Drc726's Blog archive

Gardeners xmas list?

Have just asked a question about one of my xmas wants, which prompted me to ask what...

Garden pests?

Garden pests is now a category on Goypeadia. So what is a pest in your garden? Slugs,...

Topiary a brief history see pics on Goypeadia

Is it a ship is it a plane? No its my trimmed box Goypeadia has a topiary category...

changing ativars

Is anyone else confused by the present fashion for changing Ativars? I recognise...

Bewar those of you north of Watford Gap - Daddy longlegs are on the move!

The first national spider survey says that british householders recorded 13,265 sightings...

The peony is named after Paeon a student

The peony is named after Paeon a student of Asclepius, the Greek god of medicine...

Violets

We were asked about violets recently and this prompted me to look up their history. Violet-Viola...

Logs to burn.

Reading an old book I found this: The firewood a king shall warm his slippers by-the...

Millenium seed bank

On the News today the Millenium seed bank has now stored 10% of the worlds seeds...

Bird table or feeding station?

I got a wooden bird table this spring I hang feeders under it which are popular,...

Language of Flowers from an old gardening book.

'The Floral Code' began in the harems of the Ottoman Empire when speaking between...

Coinage as we knew it!

Several of Britain’s national symbols did not make the transition to decimal coins...