Meanie's Blog archive

Been Away A While

As some of you may have noticed I haven't been around for a while. There is a simple...

My Salvia Collection (Past and Present) part two

Early in my collection Simbad sent me some seeds. The first of them was S.sclarea.............. It...

My Salvia Collection (Past and Present) part one

A few years ago I bought my first Salvia and little did I know it at the time it...

My Best New Plants of 2014 (photo heavy)

I grow mostly from seed so that I can afford to try lots of plants. Sometimes they...

Foolproof Impatiens cuttings

Impatiens niamniamensis does really well planted out in the garden. It is particularly...

A Couple of Special House Plants

The first is Ledebouria socialis (sometimes called Scilla violacea). The flowers...

New garden update 2

Since the last update, the main planting area is now "finished"................... This...

New garden update

The weather has been rather lousy for the last couple of weeks, so the digging has...

A quick look at the new garden

Just a few quickly taken snaps of the new garden........... I have a bit of a...

Freegle/Freecycle

I was recently introduced to Freegle and have managed to pick up a few things. As...

Re-potting a Phalaenopsis in Sphag Moss

I was recently given a rather miserable looking Phalaenopsis. To be honest, it didn't...

Ramsays Lamb Casserole

Here is the Lamb casserole from Gordon Ramsay that I spoke about elsewhere. In the...