Gardening blog archive
Gardening blogs from Oct 2007
Shrinking plants
Posted on 31 Oct, 2007 0 comments
I must admit i haven't been in the greenhouses for a few days, but yesterday i spent the day in there.I have been through all the plants, taken...
I love my garden
Posted on 30 Oct, 2007 2 comments
I love to gardening and I am still a beginer of gardening and I dont know the name of the plant and cant even say the name but i try and remember...
Gravel...
Posted on 28 Oct, 2007 4 comments
Having just moved house I have inherited a front garden that was gravel covered plastic. Have now removed the plastic and cleared off some of...
'FREAK OF NATURE?'
Posted on 28 Oct, 2007 2 comments
I bought a collection of unusual varigated geraniums from T&M a few years ago, and each year i pot them up into big terricotta pots for...
getting ready for next year
Posted on 27 Oct, 2007 1 comment
I have just spent an hour or two in the garden clearing up I have come to the conclusion that I am a veggie person not plant and flower person,...
Downtime
Posted on 26 Oct, 2007 2 comments
Sorry everyone if you are having trouble accessing Grows on You. The datacenter that hosts our web server has had problems with their core router....
Autumn clearing
Posted on 25 Oct, 2007 1 comment
Am in the process of clearing my garden up a bit before winter hits. Have put in all my spring bulbs this week, god love half term and pulled...
Productive vegetables - your ideas please
Posted on 25 Oct, 2007 1 comment
This year I think my chili plant has been my favourite; I love cooking with chilies but that is not the reason why. I like it because my single...
Overwintering onions and garlic
Posted on 22 Oct, 2007 0 comments
I'm week behind again on developments in my garden but as I spent Saturday at RHS Wisley there's nothing to tell about my garden this weekend...
caterpillers gone
Posted on 20 Oct, 2007 0 comments
Its amazing aweek away come back now caterpiller free thank you jack frost. I wish I could say the same for my slugs
Planning and designing
Posted on 19 Oct, 2007 4 comments
Well, the underplanting is all done and now we've started the tulips. We're trying a new approach this year-carefully colour theming the various...
A Taste of Autumn at RHS Wisley
Posted on 19 Oct, 2007 0 comments
In case anyone else is going I thought I'd let you know that I'm heading to A Taste of Autumn at RHS Wisley tomorrow (Saturday 19th Oct). It...
All Things Bright And Beautiful.
Posted on 19 Oct, 2007 2 comments
Does it make you feel good when you see what beautiful things nature has collected for us? I grow a vast range of unusual indoor plants which...
flowers for borders and cats
Posted on 19 Oct, 2007 4 comments
I am looking after a garden for the first time and I am now faced with filling the borders with plants after putting down a patio etc.
I would...
Introducing myself
Posted on 19 Oct, 2007 7 comments
My garden is in need of some TLC and so joining this site has already given me inspiration for my own garden! As a first time buyer my garden...
Tomato Plants
Posted on 18 Oct, 2007 3 comments
This year I grew a variety of tomato plants called Vanessa. I have been growing these fruits for ever but Vanessa has proved to be the most...
The Story of a new border - continued.
Posted on 16 Oct, 2007 5 comments
Back in September, we started to create a new border in our back garden, and I wrote a blog about it. I thought that I'd update you on our progress....
Flipping foxes!
Posted on 15 Oct, 2007 4 comments
If anyone's got any tips on how to stop foxes digging and pooping in my vegetable patch, I'd appreciate that.
We had cats before and got one...
Facebook testers
Posted on 15 Oct, 2007 3 comments
Hello,
Facebook for gardeners. Whowodathunkit?
Any of you members of Facebook? Want a sneak peak at the Grows on You Facebook application? We...
bean gone
Posted on 14 Oct, 2007 1 comment
I always think when you take up your bean plants, winter is just around the corner. Today all my bean plants went in the compost, but when I...
Harvesting onions and chilies
Posted on 13 Oct, 2007 0 comments
Today was harvest day!
After months of neglect, the onions, chilies and red peppers planted in May are ready. Actually they were ready a few...
Love your garden?
Posted on 12 Oct, 2007 2 comments
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I have also been saving seeds...
Butternut squash
Posted on 12 Oct, 2007 1 comment
If like me you have grown any a helpful tip when peeling put them in the micro wave for 1 minute and the skin comes off easier
no flowers
Posted on 12 Oct, 2007 2 comments
Oh dearI have looked at all of your pretty sites all covered with pics of flowers.There will never be such photos on my site while we have our...
What a summer
Posted on 11 Oct, 2007 5 comments
Well, this hasn't been our best summer in the garden. Last year we grew so many courgettes and tomatoes (and even some marrows, when we left...
RHS Great Autumn Show
Posted on 11 Oct, 2007 2 comments
The RHS Great Autumn Show held at Horticultural Halls, Westminster was titled ‘Harvest Market’ as it followed their ‘Grow Your Own’ campaign...
Garden vegetables for winter
Posted on 9 Oct, 2007 4 comments
I'm afraid this blog is late, as are some of the tasks I've been doing in the garden. Having finished the double digging (removing yet more rubble...
Spring Bulbs
Posted on 9 Oct, 2007 3 comments
While shopping in Lidl I came across these lovely spring bulbs and at 99p a packet I thought they were a real bargain , im so looking forwards...
Seed Collecting - practical
Posted on 9 Oct, 2007 3 comments
Well, the experiment has begun, I headed out (thankfully before the rain!) and went seed collecting! I gathered heads from crocosmia, evening...
At Last
Posted on 9 Oct, 2007 3 comments
I've finished digging and planning the garden, the plants and bulbs are in, now all I have to do is wait until it all matures, I'm hoping in...
Planting for Tulip Time
Posted on 7 Oct, 2007 4 comments
Hi everyone. We're new members-just joined today. Every year we plant thousands of tulips for our NGS open days in spring and today we started...
NOW'S THE TIME TO GRAB A JAPANESE MAPLE BARGIN!
Posted on 7 Oct, 2007 3 comments
Hello everyone,
As a lot of you know by now I love collecting Japanese Maples, and for anyone who is passionate about acers this is the time...
Compost bins
Posted on 5 Oct, 2007 7 comments
I started to put all the junk mail and old newspapers through the 'shredder' and mix it in with the garden rubbish and lawn cuttings. It seems...
compost making
Posted on 5 Oct, 2007 0 comments
has any one any ideas on how to make dalek type compost bins produce nice sweet smelling compost, I know its because of lack of air but has any...
maisymulcher introduces herself
Posted on 4 Oct, 2007 7 comments
hello fellow growers, I am new to computers so you will have to bear with me. But I am an old hand at growing veggies, and now have 5 raised...
Collecting Seeds
Posted on 3 Oct, 2007 1 comment
So the Grows on You seed exchange is up and running and there are some fantastic things available already. I have been scouring all my sources...
Seed Exchange
Posted on 2 Oct, 2007 1 comment
You asked for it... and your wish is our command. I am pleased to say we have just launched seed exchange on Grows on You. So get swapping. Please...
Fish still feeding
Posted on 1 Oct, 2007 0 comments
For those with a pond with fish I have just been told about giving them an orange. Could not believe it when I put the first quarter in the fish...