Franl155's Blog archive

new library

I have a walk-in cupboard 150 cm square that has the electricity meter (typical:...

Green trees not green

Finally got around to taking pics of the trees in the green that's beyond our row...

Smug alert

Please excuse any excess self-congratulation! I’m used to beating myself up for...

Spring cleaning

As I’d had to move most of the plants and the tables they were on to get at the fence...

International Compst Awarenessg Week

I just found out about this from a Shoot! update: Googled and found the home site: http://www.compost.org/English/compost_week.htm Must...

Compost convoy

Decided to test my new flatbed trolley yesterday to fetch home some compost – at...

A plethora of pansies

My pansies suddenly seem to have woken up – maybe the weather’s finally right, or...

Wall of sound (well, fence of sound, really)

This is my third go at putting a screen up between my garden and the one next door...

A (fairly) full day ...

Got up this morning at 7am, by 8.30 I was out in the garden, determined to do something...

Bluebell Walks

I just got an email from the Woodland Trust: they have a "discover bluebell walks"...

Star-gazing photo-op

Venus and Jupiter are due to make their "closest appraoch" on the 14th-hope for clear...

plants' "sleep" gene

BBC news: scientists have just discovered a "body clock" in plants that regulates...