Gardening blog archive

The evolution of the forest...

from towering canopy to fern gullies...and back again. an ageing stump with fern...

31 Jan, 2019
Lori

New garden.

Hello everyone...here I am again...that bad penny ! Hahaa! This new garden is going...

31 Jan, 2019
Rose1949

Test Flowerbed

The builder asked us to remove any plant that was one meter from each side of the...

30 Jan, 2019
Aleyna

Front garden fun

I love heathers and this one flowers faithfully, every winter, currently brightening...

30 Jan, 2019
Terratoonie

Snow in North Herts!

Tried to take a picture from indoors . . . not very successfully . . . one of these...

30 Jan, 2019
Sheilabub

Ivy, how I came to this site.

So I'm in France for a few days,when I found 3 of my trees had came down with the...

29 Jan, 2019
2manygardens

A cycle ride through the Red Hills a nature reserve

This is my area which will take you through part of the nature reserve called the...

26 Jan, 2019
Thrupennybit

The Hardy plant society AGM

On March 30th the East Yorkshire group of the HPS is hosting the national AGM. I...

26 Jan, 2019
Seaburngirl

Some ferns for Dawn!!

We bought these last year, all doing well.......though they might be useful!!

25 Jan, 2019
Dottydaisy2

First snow for our town

It’s in a valley surrounded by what we call mountains but are hills I suppose being...

24 Jan, 2019
Kidsgran

Light Bulb Moment - Let's Build A Stumpery

I've been looking into adding ferns to the woodland and then I thought about creating...

24 Jan, 2019
Dawnsaunt

Browsing through GOY Members Photos

Just browsing through Spritzhenry's photo pages and have decided I need lots more...

23 Jan, 2019
Daylily

well the forecasters were spot on!

The local forecaster said we'd get some snow by 7pm today on the top of the Yorkshire...

22 Jan, 2019
Seaburngirl

Snow

We woke up this morning to snow all around us. It has been very cold here today so...

22 Jan, 2019
Linda235

Ferraria & Moraea

It is the time when the Ferraria and Moraeas start flowering. Last year, the star...

22 Jan, 2019
Wylieinthea..

Busy in the greenhouse and other stuff.

It was a bitterly cold weekend here but I did spend time in the greenhouse. There...

22 Jan, 2019
Seaburngirl

Winter darkness

My house plants are withering. Red light lamp does not have good enough impact. Guava...

21 Jan, 2019
Mikap

Catching up

Today, like some other members, I had a strange email advising me of various unread...

19 Jan, 2019
Ginellie

Jan 2019 - Garden Update

Hello fellow GOY'ers. It's been a while, but as i had an email through today advising...

19 Jan, 2019
Tony1247

My new pergola..easy peasy..!!

In the summer T bought the wood to build a new pergola to replace the rotting metal...

19 Jan, 2019
Homebird

Bracknell prairie - the plan

My front garden faces due south and gets all the sun going. It was all grassed over...

18 Jan, 2019
Andrewr

Surprising sights in the garden for January!

This morning I was very surprised to find that something had been digging around...

18 Jan, 2019
Shirley_tulip

Mid-January flowers

Just because it is winter, it doesn't mean that it is all green grass and green trees. Ever...

17 Jan, 2019
Wylieinthea..

Hannah Fields aka Littleover Community Garden

I haven't visited here for a long time (no reason-just life getting in the way!)...

17 Jan, 2019
Twiggy

ooooooooooooooooooooh

oooooooooooh ... Bulbs are peeping through... Springtime is around the corner...

15 Jan, 2019
Terratoonie

First rose 2019

How many people have seen a rose bloom in January

15 Jan, 2019
Thefifeploo..

Christmas gift vouchers

The kind of gifts we all find very welcome .. Our lovely grandchildren gave us gardening...

14 Jan, 2019
Amy2

Utter Disaster!

The yearly monarch butterfly census in California USA is nearing completion and so...

11 Jan, 2019
Loosestrife2

Irises From the Garden

The purple Irises glistened in the morning stillness with three tongues that lick...

11 Jan, 2019
Bathgate

Ferns

A couple of years ago I posted a woodland photo and Karen commented saying ferns...

8 Jan, 2019
Dawnsaunt

An invation outside

Hubby and I could hear tapping this lunchtime. On looking, one of the female blackbirds...

7 Jan, 2019
Seaburngirl

Loch Lomond.

Even a misty day is wonderful at Loch Lomond.

6 Jan, 2019
Linda235

A beautiful day in early January.

It has been a gloriously sunny and fairly mild day here and I have enjoyed spending...

6 Jan, 2019
Homebird

Happy New Year Everyone !

New computer and new year ! After a really bad year in 2018 with hubby Rick being...

5 Jan, 2019
Rose1949

Hopefully a fitting tribute.

Last year saw the death of two of our great legends of the gardening world..... John...

3 Jan, 2019
Dottydaisy2

Indoor Plants

My amaryllis was so heavy so when we got up this morning it had toppled over it spite...

1 Jan, 2019
Marjories