Hank's Blog archive

Small visitors

My daughter in California has bird feeders all over, including one in the middle...

It has to be yew, wonderful yew !

Unless of course "yew" guys think differently ? ( and can be bothered to reply once...

My awful hedge

I'm trying to show photos of my awful hedge as someone asked. I was hoping to...

Peeling garlic

Presumably all you GOYers know the quick way to peel garlic that I've only just found...

Tomatoes

Carried out a bit of an experiment this year, as usual I grew my plants from seeds...

Water, water - nor any drop !

My tomato situation reminds me of the saying above - I have about 20 plants, some...

Ah- liquid for compost bins- correction

I've just looked on the internet and it appears they do " do it" ( see...

"watering" the compost bin etc.

My daughter in San Diego, California is a " master composter". Yes, they...

The SMELL !

Yesterday I made a slight error of judgement. I'd run out of tomorite, but having...

california

Am still on holiday in San Diego. Went to a lecture on fruit tree pruning yesterday....

Tomatoes (again)

A word of warning for tomato growers-MY bible ( gardening book !) told me that Roma...

The giant sprouts

Not quite sure exactly what a blog is, but the very last word on the sprouts is-they're...