Gardening blog archive

Off to Morrisons in the snow.

The car is completely snowed in so Barry and I decided to walk to Morrisons for supplies....

28 Feb, 2018
Linda235

Brave little souls

Like a lot of the country we had snow yesterday and again today. The garden looks...

28 Feb, 2018
Seaburngirl

BRING ON THE STORMS ...

My front garden, photographed before the recent snows ... ... flowers and blossom,...

28 Feb, 2018
Terratoonie

Cold End of February Garden

Well The Beast From The East is looming, the snow hasn’t really reached us yet! ...

27 Feb, 2018
Dawnsaunt

February in my garden.

I am still busy sewing and quilting as at this time of the year the garden is quietly...

24 Feb, 2018
Seaburngirl

Cape Point Nature Reserve, Nov 2017.

Another day, another outing, to Cape Point. We stopped en route at Bolder Beach,...

24 Feb, 2018
Siris

I wonder why?

First wonder why is "Why haven't I been on here for so long"? I have been dipping...

23 Feb, 2018
Honeysuckle..

The news from Africa is wonderful.

Gardening on a massive scale. A 'green wall' to improve the land. Just at the lower...

20 Feb, 2018
Dianebulley

Woodland Plants For Shade

I’ve been studying spring flowering woodland plants to suit my woodland and I’ve...

20 Feb, 2018
Dawnsaunt

New Project....Back Garden

When we moved here in October 2013 there was a decking at the back patio doors. In...

20 Feb, 2018
Cottagekaren

KIRSTENBOSCH Gardens, Cape Town, South Africa

KIRSTENBOSCH lies at the bottom of the slopes of Table Mountain on the back side...

19 Feb, 2018
Siris

Dare I say it? Three fine days in a row!

Today, the temperature reached 13 degrees and the sun was trying to shine! What a...

18 Feb, 2018
Wildrose

I Love Starting The Day Like This....

Many gardens this time of year are like mine, drab and seemingly dead. Over night...

18 Feb, 2018
Loosestrife2

A Sunny Day at Wisley

Spring at last.

18 Feb, 2018
Feverfew

New plants came today.

It's been so busy here since Christmas I've hardly had time to pop in here and haven't...

15 Feb, 2018
Homebird

Table Mountain

To get to the top of Table Mountain, there is a Cable Car or it is possible to hike/scramble...

15 Feb, 2018
Siris

Evergreen Euonymus Collection - For My Records

Euonymus-the Evergreen types-E. fortunei, E. japonicus etc. They are pretty dull...

14 Feb, 2018
Cottagekaren

Cape Town, between Sea and Sky.

Continuation of our holiday to S. Africa, this time from the start...... Why did...

13 Feb, 2018
Siris

Snowdrops and other signs of Spring

On Sunday morning we visited Mitchmere Farm to see the Snowdrops and other early...

13 Feb, 2018
Shirley_tulip

I drove by a local Mall.

To give you an idea of what looks like what here in the SF bay area. A few photo's.

12 Feb, 2018
Stan510

Wildflower seeds from my granddaughter

Wildflower seeds from my granddaughter, Kirsty. She was given some packets of these...

12 Feb, 2018
Balcony

Neighbourly Vandalism

Last year in Early Autumn my nbr told me he was getting a tree surgeon in to feather...

12 Feb, 2018
Bramhallbill

Our vacation in warm..is over.

The three weeks- give or take- of warm suntan weather has returned to the 17C (62f)...

11 Feb, 2018
Stan510

A small update on our winter, so far.

Funny things, winters. Thankfully they follow a set rhythm, but all the variations...

11 Feb, 2018
Lori

Keeping tabs on what is in the garden.

When I first started my garden I did not own a computer. Instead any handy piece...

11 Feb, 2018
Scotsgran

All in a day's work

Summertime gets us out of bed early as it's best to work in the garden in the morning...

9 Feb, 2018
Marguerite

One man's Rubble is another man's ROCK GARDEN

Through the pages of many excellent alpine and/or rock garden club publications,...

9 Feb, 2018
Bowl_you

An Avocado Grove and some other plants.

I saw this little grove- like down the street and up the hill. They also have Citrus...

8 Feb, 2018
Stan510

my paint box

In the cold weather I often turn to my paints usually as some form of project,last...

8 Feb, 2018
Bjs

Bee Orchid - ophrys apifera

I was just looking at my photos, when I came across this one I took late last May...

7 Feb, 2018
Janey

☆☆We made it twice.. ?!! Yellow book too☆☆

Last August we were approached by Amateur Gardening magazine, they wanted to do a...

6 Feb, 2018
Dottydaisy2

Sweden in the snow.

We are back from our adventures to Ebbarp in Sweden. The first day we did some work...

6 Feb, 2018
Linda235

Snail and mice proof covers for my seed trays.

I am a great believer in recycling where possible. I use plastic trays in which the...

4 Feb, 2018
Scotsgran

February already !

The time is flying but it's nice to see the days lengthening a bit, even if it's...

4 Feb, 2018
Hywel

Well - I have had really good service.

We often talk about our experiences of online plant sales. Usually not too complementary....

3 Feb, 2018
Seaburngirl

Moving nightmare Part 3

Dear all , I could write a book about our last year's moving saga but I'm sure nobody...

2 Feb, 2018
Amy

Strawberry Griddle Cakes.

8 ozs Self Raising Flour. Half a teaspoon Bicarbonate Soda. 3 ozs Soaked Dried Strawberries...

2 Feb, 2018
Dianebulley

Scottish Gardeners

Hey everyone! Did you all know about this new publication? I have been moaning on...

1 Feb, 2018
Cottagekaren