Peter's Blog

What to plant against a west facing wall?

Get your thinking hats on folks, I'd like some help please :o)
So, here's the view from my lounge window, with my veggies being just out of shot...

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New garden discount page

Hi everyone, since adding the garden shops to GoY we hear about discounts on offer at some of the websites that we feature and thought you might...

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Harvesting onions and garlic

I pulled a few of my garlic and onions up last week and yesterday had an (almost) home grown lunch. Spaghetti carbonara made with my own onions,...

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Tags: Garlic Onions grow_your_own

A year (and a bit) of gardening

Well everything's a bit calmer after the wedding so no jobs today and I've just been out in the drizzle to see if I can move my compost bin;...

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A real gardener would never...

Leave a slug on a plant?!
Snail eating Fatsia japonica
I thought this snail on the bright green leaves of my Japanese Aralia looked very nice...

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Tags: snails

Cherry blossom wedding cake

They're a day later than promised, but here's a few more photos from my wedding day-taken by a good friend.
Orchid table decorations
The single...

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Tags: flowers wedding

Gardening comments - GoY update

Hi Everyone,
Those of you that write and receive a lot of comments might notice a change we made this morning...
On the inbox and outbox tabs...

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Tags: News growsonyou

The big day

I've just read everyone's kind words for my wedding on Bonker's garden blog-thanks you all :o)
Well, where to start? We were so busy beforehand...

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Tags: wedding

Flowers for my wedding

Hi everyone!
I've already mentioned to a few GoY friends that I'm getting married this year and the day is fast approaching. In fact, I have...

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Tags: wedding

Now you can find and compare tools to buy online

Hi Everyone,
We've made a few small changes to our garden shops section and have added a lot of new products.
You can now search and browse garden...

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Tags: News

Email notifications

Hi Everyone,
Just a quick one to let you know we've had a couple of people saying that they're still not receiving email notifications from GoY...

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News for your Grows on You plot

Hi Everyone,
We made a few changes to Grows on You this morning, some were small but I think the changes to the news pages are worth mentioning.
If...

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