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Plants Trees and Bonsai
Posted on 31 Jul, 2008 13 comments
I could add a few other interests but those are the background of my life. I am now 83 years old and semi-retired, but a grower of Bonsai can...
Unsure of names
Posted on 31 Jul, 2008 10 comments
Spritzhenry soon commented that i should beware of T&M. After i read that comment i did recall some comments from other GOY members refering...
Rain is spoiling my flowers!
Posted on 31 Jul, 2008 11 comments
Thinking about Mikec's nice blog and all the comments, I thought I would go out and look at the garden. Unfortunately it started to rain heavily...
Sunflowers, butterflies and ponies -another day in the New Forest
Posted on 31 Jul, 2008 0 comments
Have spent the day in the New Forest again, particularly the woodland areas. Have attached some pictures of what we saw.
edit coment
Posted on 31 Jul, 2008 4 comments
why dose it always say edit coment wen i write a coment. it dosent say that on anybody else,s. must be doing sumit wrong guys.
Weeds.
Posted on 31 Jul, 2008 4 comments
Weeds.Weeds can be a real pest and some of them dangerous to people and cattle. They become an Australian noxious weed when they take off due...
flood
Posted on 31 Jul, 2008 9 comments
across the road from us ther is a flood in front of the houses & my grass seed is flooting.
Taking Photos.....
Posted on 31 Jul, 2008 12 comments
When I joined GOY back In Feb this Year i used a 3Pix Vivitar Camera which had no Zoom/Crop Feature,My Phil got me it 4 My Birthday 2yr ago :)...
*Summer is Here!*
Posted on 31 Jul, 2008 3 comments
Its been a busy season so far, and with all the rain we have received the flowers are wonderful this year.
The landscaping in the front has...
Hydrangea - never bloomed in 8 years
Posted on 31 Jul, 2008 2 comments
I have big gorgeous hydrangea plants which never bloomed until this year. They are the blue / pink variety and I don't usually cut them back....
Sinus Valley
Posted on 30 Jul, 2008 2 comments
It has begun! Sinus season in Sinus Valley. The headache started Monday, the congestion by Monday night, ear ache, face pain, sore throat, then...
Offending Colours!!
Posted on 30 Jul, 2008 14 comments
Last year, I removed 12 barrow loads of Symphytum (Comfrey) from the wide border opposite our Garden Room. It looked awful and was spreading...
funny
Posted on 30 Jul, 2008 29 comments
just a funny true story i thought i would share with you all.few yrs ago when the kids were little, i tried my hand at growing veg, just cabbage...
The lambsies
Posted on 30 Jul, 2008 11 comments
There are more sheep than people in this country and one day I was confronted with a whole flock of them. You probably all know by now we had...
When life hands you lemons you make lemonade
Posted on 30 Jul, 2008 7 comments
Well ok mabey not lemonade so much as lemon cordial. lol
Today I spent the day working on part of the yard I want to convert for a special project...
New Forest
Posted on 29 Jul, 2008 14 comments
Visiting the New Forest today. Hope the rain holds off!
Storm ( 2 ).
Posted on 29 Jul, 2008 9 comments
The build up season ( building up to the wet monsoon ) is always hot and humid and we hear the same weather forcast for the following day: Late...
Mike C's Blog ( 14 ) Thinking out loud...
Posted on 29 Jul, 2008 26 comments
Earlier this evening while going through new photos here on GOY I got to thinking that looking at the photos has become one of my favorite things...
The unhappy oak
Posted on 28 Jul, 2008 1 comment
If some of you have followed my questions, you will know that I'm having problems with an oak with white mould. Over the last week I've been...
Our Disappearing Flora.
Posted on 28 Jul, 2008 24 comments
I don't think of my garden as being only that bit of ground within the boundaries of my property. I always think of the surrounding countryside...
Winter.
Posted on 28 Jul, 2008 2 comments
Winter.
Early in the morning,I am still yawning:it looks all greyoutside. But heyI see some sunlightoh, so bright.Rubbing my eyesI see the skiesare...
Response
Posted on 27 Jul, 2008 1 comment
Thank you to everyone who responded to by blog and photo's I will post more later. I do love the garden , I am not an expert, and do not have...
Yellow Book gardens - they're all different
Posted on 27 Jul, 2008 5 comments
I have visited three Yellow Book gardens in the last week.
The first was a “plantsman’s informal garden” which sounded exciting to a plantaholic...
brassica clubroot
Posted on 27 Jul, 2008 0 comments
i have grown cabbage cauli and all brassica for a number of years now with very good results but my soil is very acid so i get the inevitable...
Storm!
Posted on 27 Jul, 2008 8 comments
Storm can be different in different places. When I read Raquel's blog on "sheets of rain" I could relate to that immediately. I miss those real...
Stolen Moments
Posted on 27 Jul, 2008 2 comments
To the washing line I walk in hastemy footsteps chased by time I cannot wasteThe grass is dressed in crystalline whitea token of winters caress...
Last Sunday in July
Posted on 27 Jul, 2008 4 comments
We haven't had much rain so the garden is getting very dry and the ground like concrete as we have clay soil. Although it is improving with time...
Hibiscus Blooms at last
Posted on 27 Jul, 2008 4 comments
I have been waiting for the day! Loaded with blooms and here they are in the morning sunshine. I must get more and plant everywhere.
new garden
Posted on 26 Jul, 2008 9 comments
am trying to get a new garden established at the bottom of my main garden(peice of reclaimed land that was overgrown with brambles at least 4...
Aspirations, Actuality, Accidents and the odd Achievement
Posted on 26 Jul, 2008 6 comments
Don't get me wrong-I love gardening but it doesn't always quite go to plan. So here are some of my mistakes.
Firstly, grasses are lovely and...
THANKYOU.
Posted on 26 Jul, 2008 3 comments
Thankyou for all your kind thoughts, i'm starting to feel alot better, my son it will just take time, & time is a great healer. It was such...
hiya every1
Posted on 26 Jul, 2008 4 comments
ive been ssooo busy this week,its been sunshining so ive been in the garden and me and my fella thought we would decorate the kitchen-as well...
Does anyone have a smaller one?
Posted on 26 Jul, 2008 1 comment
I don't know the type, this is a fallout seed from my garden bird feeder.
Sam, the firefly.
Posted on 26 Jul, 2008 8 comments
The first time I ever heard of fire flies was when I read: Seuss's Sam and the firefly to my children. I was facinated and so were the children....
Apple Court
Posted on 26 Jul, 2008 2 comments
Off to visit Apple Court Gardens in Hampshire, on the outskirts of the New Forest.
RHS - Tatton Park Flower Show 2008.
Posted on 25 Jul, 2008 6 comments
Over the entrance / exit. Someone looking busy on a display garden! Plant man looking a bit worn out (with an old fashioned plough in the background)....
Collecting Seeds ....
Posted on 25 Jul, 2008 5 comments
Iv been busy last few days looking2 c which of my garden plants are going2seed? i want 2 collect as many as i can 4 next yrs Sowing/Planting...
A cardinal!
Posted on 25 Jul, 2008 5 comments
I got up very early this morning to take out the trash (had to walk aaalllll the way down two flights of stairs and go to the far end of the...
Improving soil fertility, and moisture holding.
Posted on 25 Jul, 2008 3 comments
Compost is great to get moisture holding humus and nutrients in the soil,topdress and the worms will dig it in for you.We can't get enough sometimes....
Sheets of rain
Posted on 24 Jul, 2008 6 comments
I've been sitting at my desk, watching the sheets of rain come down from Dolly, the hurricane turned tropical storm turned tropical depression...=)...
Poem this time
Posted on 24 Jul, 2008 2 comments
A rose bud by my early walk
A rose bud by my early walk, Adown a corn -inclosed bawk...
Phygelius Aequalis
Posted on 24 Jul, 2008 2 comments
Found this site whilst searching for the name of this lovely shrub, no one could help me with it, not even my local garden centre. Its been in...
My Garden Gate
Posted on 24 Jul, 2008 5 comments
My garden blooms with roses rareAnd trees where nestlings mateIn early spring when soft winds sighAround my garden gate.
A rustic seat is hidden...
Off to Hove
Posted on 24 Jul, 2008 5 comments
Off to Hove this evening to stay with friends. Will miss our garden!
Good weather for most...then there's Irish!
Posted on 24 Jul, 2008 8 comments
All this good summer weather news until poor Irish...Irish...Irish...How is your garden fairing through all this continuous rain your having....O.K.?...
Here comes the sun!
Posted on 24 Jul, 2008 12 comments
After weeks and weeks of cloud and even rain in the last two days ( 1.5 inch ) the sun decided it was enough. When I opened my eyes this morning...
Summer is here!
Posted on 24 Jul, 2008 10 comments
Well, I cannot complain, it is going to be another hot day today. I am loving it, will not be doing any gardening till about six, when it has...
Possum Magic
Posted on 24 Jul, 2008 3 comments
Since we have moved here we have had almost every night without fail had some horrendous clamoring about on our roof-usually starts at about...
Just enough time for two
Posted on 23 Jul, 2008 3 comments
Very busy day at work, home late and just enough time to practice with the new camera before it got too dark. Only two pics tonight. Hopefully...