corseside feb 10

Good mix of pics. Sandra...
especially the Flower Pot People and the Pebbles :o)

thanks TT. i'm going to make a huge flowerpot man one day....i have so many old pots....

There will still be plenty of room for a huge Flower Pot Man on GoYpedia Flower Pot People. Lol. :o)

Loved the walk around. I would love to have the room for a poly tunnel.

we are very lucky to have it Trees. it will all be bursting at the seems in the next few weeks....did u suffer much damage in the snow?

lovely pics sandra and all the plants look very healthy, done well over winter, what are all the bottles in last pic plez :o))

You have a wonderful cactus collection.
I'm glad you didn't get many casualties.

Looks so interesting Sandra...much nurturing I see...wonderful.

lots of lovely plants sandra , i was wandering the same as sanbaz is that a bottle wall ? :o)

Your cactus look wonderful Sandra, and I can`t wait to see your giant flowerpot man! :o)

thank you..;-)

it is a bottle wall ..we have several. the blue ones are ty nant water......we so enjoyed building them...

it looks good sandra :o)

Boredom. I suffured bordem with the snow. Plants are all ok. Tree ferns should put an apperance in shortly, but on the whole not to bad. Still have not got around to getting heat in the greenhouse, so like your poly tunnel, fleece and bubble wrap.

All though the best thing about the snow was I saw people and even talked to a few as they couldnt go anywhere in there cars.

Thats a lot to look after Sandra and you certainly tend well for them, thanks for taking us round, its seems to be bursting at the seams now,good luck with them.......

You have your work cut out there sandra. Love the succulents; glad not much damage.

smashing pics Sandra...I love you cacti and Aeonium collection, and I'm pleased there was no damage during this awful winter.I'm sure the worst is over now and we can look forward to spring.

Trees..the snow does make us talk to the niegbours more...

thanks everybody for the lovely compliments...the nursery is very busy at the moment as u can imagine.....but it is a pleasure when i get to spend the whole day in my tunnel....

Rbt i hope we are over the worst now....ive started to reduce the amount of layers on the plants at night ...just to harden them off a bit...slowly slowly...;-)

You have so many lovely plants and so healthy too.You are a good mum Lol.
Love your bottle wall too,thanks for sharing it with us....:o))

Everything is looking so healthy, I'm glad your new cacti are thriving under your care. This changeable weather must be making so much extra work for you - covers on, covers off, doors open, doors closed, heat on, heat off - it's neverending. Don't know how you found the time to go round with the camera but glad you did. :-))

thank you Bloomer
camera usualy in my pocket Wagger...lol

everythings looking great sandra.......

I love camera's now..great little items and they fit in your pocket..! YAY!

Must be heaven getting to work out in the air with your plants..Do you sell year round or only in the Spring,Summer & Fall?

So pleased your plants and seeds are doing so well, enjoyed the walk round with you.

Lovely blog, Sandra...Glad, that all your cacti are good, and other plants look very healthy! The tomato seedlings are growing well too. Love that little frog :) He is so cute!
Good luck and happy gardening to you too!

thanks Holly and Clarice..;-)

Cat we are open all year but seel mostle spring and summer...it is heaven working with the plants...just a financialy poor heaven...lol

uma i love the little frog too...i put this copper pipe in a pot for sweet peas to grow up...they never grew..but the froggy loves it...lol

another sunny day here..smells like spring now i've had the mower out....;-)

Hi sandra
You nursery looks great a real treasure trove I love interesting nurseries where people have a passion for plants not just money.
This is what the counrty needs more of.
Your catus collection looks great you obviously love them
Keep up the good work, hope they make it through for you.
we are really busy at the moment
I only have time to go on here because we are at a hotel for 2 nights as we are going to an internet course in wisley tomorrow (dont know why I am on here at 3,30am though I will fall asleep head first on my computor tomorrow about 11.30am lol
then on wednesday I have a committee meeting for the HEA dont know if you know about it but it is a group for people who need helpadvise and contacts when they are doing the shows.
We also are trying to get a higher profile with the public so that they realise that buying form an HEA member(Horticultural Exhibitors Association) means fair price good quality and they can be sure that we know what we are talking about in our field and will only give sound advise. along with many other things.
Then hopefully I can get back to the nursery where I cant work on as yet due to all the frost and cold weather. We ahve so much to do !!!!!
keep in touch say hi to our friends X

I have just had another look love you frog:) and your bottle wall the blue look amazing
you will never get a big bank balance doing this job, your bank manager will hate you ......but you will will have lots of rich rewards and have a weath of lovely people to talk to ....enjoy :))

Vicky i hope u got some sleep in the end....bothPatrick and Sally say hello..;-)

i been sowing and potting loads over the last few days.. we are lucky enough not to have the latest batch of snow...hope u didnt fall asleep on the computer.....enjoy your time back at the nursery...xx ;-)

I have a Gradening club talk to do thid evening
So I have a few finishing touches to do to the talk.
I like to change the pictures around soI keep it fresh.
but maybe tomorrow I can go on the nursery and do some jobs:)

i hate doing talks for clubs...id rather them come to my nursery and have a guided tour...last year i had one group bring a picnic including wine, and we sat in my cactus house afterwards and they fed and watered ME...lol... good luck with your talk Vicky..;-)

Lol Sandra
Sounds lovely I bet they had a lovely time.
I didnt use to like doing the talks either for the first one or two but now I feel really comfortable with, and have really surprised myself.
We do nursery tours and events at the nursery too, which we love doing.
They are usually all very nice people and love anything gardenening.
It went well everyone had a good time and did quite alot of laughing so I think that seemed good :-)
you will like them better once you have done a few more. and your confidence grows:)

im so glad it went well Vicky.....
i just saw the weather and its gonna get very windy on sunday... time to batton down the hatches.....fingers crossed it dosent get to bad...

Sandra..my clivia is getting buds on and going again..
I have moved it into my room where it is warmer and have watered it....should I feed it now too?

not sure Cat...two of mine ended up getting frosted...leaves gone all black...but noticed a bud comming....maybe we should feed them coz of the flowers...

I put a picture of it on Sandra..it is in my pics..guess I will get my Miracle grow out.....Sorry about yours getting frosted....

i was gutted about it..but its ok now i found the flower bud..;-)

i was gutted about it..but its ok now i found the flower bud..;-)

good glad you found it...they must be pretty tough..bet it comes back fine...

Sandra rather late coming to this, have enjoyed looking at your nursery, what a lot of hard work for you all, but, when you love plants you do not think of it as work, pleased all your plants are doing so well, keep the pics coming....when you have any spare time?

thanks DD. i do love taking the pics glad you enjoy them....spare time..whats that..lol

I know what you mean, used to farm with my Father, I remember working on Christmas day!!!

it is hard work but we do enjoy it..but no work on christmas day...

Unfortunately we had livestock that needed feeding, and chickens, was hard work, still I was a lot younger then........