Franl155's Blog archive

bird-bath (ish!)

Years ago I rescued an old baby bath which had a two-part smaller oval thingy with...

Less is more

Got rid of more than half my plants, so at last I had room to reorganise things. I...

Think I may have deterred the squirrels, at least for now.

They’ve been getting more and more insolent lately; strolling around like they own...

Aquilegia caerulea

Kat very kindly sent me a pack of mixed flowers, which I planted with the Sweet Peas. They've...

Buuterfly identification

Just browsing the BBC pages, and found this: how to identify butterfly species by...

one-tree-forest

I don't know what type of conifer this is, but it seems determined to be a forest...

Spider plants and ivy going spare

Just on the off-chance, anyone want a Spider plant or six? or Ivy? I borke up large...

signs of life in the Sweet Pea trough

I planted the Sweet Pea seeds (and lots of others) just before we had our last snow...

London Tree Week - Woodland Trust

11 to 18 May- http://www.woodlandtrust.org.uk/en/Pages/default.aspx other events...

Tweet of the day

Just come across this on the BBC website: "Discover British birds through their songs...

National Gardening Week

National Gardening Week starts tomorrow, Monday 15th, I've just found out! probably...

conifer rant

I’ve been sorting out the urls I’ve been saving for years; every now and then I move...