Gardening blog archive
Gardening blogs from Jan 2008
Memories ( For My Little Dog Bubbles )
Posted on 31 Jan, 2008 5 comments
hi everyone,
I am really enjoying myself looking at all the lovely photos and just being part of such a friendly site.
Memories, I was bought...
PRUNING 2 – WHEN TO PRUNE?
Posted on 31 Jan, 2008 3 comments
So having said how to prune, the next question of course is when to do it? Shrubs and climbers generally fall into one of two categories.
The...
GoY turns 1
Posted on 31 Jan, 2008 16 comments
Hello all,
Just a quick blog. GoY is 1 today. It was exactly 1 year ago that Peter and I put up the very first and most basic of versions. We...
PRUNING 1 - WHY PRUNE?
Posted on 30 Jan, 2008 5 comments
Ask many gardeners why they prune their shubs (and climbers) and they will tell you it’s because they have got too big. But this is not the...
Goodbye to my gardening companion
Posted on 30 Jan, 2008 14 comments
My first Blog, and sorry its a sad one!This week I have lost my cat to cancer. He was my best friend and would follow me around the garden keeping...
January, lovely!!
Posted on 29 Jan, 2008 9 comments
Well what a gorgeous month this has been, one of the mildest I can remember.There wasn't a day last week the I didn't venture into the garden...
Vegetables in January
Posted on 28 Jan, 2008 2 comments
It's been a while since I blogged about my garden (you haven't missed much) so here's a brief catch up. The herb cuttings I took last year were...
A Wizard Idea
Posted on 28 Jan, 2008 7 comments
Hi all,
Welcome to everyone visiting after reading Garden News and Garden Answers (page 3 in both publications). I am sure you are all here to...
Scottish Snowdrop Festival
Posted on 28 Jan, 2008 5 comments
I have just picked up a brochure on this forthcoming event, organised by Scotland's Gardens Scheme and the National Trust for Scotland. It runs...
butterfly
Posted on 27 Jan, 2008 6 comments
i was very suprised today i sew a tortoiseshell flying around in my back garden it just shows it is very mild weather.
I just CAN'T, even though I should!
Posted on 27 Jan, 2008 4 comments
Well, it was such a lovely weekend, at least here in Somerset, that I've been tidying up in the garden and noticing what is happening out there....
Blogging restored
Posted on 27 Jan, 2008 1 comment
Hello all,
Sorry to all of you who have been trying to create new blog entries. My fault. Should be back and working now.
Happy Blogging.
UK Mole Survey
Posted on 25 Jan, 2008 9 comments
BBC news are running a story on a survey to count the number of mole hills across the UK. The report claims moles can actually help gardeners....
spring ??
Posted on 24 Jan, 2008 4 comments
First daffodils in bloom, 24/01/08.dwarf variety bought at local supermarket, Am I first or do you know different.
Plant timing!
Posted on 24 Jan, 2008 3 comments
I have yet to get the Timing correct for My Begonia plants at the first show of the season. So far i have found that they have not been out on...
Return to the Yellow Brick Road - Part One
Posted on 22 Jan, 2008 17 comments
The Search for "Oz" Plants (1)
January used to be my least favourite month-but no longer. It has passed in a flash amidst a frenzy of googling,...
Found Them !!!!
Posted on 22 Jan, 2008 6 comments
I went looking for a birthday card this morning that I had put away till it was needed and guess what ??? yep ...I found the lost seeds ! isnt...
THINKING AHEAD - SLUGS 'N' SNAILS 'YUCK'
Posted on 21 Jan, 2008 14 comments
i have been thinking recently, this has got to be the mildest and wetest winter i have ever seen! well it is here in Essex. i am thinking that...
Spending too much (again)
Posted on 21 Jan, 2008 10 comments
No photos this time-sorry, but my camera is being 'looked at' at the manufacturers due to its battery going FLAT with no warning almost every...
Whoops
Posted on 21 Jan, 2008 1 comment
Hello all,
GoY was done for 25 minutes at around 15.40 GMT :(
Sorry to all of you in the middle of things.
Happy gardening.
Lost Seeds
Posted on 20 Jan, 2008 8 comments
Does anyone else put things away safely ? Ive put a few packets of seeds away to "be safe " they are so safe even I can't find them !!Im driving...
Whichford Pottery
Posted on 18 Jan, 2008 0 comments
Someone asked me a few weeks ago for the website for Whichford Pottery-at the time I couldn't find it (and now I can't find who asked)
Their...
Great News!
Posted on 18 Jan, 2008 12 comments
Wanted to share this with all our friends from Grows on You! We've had an email today from a freelance picture researcher who wants pictures...
Videos about my garden
Posted on 17 Jan, 2008 5 comments
I have made a video about Twinkle and the little mouse and put poetry to it as I write poems and short childrens stories. I tend to write more...
January 08
Posted on 16 Jan, 2008 4 comments
After all the terrible winds and rain we had yesterday...(15th jan)..it was such a pleasure to see the sun this morning... went for a walk round...
Freecycle.
Posted on 16 Jan, 2008 3 comments
Do you have a local Freecycle website, keep an eye on it. I have seen greenhouses, lawnmowers and other gardening equipment offered free, also...
Moyclare Garden - Liskeard - Cornwall
Posted on 16 Jan, 2008 1 comment
Our garden is a spring garden-and will soon be at its best. We have only recently joined italic growsonyou and take this opportunity to invite...
Garden colour inspiration - New Feature
Posted on 16 Jan, 2008 6 comments
Hello all,
We sort of hinted this was coming when Majeekahead asked for colour search a few days ago... we have just put up a new feature called...
PLANT BUYING EXCUSE EXCHANGE!
Posted on 15 Jan, 2008 16 comments
Recently a few of us have all been having a giggle about the excuses we use to accomidate our plant buying fettish-to avoid as David has so rightly...
My little babies
Posted on 14 Jan, 2008 5 comments
Here is a photo of my little baby Geranuims ! im so proud of them , lol
No Access!
Posted on 13 Jan, 2008 3 comments
One of the garden centres that i use is on a roundabout on the main A5, if there is a lot of traffic i find that i can get into the garden centre-but...
Geraniums
Posted on 12 Jan, 2008 13 comments
As I told you all on the 10th I bought a packet of Geranium seeds and sowed them quickly before I got caught red handed by Hubby , well two of...
Sunny Saturday
Posted on 12 Jan, 2008 2 comments
It's been a lovely sunny day, so I've been out in the garden doing a bit of weeding trying not to hoe off the bulbs that are bursting through...
The new Woodland Walk and your Rabbit Hole Names
Posted on 12 Jan, 2008 8 comments
Hi everyone. No, we haven't gone into hibernation-we're still around. We've been busy developing the new extended woodland walk- it's been...
New Begonias
Posted on 11 Jan, 2008 0 comments
I noted most of the new Double Tuberous Begonias that I have ordered for this year in my last blog, but since then I have also ordered "Jean...
It's that time of year when....
Posted on 10 Jan, 2008 7 comments
.... all the catalogues arrive. It's better than being a kid in a sweet shop!Avon Bulbs were the first off the mark so there will be a small...
Climbing fuchsia, Lady Boothby
Posted on 10 Jan, 2008 6 comments
I have just ordered some climbing fuchsia plants, apparently not to be dispatched until April but I am awaiting their arrival with some excitement!I...
Seeds
Posted on 10 Jan, 2008 4 comments
I shouldnt be let out alone ! I had to go to see the Doctor this morning or believe me I would not have been out ,I was happily waddling through...
Hello Again
Posted on 9 Jan, 2008 3 comments
Its been a long time since I logged on, so I thought I'd say hello to old friends and see who and whats new.Winter time for me is a time to clear...
Wind damage
Posted on 9 Jan, 2008 5 comments
As you probably know Scotland suffered some every strong winds last night , I spent most of the night praying no-one would get hurt , the only...
Preparing for 2008 - Part 3
Posted on 8 Jan, 2008 0 comments
Work progresses well on this year's Oz garden, with the online search for Oz-related plant names producing many surprises. While the major seed...
Grows on You reaches 1000 members
Posted on 7 Jan, 2008 7 comments
While we've been busy adding garden reminders and chatting on the radio Grows on You has been growing all the time.
We've had a little help,...
Garden reminders - New feature
Posted on 7 Jan, 2008 5 comments
In many parts of Europe the three wise men (and not Santa) deliver gifts on the 6th of January. They have brought GoY a present too...
Reminders
You...
Wassailing in deepest Somerset!
Posted on 5 Jan, 2008 6 comments
I know that this is not strictly about gardening, but in spirit it is-because the ancient custom of Wassailing is all about encouraging apple...
Apples and Pears
Posted on 4 Jan, 2008 6 comments
Completed the winter pruning of my top fruit trees this afternoon. I learnt about summer and winter pruning from the late (and much lamented)...
Little Nickers
Posted on 4 Jan, 2008 13 comments
Does anyone know how to discourage 5 squirrels from ganging up on the birds and pinching their seeds in my garden?
Failing that I'll consider...
Hi What a wonderful site.
Posted on 4 Jan, 2008 3 comments
Hi I'm Linda and I garden a great big award winning garden in Belper, Derbyshire attached to a grade II Lodge House. It's full of colour, "rooms"...
In the greenhouse, looking forward to the new season!
Posted on 3 Jan, 2008 2 comments
Moving round the greenhouse, taking most of the compost off, leaving the last bit to be brushed off on the next round of the greenhouse. There...
Grows on You on the radio tomorrow
Posted on 3 Jan, 2008 9 comments
Tomorrow afternoon I'll be on BBC Radio Derby from about 1:15 to 1:30. I'll also be on BBC Radio Cambridgeshire this Sunday at 12.30. To be honest...