Gardening blog archive

My Allotment

A quick look at the Iris on my allotment. The water butts are on the next persons...

31 May, 2021
Siris

Some more random photos!

I haven't made a very good plan of succession this year ... plenty of plants looking...

28 May, 2021
Sheilabub

Wet Wednesday, but burst of brightness late in the day.

Making my way back from Lincoln via some villages on Wednesday, I stopped off to...

27 May, 2021
Kate123

At My Allotment

I went to the allotment today, to remove the vegimesh over Top Bed 3 (it prevents...

25 May, 2021
Siris

Pigeon Pic

Spotted this pair busily scoffing the fresh ash leaves outside my house They are...

25 May, 2021
Grandad_gar..

The Back Fence

The Cotinus has just come into leaf, growing thro' it is a Cistus, which will need...

24 May, 2021
Siris

Purchased a few plants until the rain starting pouring down!!!

OH and I went to Doncaster this morning, there’s a great motorcycle store there....

23 May, 2021
Kate123

Evening Sun and the greenhouse.

Plants take on different a character depending on the light levels. Over the last...

23 May, 2021
Seaburngirl

Holiday weekend - Victoria Day in Canada

Weather was very pleasant past week. Good enough to sit on the deck to watch bold...

23 May, 2021
Klahanie_

Some May favourites

The sun came out! So I dashed into the garden to take a few quick shots ... my...

23 May, 2021
Sheilabub

Selworthy a pretty village on Exmoor.

We were here last week and in between the showers I was able to take a few photos. It...

22 May, 2021
Wildrose

Following a short shower, I popped out to take a few snaps.

It had been threatening rain all day..then around early afternoon we had a light...

22 May, 2021
Kate123

Bonsai

These are my tree seedlings grown in bonsai pots. Some are quite old, 15 years or...

22 May, 2021
Thorneyside

2021 so far ...

The year started off with Snowdrops and I noticed they are gradually spreading through...

21 May, 2021
Hywel

Like mother like son

My son and five chums have a new veg plot near where he lives in Harrow-on-the-Hill. They...

20 May, 2021
Linda235

The Big Stuff Is Done......

Now is time to do the details and let the garden ride into the rest of the season....

20 May, 2021
Loosestrife2

Taking advantage of the beautiful sunny day

I have started to plant up my hanging baskets today and generally tidying the garden...

19 May, 2021
Marjories

Mid May in the garden.

At last the weather is warming up a bit, it’s better than last month when we had...

19 May, 2021
Homebird

What a difference from last year

One of the things I like about Fb (there's not many😂) is when you get reminders from...

19 May, 2021
Jenlewis

Spring bulbs all but over.

I have had a lovely display of spring bulbs, even if I say so myself. The majority...

17 May, 2021
Seaburngirl

Colour in the garden today

Many plants seem to be really coming into flower these past couple of days, the intermittent...

17 May, 2021
Shirley_tulip

Pesky Pidgeons

A decade ago 2 lovely collard Doves used to court in our garden, a delight to watch....

16 May, 2021
Siris

Trip to plant nursery

My son took me to a couple of plant nurseries on Friday morning where he offered...

15 May, 2021
Balcony

Weather is silly but the gardens are loving it.....

That is my polite way of putting it.....Honestly it went from the sublime to the...

15 May, 2021
Lincslass

Shortest 'cowslip' blog ever!

Went for a walk wiith OH yesterday in the late afternoon to a local nature reserve....

15 May, 2021
Sheilabub

Favourite ferns unfurling..

Took several snaps yesterday and today of some of the ferns in the garden waking...

14 May, 2021
Kate123

Renishaw Hall and Gardens last week.

T and I were pleased to see that Renishaw gardens were open again and we were hoping...

12 May, 2021
Homebird

The great northern garden build BBC 2

Worth a watch. Tonight’s first out of 4 episodes on the massive construction task...

10 May, 2021
Amsterdam

After the rain.

The rain has made such a difference to the feel of the garden, fresher, cleaner and...

10 May, 2021
Seaburngirl

NEW POND is progressing

my son has now got the waterfall up and running and today he came and put a few stumps...

9 May, 2021
Stroller

Unbelievable value!

I popped out to my favourite local GC this morning, hoping to find some Nemesia and...

9 May, 2021
Sheilabub

Tulip Festival: Burnby Hall Gardens

Burnby Hall is near Pocklington E. Yorks and has a national collection of waterlilies...

8 May, 2021
Seaburngirl

Updating my Gou virtual garden.

What a stormy, windy day, but we in the South desperately need the rain, although...

8 May, 2021
Siris

Ornamental grasses, especially for Eve!

I’ve picked up a few new ornamental grasses...for the garden and Eve! She, like other...

7 May, 2021
Kate123

New plants today..

It's T's birthday today and as we haven't been able to go far afield for the past...

7 May, 2021
Homebird

Tea inspired by the garden.

I was moving trays of plants out of the greenhouse this morning as part of the hardening...

7 May, 2021
Seaburngirl

Hail yesterday, sun today ...

Just making the most of a brief period of sunshine to show you my favourite garden...

5 May, 2021
Sheilabub

Reshaping the Lawn/Borders

Hi all just thought I would do a blog about what we are up to in the garden at the...

5 May, 2021
Daylily

Daylilies

The garden has filled with opening daylilies as I approach mid season. One that I...

4 May, 2021
Wylieinthea..

Klahanie-our little world

I made an assembly of my photos to depict a bigger picture of part of our property...

3 May, 2021
Klahanie_

Fox Cubs

We have new neighbours they are living on a piece of wasteland at the bottom of...

3 May, 2021
Amy2

My early Spring Garden !

Hello my goy friends, I am sorry I have not been on here for a while as, firstly...

2 May, 2021
Rose1949

Garden in May

A walk round the estate before the wind and rain.

2 May, 2021
Owdboggy

Springtime snapshot..

Just mooched a little this afternoon and took a couple of snaps around the back garden.. I’ve...

1 May, 2021
Kate123

Trillium Doubts

Several year ago probably 7-10 years, I bought a Trillium luteum but it didn't do...

1 May, 2021
Siris