Dianebulley's Blog archive

A cautionary tale.

As some GoYs will be aware I wanted a Tree Fern to give some height in my Container...

Anyone can do it !

Today I brought home 7 large brown cardboard boxes. These are ready if we get a freeze-up...

A new local group.

I only discovered Container Gardening in July. Decided to start a local Group for...

Nerines.

There are several species of Nerine in flower and for sale from June onwards. Read...

How to avoid Lumbago !

Learn to dig the (W)right way. From the Wright Encyclopaedia of Gardening by Walter...

Cauliflower problems.

Woops, Sorry ! I should have written I am digging in the horse manure with soot,...

Growing Cauliflowers successfully.

There was a plea for help about this, which seems to have disappeared. The secret...

Just thought I would mention.

About soot. There are lots of window cleaning firms all over the country. Some...

Just thought I would mention

Following Ruth Goodman's advice ('Victorian Farm' programmes) I spread old soot...

Small ponds.

New gardeners installing small ponds need to guard against Algae forming. Horrible...

Learning from comments in Goy.

Weary of the allotment drought, I copied ideas from Goy and am starting a Container...