Shirley_tulip's Blog archive

New arrival today.

Remember the bird's nest seen in our Grapevine a few weeks ago ... We have been...

I heard it through the Grapevine.

For a couple of weeks now, through our lounge patio doors, we have seen a female...

Pittosporum pruned today

This Pittosporum tenuifolium had grown too tall for my liking, neighbour had his...

Anyone remember GOY member Mossy?

I recorded BBC Gardener's World last night, just viewed it this afternoon and saw...

Bugs ... good and bad

I was in the garden earlier, before the very welcome rain started falling, and was...

A riverside walk

with some surprises! Yesterday we drove to Littlehampton, about 3 miles from us,...

Such a treat!

Yesterday morning we set off on a twenty minute drive to one of our favourite garden...

This could be the last time ...

that this pretty Ceanothus will look as gorgeous as this. It was planted in May 2013...

Palm Sunday ... please take a walk with me.

Early this morning, whilst writing my diary entry for yesterday, not much different...

Frustrating times ...

With the restrictions now in place to try to prevent further spread of the COVID-19...

This was tough ...

Some of you may recall seeing the two blue pots by our front door, amazingly they...

Farewell to February

It has certainly not been much of a month for gardeners, too wet, too windy and too...