expecting it to flower...

31 Jan, 2018
Marjories

What is your favourite view or landscape?

At this rather dreary time of year when we have had more than our share of greyness...

30 Jan, 2018
Wildrose

New house...new garden!!

Hi all. I have not been on this site for some time now. I originally was called cosmosjane....

29 Jan, 2018
Harryvin

Roses in January!

Roses in January! A week ago I first saw this rose flowering but I didn't take a...

28 Jan, 2018
Balcony

Anemone Nemorosa

I would really like to have swathes of wood anemone growing under my trees and over...

28 Jan, 2018
Dawnsaunt

Been in the garden today. Yippee!

I finally got into the garden today to do proper work. The beds are all showing the...

28 Jan, 2018
Seaburngirl

What's your Winter pond like?

Several posters here have mentioned "grey skies". Quite a few of you have said that...

28 Jan, 2018
Eirlys

Primrose Update !

Hi everyone ! First of all I just want to thank you for all your comments, but just...

26 Jan, 2018
Rose1949

Small visitors

My daughter in California has bird feeders all over, including one in the middle...

25 Jan, 2018
Hank

A regular visitor.

At about 11.30 to 12.00 every day this chap strides in to the garden. He heads straight...

24 Jan, 2018
Seaburngirl

Primroses

I have given up my allotment as my husband cannot help me anymore and I need to be...

24 Jan, 2018
Rose1949

Woodland January Gems

Nice to see a few beauties braving mid winter. Lonesome Crocus Lamium galeobdolon Primula...

23 Jan, 2018
Dawnsaunt

The veg patch.

You may remember that my 'beloved' OH re did the fruit cage so I had a veg cage instead....

21 Jan, 2018
Seaburngirl

It’s that time of year.. (tip off)

Anybody who has a wilko/Wilkinson’s near by. They’re just started restocking spring...

21 Jan, 2018
Dandanspond..

Paradise Gardens

If you're going stir crazy and up to your armpits in snow, you may like to watch...

19 Jan, 2018
Andrewr

January Joy

Here are plants busy in my garden at the moment. At this dark time of the year, they're...

18 Jan, 2018
Janey

Bad weather here in the north.

Well, my niece lives in Moffat in the Borders and had to stay with my sister in Glasgow...

17 Jan, 2018
Linda235

Barbara's Retirement Garden(s)

This is my first go at a gardening blog. I had a nice private message wondering what...

16 Jan, 2018
Barbarak

Chilly days and Dark Skies

....how sad my garden looks. It feels neglected and miserable. Bit like me really,...

16 Jan, 2018
New_at_this

Joys of January.

Yes, I agree, there aren't many are there? Today has been the exception to the rule....

14 Jan, 2018
Wildrose

Happy New Year to all my GOY friends !

May not have been on here recently , but have not forgotten any of you ! I have...

13 Jan, 2018
Rose1949

Joy in the conservatory.

I have several plants that live all year round in the conservatory. But my favourites...

13 Jan, 2018
Seaburngirl

Winter Horses

I found some photos of horses as I was looking through my computer, that we pass...

10 Jan, 2018
Hywel

My favourite plants in 2017

My favourite flowers are usually the ones I can see at the time. Trying to cut the...

8 Jan, 2018
Scotsgran

9 of my favourites of 2017..

Don't mind saying it did take some sorting as there really are so many ..First and...

7 Jan, 2018
Lincslass

Orchids

I love orchids,does anybody have a favourite species that they could recommend with...

6 Jan, 2018
Marjories

Trees 5

Last Tree Blog. I will need to re-visit this later in the year as some of the photos...

6 Jan, 2018
Dawnsaunt

Trees 4

Here are a few more of my trees :-) Acer davidii George Forrest (snake bark maple) Betula...

6 Jan, 2018
Dawnsaunt

Trees 3

So here is part 3 of my Trees Popular candicans Aurora Cornus Rutgan Stellar Pink Cornus...

6 Jan, 2018
Dawnsaunt

My last year's favourite plants.

It might be more of a question of ' What have I got decent photographs of? ' but...

5 Jan, 2018
Wildrose

**MY TOP 9 !! PLANTS OF 2017**

I thought I had better take part, have discovered just how difficult it was to narrow...

5 Jan, 2018
Dottydaisy2

My choice of 9

It took a while, but I managed to whittle it down to these... The Emperor of Prussian,...

5 Jan, 2018
Waddy

Trees 2

Here is part 2 of my trees, photos taken during the year. Our woodland which we planted...

5 Jan, 2018
Dawnsaunt

My 9 Best Performers/favourites 2017 courtesy of Dotty

1. Alstroemeria Indian Summer shines out in the border 2. Hemerocallis Canadian...

5 Jan, 2018
Daylily

my top 9 of 2017

Like many of you cutting it down to just 9 is really hard. Snowdrops and hellebores...

4 Jan, 2018
Seaburngirl

Here are my favourite plants 2017

Further to Dotty's Blog, here are a few of my 2017 highlights. Have to include Snowdrops...

4 Jan, 2018
Dawnsaunt

Favourite 2017 flowers :)

After Dotty daisy's suggestion, I have been looking through my 2017 photos, and came...

4 Jan, 2018
Hywel

**SO WHAT ARE YOURS THEN**

ON Instagram people have been posting their most popular photographs the ones that...

3 Jan, 2018
Dottydaisy2

Poinsettias in abundance!

On a recent visit to the Canary Isles I was astonished to see poinsettias all over...

2 Jan, 2018
Wildrose

My Happy New Year blog.

Today's pics. This could be the mildest or at least one of the mildest winters ever....

1 Jan, 2018
Stan510

Christmas Gone!

Just before we all forget about Christmas and take all the decorations down for another...

1 Jan, 2018
Honeysuckle..

Happy New Year Everyone and Best Wishes for 2018 from All in the Lincs Abode xx.

Its a wet and dull start for the year so I'm making plans, can you remember me getting...

1 Jan, 2018
Lincslass