Hywel's Blog archive

Passing seasons ...

My garden faces west and gets plenty of summer sunshine, but as the days shorten...

Improvements :)

At the sides of my garage there are two long thin shelters with perspex roofs, where...

Wrong Names :(

I have mislead you all :( Over the years I have posted photos of a Fuchsia called...

A Fantasy of Fuchsias - Hardies ...

There are several hardy Fuchsias growing in my garden. I don't lift them in the winter,...

A Fantasy of Fuchsias - Doubles

Here are some double and semi-double flowered Fuchsias :) 1. Blackie :- 2. Blue...

A Fantasy of Fuchsias ... Singles

My Fuchsias have flowered fairly well this year, in spite of the poor growing conditions,...

Rhipsalis

Not all cacti grow in arid places. Some grow as epiphytes on the branches of trees...

More Little Journeys :)

Back in the summer, Beryl had to go for a hospital appointment, and because it was...

Cotoneaster cornubia

I promised this blog for Steragram earlier on :) About 25 yrs ago, when I lived in...

Little Journeys

With Beryl being so disabled now, she can't walk down the garden at all, and tends...

Mid September

I like the autumn-summer is always too hot or too wet, and I'm glad it's gone. September...

I'm glad I bought this ...

It's called an ash vac, and it's meant to 'hoover' up ash from a dead barbecue fire...