November grey days..
The weather here for the last few days has reverted to what we are used to, foggy,...
Baby sitting
For the first time in 10 months Great Uncle Pimpernel was left to look after a delicate...
Where to start?
So, I've asked this as a question, but wanted to blog about it, too.
Where to start?!...
Growing Potatoes
I came on this site because I wanted to grow potatoes and know timescales for planting/harvesting....
fish nabed
My, its November!
Cant believe this year is almost over.
My garden has been put...
Garden Olympics
It will soon be 2012 and, as you may have noticed, there is a little sporting event...
Remember me?!
I didn't think you would :-p
Well, I'm back at long last; I had a very turbulent...
SIX PENSTEMONS ..
Penstemons are some of my garden favourites they put on such a splendid show for...
Exciting!
A newly bred rose is exciting!
Here it is-'Angelface' or 'Engelsgesicht' in German.
I'd...
Tree Envy
As some of you may know I am looking for a tree, just a little one, for a pot....Easy...
Look Out, Look Out*
Look Out, Look Out Jack Frost is about
He's after your Plants and your Roses
So...
A cautionary tale.
As some GoYs will be aware I wanted a Tree Fern to give some height in my Container...
Last of Autumn Blooms
Hi all i just thought i would share the last of my autumn blooms before the frost...
Breakfast
Like many a good Scot, I have porridge for breakfast on cold mornings like today....
11.11.11.11.
1/1/11, 1/11/11/, 11/1/11, 11/11/11. A unique year.
I trace, when I have the time,...
Liquidambar
This is an early November journal about the colours of autumn in the Horniman Museum...
Shrub Pruning
Once again, because of my rules, this post will of course be focussing on activity...
What could it be
I stood beneath a nest box not knowing what to see, the box appeared so empty no...
Golden Autumn
A little visit to Batsford Arboretum earlier this week was glowing in gold but I...
Turn...Turn...Turn
with the seasons the new place is becoming familiar in all it's changes... Autumn...
Storms
Thanks for all the notes on the storms, It proves that although we think we are...
Autumn Leaves Colour
JUst thought I would share a few pictures I took of a few trees on the estate where...
november garden
like lots of others ,my garden is a strange mix of flowering plants this November.
Usually...
At Last! Cotinus!
I'm sure many of you GoYs have by now been made aware that garden centres as we know...
Confusing Azalea's
Have two Azalea's, one which is hardy that flowered in the spring and is now in flower...
A New Guide to Alpines
This new book has just been published by Crowood Press. The writer, Micheal Mitchell,...
Fete de Pommes
Well, here we are in Autumn and around here in the Ariege the equivelant of Harvest...
Fuchsia Inspiration
I've seen some people mention that they would like to grow fuchsias, so here are...