Gardening blog archive

And it all came tumbling down!

This morning we decided to remove the two large Box balls, but keep the smaller...

30 Sep, 2019
Dottydaisy2

Sunshine before the further expected heavy rain.☔️☂☔️

These are few plants that are still in flower. Does any body know the name of the...

30 Sep, 2019
Marjories

Oh no - not another Triffid!

‘Old hands’ on GOY may recall a blog I wrote called ‘Triffids in the garden’. Oh...

28 Sep, 2019
Spritzhenry

Swedish cottages with living roofs

This is an interesting group of conserved cottages in a village in Sweden near where...

27 Sep, 2019
Linda235

An unforgettable afternoon

Some time ago I posted a picture of a cherry tree and commented that one of our new...

26 Sep, 2019
Aleyna

Gardening on a steep slope.

Over the weekend, we decided to prune hard one of the long-standing shrubs. Think...

25 Sep, 2019
Kate123

Still a bit of colour

Even though we have have had a lot of rain which has beaten down some of the plants,...

25 Sep, 2019
Honeysuckle..

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24 Sep, 2019
Daveymad

Highlights of September

It's throwing it down of rain today so a perfect time to look back at some September...

24 Sep, 2019
Sunnydais

For Wild Rose ...as promised !

Hello all my goy friends, I am at last putting pictures of the main garden which...

24 Sep, 2019
Rose1949

A wet rainy day

The rain is tippling down and it's not fit to go out. As I haven't been very well...

24 Sep, 2019
Marjories

Autumn Glory

We have this lovely green in the front of our bungalow. The trees are very old but...

23 Sep, 2019
Marjories

Finally got back into the garden after a major indoor catastrophe

around Christmas time last year, the hot water pipe under my kitchen sink sprung...

23 Sep, 2019
Odaatpat

Autumn colours before the rain starts to fall.

The glorious weather that we have had,is about to come to an end in the south west....

21 Sep, 2019
Wildrose

San Francisco bay area end of summer update.

End of summer does not mean end of warm. That happens in the end of November. Well...

21 Sep, 2019
Stan510

Can I start a friendly debate?

The opinion I am about to express might not be the same as yours but please have...

21 Sep, 2019
Wildrose

Too much!

Everybody who kindly reads my blogs will know that my garden is on the wild side...

20 Sep, 2019
Honeysuckle..

Our holiday in the Dordogne area of France.

It must be 15 years since we last visited this beautiful area....we have been really...

18 Sep, 2019
Meadowland

September in Sorrento.

Just arrived back after a lovely week in Sorrento. Unfortunately, not as many photographic...

16 Sep, 2019
Kate123

Bees and Hoverflies

are loving the Sedums in the garden ... Helianthus 'Lemon Queen' is another flower...

14 Sep, 2019
Shirley_tulip

Colour left in my garden

My main borders are a mess so I'm showing only my good bits Rather like this fuchsia,...

14 Sep, 2019
Bornagain

Another project.

I know I haven’t been around for a while(due to ill health) but I have been gardening...

13 Sep, 2019
Spritzhenry

Some pretties flowering on my birthday 12th Sept

Flowering at the moment Been looking out for this one Aster Violetta not done...

13 Sep, 2019
Daylily

2 Amaryllidaceae

After several months of neglect, I have 2 members of the Amaryllidaceae family coming...

12 Sep, 2019
Wylieinthea..

Special visitors..

Glanced down whilst locking the door today and thought the birds had been throwing...

11 Sep, 2019
Lincslass

At it again.....(;ŏ﹏ŏ) We must be crazy...ಠ﹏ಠ

We have spent the last few days removing over 40 plants out of one of our borders,...

10 Sep, 2019
Dottydaisy2

The garden in September.

I haven't spent much time in the garden this year what with one thing or another,...

8 Sep, 2019
Homebird

From one problem to the next

In the five and half years we’ve lived here we seem to lurch from one problem to...

8 Sep, 2019
Arbuthnot

Ebb Tide new last year

This is Ebb tide, bought from the Fragrant Rose company last year. I planted it...

7 Sep, 2019
Bornagain

Best for bees

What is the best flower for bees? That was one of the questions at a talk I attended...

6 Sep, 2019
Andrewr

Early early fall flowers

The fourth Hedychium I have has finally opened. It is H. 'Elizabeth' and is a pink...

6 Sep, 2019
Wylieinthea..

What did well this year and what didn't?

Thought I would have a look round to see what did well in the garden this year, apart...

4 Sep, 2019
Honeysuckle..

Frustration!

I just took the lid off a compost bin and there were both slowworms cuddled up together!...

4 Sep, 2019
Steragram

VISIT TO LOCAL GARDEN CENTRE

Last week I went with my friend Chris to a local family owned garden centre called...

3 Sep, 2019
Bornagain

Frogs demise

Well eventually this year we must have had some frog sporn although I never saw it...

2 Sep, 2019
Driad

climbing petunias and other things

Thought you would like to see my climbing petunias they reach almost 5 feet in...

1 Sep, 2019
Bornagain

Outside the back door

What the attraction of our back door is, who knows? Some of you may have read my...

1 Sep, 2019
Honeysuckle..

My Bugs & Creeping Things

Bugs have flown & crept across my garden this summer. Buckeye Butterflies are...

1 Sep, 2019
Bathgate