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Gardening blogs from Nov 2007 | Page 70
Eucalyptus
Posted on 30 Nov, 2007 5 comments
I am sitting in my garden room listening to the wind howling round this monster of a tree. It is over 70' tall with three trunks that I can't...
Old Wives' Tales?
Posted on 30 Nov, 2007 11 comments
I have just replied to a blog by Marksbegonias, in which I admitted to peeing into my compost bin to add acidic matter )organic, of course)....
A Garden from (almost) scatch
Posted on 30 Nov, 2007 6 comments
As I told you in my intro. we inherited a Leylandi hedge when we moved into our house about 5 years ago. Now if there is one plant I cannot...
Making compost!
Posted on 30 Nov, 2007 2 comments
I have been reading through the comments that were left to my previous two blogs. I think i've found a small space behind one of the greenhouses...
Raised Veggie Plot continued saga.....
Posted on 30 Nov, 2007 3 comments
Finally did a bit in the garden this week, hooray. I cleared the rest of the garden cuttings/weeding pile into recycling bags, in fact it has...
Just for fun.........
Posted on 28 Nov, 2007 5 comments
I stumbled across this today & thought it might amuse someone, I've just wasted half an hour on it!!Go to this site:
http://www.happychristmas.com/bloomin.php
compost?
Posted on 27 Nov, 2007 6 comments
In relation to my recent blog with reference to compost. My council take away garden rubbish and cardboard in a new wheelie bin, but (at the...
compost rubbish!
Posted on 25 Nov, 2007 9 comments
Now that the council have started to collect the wheelie bin every other week they have put in place a second wheelie bin for garden waste and...
Grow Your Own
Posted on 25 Nov, 2007 5 comments
I missed Grow Your Own when it came to the cinema earlier this year but I watched it this weekend on DVD. The wife and I thoroughly enjoyed it.
The...
Bumbling Around.
Posted on 24 Nov, 2007 1 comment
Today Nov 24th I went to our local independent supermarket, they had winter pansies and cyclamen for sale outside.A very enterprising large...
Don't Believe Everything You Read
Posted on 23 Nov, 2007 4 comments
The autumn issue of the Hllier Gardening Club magazine arrived last month but I only got round to reading it the other day. One article featured...
GOODBYE TO A DEAR OLD FRIEND BUDDY THE DOG
Posted on 23 Nov, 2007 9 comments
(bottom right hand corner) Mmmmmm this looks a bit scrummy! i wonder if anyone will notice if i just have a little nibble on this corner !Ahh...
water logged garden
Posted on 22 Nov, 2007 6 comments
hi my garden at the moment is water logged at the end of the garden as it slopes down and collects water, so i have a paddling pool durning the...
Preparing for 2008
Posted on 22 Nov, 2007 8 comments
I know I have been very quiet lately, but have had to give in to my better half's demands and do some interior decorating! But-now that it's...
A busy day at Standen
Posted on 22 Nov, 2007 1 comment
Phew! Quite a good workout today at Standen. We planted lots of bare-root native hedgerow plants including hawthorn, viburnum and spindle. Hope...
Caterpillar damage
Posted on 22 Nov, 2007 3 comments
Thanks to Spritzhenry answering my question a while, I found that caterpillars have been munching on my spring cabbage!
I started daily examinations...
Once upon a time, in my garden... by Reg
Posted on 22 Nov, 2007 5 comments
A little story from Reg's Fairy Garden site.
http://www.reg-fairygarden.co.uk/
Once upon a time ……. a good way to start a story….
… I...
Tidy Garden
Posted on 21 Nov, 2007 9 comments
After the recent advice recieved from some of you i decided to clear all of the leaves from my flower beds and compost them. my garden is quite...
The Case of the Disappearing Apples
Posted on 20 Nov, 2007 9 comments
Well there's been a glut of apples everywhere this year. First we had a hot April that encouraged all the pollinating insects out when the apple...
Andrea's gardening
Posted on 20 Nov, 2007 15 comments
Hi, I'm new to this site and also new to the 'blog'. This will be my first time...........
Well, I see I have had 4 people say how much they...
Raised vegetable Plot
Posted on 19 Nov, 2007 2 comments
Well not logged in in a while, gosh some people have been busy it seems. It seems to have got very rainy down here in Southampton, and thus...
Temptation
Posted on 18 Nov, 2007 1 comment
I saw an article in a Gardening Magazine last week about a shrub new to me, that flowers in the winter. It's called a 'Correa' and there are...
Rainy Sunday
Posted on 18 Nov, 2007 1 comment
It's a cold rainy Sunday, so decided to have a lazy day. I am following Spritzhenry's lead and trying to put together a garden journal. I have...
Lovely day - with thermals!
Posted on 15 Nov, 2007 3 comments
Well, it was a beautiful sunny morning, but a hard frost overnight. Glad I'd saved (nearly) all my tender plants! I went out with my camera...
The last of the maintenance
Posted on 15 Nov, 2007 0 comments
Hello all,
Our network providers are carrying out what we have been told is the last of their maintenance work between 7 and 10 am GMT this Friday....
Its Cold !
Posted on 15 Nov, 2007 3 comments
Boy oh Boy !!!, its cold here , even my bubblewrapped Greenhouse hasn't manage to escape the cold , poor wee plants , im quite annoyed with...
well i never
Posted on 13 Nov, 2007 2 comments
after much soul searching (and begging to the holder of the purse strings) thought it would be a good idea to get a rotovater and a small trailer...
Autumn clean up.
Posted on 11 Nov, 2007 3 comments
Hi everyone, I have spent my morning clearing up the fallen leaves in my garden, I have tried to keep up to it over the past few weeks clearing...
Thanks to members
Posted on 10 Nov, 2007 25 comments
Just a little thank you to all members who have kindly participated in the rabbit hole naming. We've collected loads of fantastic names for...
Your Stories
Posted on 8 Nov, 2007 9 comments
It's great to see how much 'Grows On You' has developed over time and the site is still growing everyday!
As a starter gardener myself I have...
Grows on You fans
Posted on 8 Nov, 2007 11 comments
Hi all,
Facebook announced a new feature called Pages yesterday so I had a look. The long and short of it... Grows on You now has a page on...
Is my plant POISONOUS ?
Posted on 7 Nov, 2007 2 comments
Useful site to chech if a plant is poisonous to animals, people.here is the link.
http://www.cbif.gc.ca/pls/pp/ppack.list?p_sci=comm&p_type=all&p_x=px
Maintenance Friday Nov 9
Posted on 7 Nov, 2007 2 comments
Hi Everyone,
We've heard that our server provider is going to be fiddling around again this Friday (9th November) between 0600-1000 GMT. Unfortuantely...
Reg's Garden in Jersey UK
Posted on 7 Nov, 2007 0 comments
An easy way to get around my garden. Please take a look at these pictures which I hope that you will enjoy. Reg
http://www.reg-garden.com/garden_pictures.htm
does anyone know if I can get viable seed off these ?
Posted on 6 Nov, 2007 1 comment
Hello, i've grown from seed this year Leonotis 'Staircase' from T&M after seeing them in the borders at Kew last year. For those who dont...
a bit about me
Posted on 6 Nov, 2007 3 comments
Hi all
I'm a mum of 2 (age 7 and 1) and live in Wales.
I had an allotment for a couple of years, but aquired a garden when we moved here last...
Raised Vegetable Plot
Posted on 5 Nov, 2007 1 comment
Having been inspired by the on line square foot garden on this site I am trying to do something similiar. So far got the wood and stakes from...
Can anyone identify this plant?
Posted on 5 Nov, 2007 5 comments
Hi, I saw a plant like this growing wild in Minorca last year, and collected a couple of seed pods on impulse. These were sown in pots in a...
Plants on wheels
Posted on 4 Nov, 2007 2 comments
It's that time of year when I'm moving (and removing) shrubs and tough plants to improve the garden. This weekend, I have dug out two established...
shady side of the garden
Posted on 3 Nov, 2007 6 comments
on my back garden i have a shady side.Which I am very fed up with. i can grow foxgloves,periwinkle,snapdragon,snowdrops,nemophila,astratia(slug...
Rabbit hole names
Posted on 3 Nov, 2007 38 comments
Hi folks, we have a request to make-a rather strange one but one which is bound to cause quite a few chuckles along the way-please everyone join...
Common names
Posted on 3 Nov, 2007 0 comments
Hello all,
We have introduced common name lookup for when you add your photos and plants. You can now start typing in either the botanical name...
Growing plants from cuttings.
Posted on 2 Nov, 2007 1 comment
This year, I decided to have a go at taking cuttings from various plants in my garden. I had tried Penstemons last year both in water and in...
Website downtime
Posted on 1 Nov, 2007 0 comments
Hi everyone, we're really sorry if you've had problems using the website this morning, this is the same problem we had with our hosting service...