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My balcony during 2019

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My balcony during 2019 I thought you might like to see how our balcony progressed during 2019 as I've hardly written any...

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balcony

17 Oct, 2019
Balcony

Balcony this summer

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Balcony this summer As I've been very busy moderating photos on Flickr I don't think I've written a blog on our balcony during...

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balcony

30 Nov, 2018
Balcony

What a show ...

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What a show ... even if I do say so myself! When, at the beginning of May, I decided to put in the summer bedding (&...

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balcony

26 Jul, 2018
Balcony

Crocuses galore!

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Crocuses galore! Some of you will have seen the photos I uploaded to my Photos Page, others perhaps not. I want to share...

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balcony

13 Mar, 2018
Balcony

'Spot the Difference'!

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'Spot the Difference'! I would like to do a "mini-blog" so I propose a game, like you find in newspapers & magazines...

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balcony

30 Jul, 2017
Balcony

Mini-Daffs & Tulips in pots on the balcony railings

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Mini-Daffs & Tulips in pots on the balcony railings I planted some Mini-Daffs & Tulips in pots on the balcony railings...

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balcony

26 Oct, 2016
Balcony

... on the last day of (September) summer

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... on the last day of (September) summer I imagine you all know the nursery rhyme song about the The Big Ship Sails on The...

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balcony

21 Sep, 2016
Balcony

Today I have continued planting up two year old

Herb plants in 13 inch square plastic tubs using old compost with Gerbil litter, Horticultural Sand, Fish Blood and Bone...

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dianebulley

16 Jan, 2016
Dianebulley

"Bloom Day

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"Bloom day" I have so many plants in flower on the balcony that I would love it to be "Bloom day"! I've got a great many...

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balcony

5 Oct, 2015
Balcony

I am very pleased I moved my Herb plants to the

half baskets on my balcony. This faces south, they dont mind getting dry when bedding plants would keel over. Thanks Joe...

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dianebulley

24 Sep, 2015
Dianebulley

A summer balcony

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A summer balcony As it has been such a L-O-N-G time since I last wrote anything about our balcony it occurred to me that...

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balcony

25 Aug, 2015
Balcony

Spring ending; summer about to start, on the balcony

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I know I haven't written a blog on our balcony in a very long time so perhaps this period of transition between the two seasons...

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balcony

31 May, 2015
Balcony

My Balcony

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It’s been a lovely day; I have been out on my balcony for most of the day. All my neighbours have been out, chatting about...

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mariamasom

4 May, 2015
Mariamasom

Changes afoot – on the balcony! (Part two)

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Changes afoot – on the balcony! (Part two) I promised in my last blog I would show you the changes I was about to make on...

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balcony

25 Nov, 2014
Balcony

Changes afoot - on the balcony! (Part one)

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Changes afoot-on the balcony! (Part one) I promised in my last blog I would show you the changes I was about to make on...

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balcony

19 Oct, 2014
Balcony

Pansies for winter flowering on balcony

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Pansies for winter flowering on balcony My wife & I went to a nearby town, St Ives, Cambs (not the more famous one in...

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balcony

13 Oct, 2014
Balcony

Gardener's Delght?

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Gardener's Delight? This year I have only been growing two varieties of tomatoes on my allotment plot, ‘Sunstream’ &...

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balcony

30 Aug, 2014
Balcony

Spoilt for choice with Tomato 'Marmande'!

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Spoilt for choice with Tomato 'Marmande'! I am rather spoilt for choice with Tomato 'Marmande' as I have 4 different plantings...

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balcony

19 Sep, 2013
Balcony

Fuchsia ‘Lady Boothby’

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The Fuchsia ‘Lady Boothby’ that Tralamander sent me back in January ... ... I took a few cutting & it ... ... was put...

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balcony

3 Jul, 2012
Balcony

Cats in a hot summer morning

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These days we have tropical temperatures. Today it is 35 and tommorrow the forecast is 38 Celsius. No wonder, I see my fur...

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katarina

30 Jun, 2012
Katarina

Amaryllis-once again on the move!

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Amaryllis-once again on the move! My Amaryllis spent the summer on the allotment I share with Gerry. Now we are once again...

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balcony

23 Oct, 2011
Balcony

It’s all change on the balcony!

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It’s all change on the balcony! Time for the seasonal change over! Out with the old & in with the new! Today I got rid...

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balcony

12 Oct, 2011
Balcony

Rangoon Vine Creeper - success!!

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I bought my Rangoon Vine Creeper because I thought I could use it to twine about the balcony's railing, and it would give...

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Raquel

23 Apr, 2011
Raquel

Going Darwinian.

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It was a rather strange winter this year, with much colder spells than what we've seen in recent years. And by cold I mean...

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Raquel

2 Apr, 2011
Raquel

Tulips From Way Back Then

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Tulips From Way Back Then Tulips flowering on my balcony way back in 2003! As others have posted cheery photos in the last...

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balcony

17 Jan, 2011
Balcony

Fuchsias on my balcony 2009

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Fuchsias on my balcony 2009 It might seem a little late to talk about last year's flowers but I would like to make a 2nd...

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balcony

15 Sep, 2010
Balcony

The Dragons have arrived!

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...........................The Dragons have arrived!................................ The Antirrhinums, that is, otherwise...

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balcony

13 Jun, 2010
Balcony

Spring flowers

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Or should I call them "End of winter" flowers? Or what about "Pre-Spring" flowers? We have written blogs on Snowdrops over...

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balcony

7 Mar, 2010
Balcony

Cuenca, Spain, Christmas 2009

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I promised another blog on Cuenca, Spain-this time without the snow (or the sunshine!). We arrived at Cuenca Rail Station...

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balcony

18 Jan, 2010
Balcony

Winter on a balcony

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As I would hate to lose all the Fuchsia plants I bought last year to go in my hanging baskets. From what I can see of the...

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balcony

20 Dec, 2009
Balcony

The Queen's earrings ...

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... or Pendientes de la Reina as they call them in Spain! What am I talking about??? Some flowers that always make me think...

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balcony

16 Dec, 2009
Balcony