Gardening blogs from Oct 2009
Garden Centres Giving Wrong Advice.
With a couple of shrubs on my list i went to my nearest garden centre today.
It's...
Posted on 31 Oct, 2009 |
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What Good Witches REALLY do at Samhain!!!
Well.....first of all, they get up at 4.30 in the morning to post their Hallowe'en...
Posted on 31 Oct, 2009 |
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Hydroponic Hyacinth Update
As promised, a very quick update on the progress of the blue hyacinths grown in water......
I...
Posted on 31 Oct, 2009 |
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Insects
This morning took a look at my fatsia japonica, and to say its the last day of October,...
Posted on 31 Oct, 2009 |
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Houseplants - for Jacque (and for anyone else, if you're really, really bored..)
Well, here goes, houseplants as follows. Had to wreck the sitting room arrangements...
Posted on 31 Oct, 2009 |
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Autumn gold at Kew
The Gardens have been a blaze of yellow,red and orange this past week and its been...
Posted on 31 Oct, 2009 |
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Shouldn't You Be In Bed?
It’s the end of October and summer feels like a long time ago. But some of the...
Posted on 31 Oct, 2009 |
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Samhain - Hallowe'en - The Festival of the Dead...
In the USA it's known as 'Trick or Treat', when youngsters use scare-tactics to get...
Posted on 31 Oct, 2009 |
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seeds on the tree
no the tree does not flower at all, and no the seeds don't smash, matter of fact...
Posted on 30 Oct, 2009 |
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My £1.25p Cyclamen
Went shopping this eveing & saw this Tiny Cyclamen sitting all by itself :(
It...
Posted on 30 Oct, 2009 |
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Bewar those of you north of Watford Gap - Daddy longlegs are on the move!
The first national spider survey says that british householders recorded 13,265 sightings...
Posted on 30 Oct, 2009 |
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Mucking about!
Guess how I spent my afternoon! The title should give you a clue....
In this rural...
Posted on 30 Oct, 2009 |
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Garden visitors
I thought I would share with you one or two pics of visitors to our garden. First...
Posted on 30 Oct, 2009 |
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Purple flowery things
When we went to Matlock a couple of Sundays ago we called into the local GC.
We didn't...
Posted on 30 Oct, 2009 |
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House plants annonymous For Jacquie
Havent many Houseplants but here they are! Im afraid I dont know the names of most...
Posted on 30 Oct, 2009 |
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new project part 2
today the tree man came to chop down the trees 2 hours later and they are down, he`s...
Posted on 30 Oct, 2009 |
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Growing with the Moon in November
Hi All as it will be November on Sunday thought you might like the info on what to...
Posted on 30 Oct, 2009 |
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A lovely spring day ..for autumn.
Late October and the sun was shining birds singing what a lovely day says Jane ..get...
Posted on 29 Oct, 2009 |
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A few damp days in lovely Devon
Visited my daughter in Devon last week. Lovely county. Gorgeous views. Many interesting...
Posted on 29 Oct, 2009 |
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Autumn at Brodie
Yesterday Mrs MB announced that we were off for a walk, to me as well as the to the...
Posted on 29 Oct, 2009 |
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hi everyone
i'm new here and trying to find out what i'm doing and where i'm doing it.i am wanting...
Posted on 29 Oct, 2009 |
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First Impressions
If you watched the series ‘Open Gardens’ about owners trying to get their gardens...
Posted on 29 Oct, 2009 |
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Ive been so excited!
There was a beautifull glow on my garden early this morning so i got my camera to...
Posted on 29 Oct, 2009 |
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My Autumn Garden.........
Hello all,
Not been about much lately, sorry about that, I have missed you all, but...
Posted on 29 Oct, 2009 |
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Buckets As Plant Containers!!
I starteded 2 repot My Large Container Fuchsias yesterday
as u can see they need...
Posted on 29 Oct, 2009 |
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My First ever blog,here goes.
Just thought I would share these with you,now coming to the end of October and still...
Posted on 29 Oct, 2009 |
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Major "munchies"!
After grilling some chicken quarters on the 'ol BBQ pit tonight, I made a few "bell-pepper...
Posted on 29 Oct, 2009 |
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Rain!
We had some rain this week….about 5 inches or so in less than 2 days. It has left...
Posted on 29 Oct, 2009 |
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Good Do-ers!
What's that? You may well ask! I'm sure you've read the phrase many, many times...
Posted on 28 Oct, 2009 |
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I want a Bonfire On Guy Fawks Nite ???
Going to Strim My Long Grass/Wildflower Area 2morw if weather permits & id like...
Posted on 28 Oct, 2009 |
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new project
hi guys im planning a new project at the back of the garden, im fed up with wasted...
Posted on 28 Oct, 2009 |
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Spending Spree
I`ve had a really good day where my garden is concerned. Yesterday I was talking...
Posted on 28 Oct, 2009 |
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Bracknell In Bloom 2009, 'Your Gardens' Awards.
Hi Everybody, This is my first ever blog. I have been urged to write it by a good...
Posted on 28 Oct, 2009 |
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Another attempt
Thank you Terratoonie for advising me on sending photos with blogs. I shall try...
Posted on 28 Oct, 2009 |
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sunday lunch
my wife usually cooks during the week and i usually do lunch/dinner on a week-end.lamb...
Posted on 27 Oct, 2009 |
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Frisky Erica carnea
Browsing the web just now, came across an article about Erica carnea, winter flowering...
Posted on 27 Oct, 2009 |
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The new veggie garden
I've been promising you all for the last few weeks I would post this blog-finally...
Posted on 27 Oct, 2009 |
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End of summer
Summer has come and gone, Autumn is here with many tasks waiting, even in a garden...
Posted on 27 Oct, 2009 |
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My Top Ten Evergreens...
At this time of year, the evergreens really come into their own. For months they...
Posted on 27 Oct, 2009 |
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Autumn in my garden
Salix Kilmarnock
Marjorie Fair
Burning Bush
Viburnum Buckwoodii
Liquidamber
Cotoneaster...
Posted on 27 Oct, 2009 |
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My greenhouse
If Id known how tough this little project was going to be I probably would not have...
Posted on 27 Oct, 2009 |
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One Year Old Sunflowers !!!!
Back In September/October 2008 i planted some Sunflower Seeds into Pots & kept...
Posted on 27 Oct, 2009 |
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GLADIOLI.........
I bought some mixed Gladioli bulbs in August in a sale.......i thought it was a bit...
Posted on 27 Oct, 2009 |
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Thank you all and I'm hooked!
Gosh this site is so addictive!
Having had the dreaded lurgy that has been going...
Posted on 27 Oct, 2009 |
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WHAT EXACTLY is GoYpedia ?
Peter and Ajay recently created several new categories in GoYpedia and asked me to...
Posted on 26 Oct, 2009 |
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Wildflowers in bloom during our spring downunder.
This is a snapshot of various wildflowers that will be blooming now out in the wild-mainly...
Posted on 26 Oct, 2009 |
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Cornwall
A few more pictures from my trip to Cornwall. The other garden we visited was Trengwainton,...
Posted on 26 Oct, 2009 |
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Cheap and long lasting vine trellis
Last growing season I planted a passion vine because as a child, my mom had one growing...
Posted on 25 Oct, 2009 |
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Autumn followup
They always said the camera never lied well it does now, many will already know this...
Posted on 25 Oct, 2009 |
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Awkward Orchids
One of the most commonly asked questions on GOY is about the care of Orchids-usually...
Posted on 25 Oct, 2009 |
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