Happy Birthday to me! One year on GOY.
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It’s been a year this Feburary that I joined Grows on You.
A lot has happened in that year I could go on about credit crunch and new presidents but I wont. I will though mention that in a year I have managed to breed frogs in my one year old wildlife pond (not that I really had anything to do with it), I made an arch from some cut Hazel (I cant bring myself to pay for one), I laid a new path down through my tree ferns. Re-designed my front garden, as it was really boring. Oh baby robins as well.
I had some success with my seeds, lots of dahlias, fox gloves and sweetpeas plus several I dont know there names. Potatoes grown in old compost sacks worked a treat.
Failures with Plums, and tomatoes grown outside. I still have not got around to replaceing two fence pannels. I had Rats in the garden this year and we had sewage flood the early part of the year as well. (Southern water have sorted this now). Lily beetles put up a good fight but lost.
I had my first Earth Star appear which was a complete surprise. Box topiary was in order after purchasing a couple of reduced large box shrubs. Sarracenias looked good all year and are still happy outside. Sempervivum also looked good in drift wood (larger bits would look better).
Not a bad year for my garden.
This year I am after more colour, there is plenty planted and getting ready to burst open full of energy vigour and colour.
I am halfway through my RHS level 2 course and I got voted in as the new chairman for our local Garden Club.
Finally like everyone else I have made some great new friends on here as well as learning lots of new things as well. Here are some pics of all the above.
Happy Birthday to me.
10 Feb, 2009
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Lovely photos and memories, Trees. All that in one year! How's the course going? I am on lesson 8 of mine - not the RHS one, though. It takes a lot of time - do you find that too?
10 Feb, 2009
You have put a lot of work into your garden in 3yrs and it shows,I love a garden that makes you want to explore and yours gives that impression, fantastic photo,s ......
10 Feb, 2009
Lovely blog and lovely photographs. You've packed a lot into a year. Happy birthday to you!
10 Feb, 2009
Spritz,
Course is going really well. I am surprised how much I am remembering. I have completed lesson 5 so I am now ready to sit the exam, but I didnt register in time as I didnt think that I would be at this stage so early. So I have to book by the end of April I believe to sit the exam in June.
Lesson 6 to start now, but we are off to New York in a weeks time so I am having a break until I get back. Soils can wait.
How is your course going? I never did ask who your tutor was?
10 Feb, 2009
I wanted to show a years worth and the projects I have carried out. Problem came trying to find the right pics to add.
So you got lily beetles, baby robins, paths, rats, my youngest Harry, lots of flowers from either seed or bulbs, a head of hair, an Earth Star, a mirror and my Fairy door plus an insight into my little garden.
10 Feb, 2009
What a lot in a year...like the pic of baby robin. Congrats on pond..mine one year old this year..waiting to see what happens ! What happened to the rats ?
10 Feb, 2009
Lovely photos and best wishes with the course.
10 Feb, 2009
Lovely blog and photos T&T. Happy birthday!!! Do you know the name of your striped rose please/?? Your course sounds great. Good luck with it. :o)
11 Feb, 2009
Good job I looked back. You've added more photos. I hope to grow potatoes in tubs this year. I had no success last year at all.
11 Feb, 2009
Wow! so much in such a short time Trees&Things well done u .Love all the Pics i remember some from when they were 1st loaded on to GOY :) Hope u have a Happy 1st Year Birthday & Many more to come on GOY :) x
11 Feb, 2009
Love your blog.... happy first birthday...... your garden looks great and you have some lovely photos.....
11 Feb, 2009
Many Happies, Trees & Thngs. I have thoroughly enjoyed your garden and posts here on GoY and look forward to many more in your second year here.
11 Feb, 2009
congrats , happy anniv. beautiful photos on your blog
11 Feb, 2009
Gilli the striped rose is called 'Monet' the red and white Dahlia is called 'Fir and Ice'.
Bonkersbon I have not seen the rats since the summer hopefully they have moved on (fingers crossed). We did stop putting food down for the birds on the floor though.
11 Feb, 2009
That probably did the trick T&T !
11 Feb, 2009
Happy Birthday T&T. When's the party? ;-)
11 Feb, 2009
Party now theres something I should have planned.
11 Feb, 2009
Happy First Birthday T&T!!! Actually, I've just realised, it's my GoY birthday too! I must have joined about the same time as you - thanks for sharing your journey, you have achieved so much, and so have I when I think about it! Here's to us and GoY and another Year in the Garden! :-)
13 Feb, 2009
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Congratulations. Great photos too. I hope the course is going well.
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