Gardening blog archive

Planting out

Decided as it seemed to be a nice day, although still humid and very hot in the sunshine!...

6 Aug, 2009
Sewingkilla

Ants in my P*ants!!!

I planted up my large blue pot back in May, with a pink theme this year. It was...

6 Aug, 2009
Spritzhenry

Yes...they are coming

This morning as I was preparing for work when I glanced out my kitchen window Yes...I...

6 Aug, 2009
Kmccue07

A SAD TAIL

Came back from holiday only to find Freddie/Freda is with us no more, our goldfish...

6 Aug, 2009
Dottydaisy2

Beautiful fields!

Hi guys, This blog is not strictly about my garden but...I went on a walk the other...

6 Aug, 2009
Pink_garden..

Bliss has arrived

After months of nagging the school, the mulch bark chippings have arrived. Despite...

6 Aug, 2009
Mebennet

Is it a chair,commode or planter?

I wanted to do one of my recycling jobbies for the garden for sometime now so when...

6 Aug, 2009
Helofadigger

a pleasant surprise

I looked at my web profile today and saw an addition which said "My Website". Pressed...

5 Aug, 2009
Poaannua

Yummy marrow (never thought I'd say that!) plus other veg - based delights....

A girl at work says 'do you like marrow?' Last year I would've said 'yuk...no thanks'...

5 Aug, 2009
Fluff

July 09

The month began with very hot weather, which continued for a couple of weeks before...

5 Aug, 2009
Secretgarden

Busy in the garden and Garden show on Saturday.

Ive been making the most of the dry weather on Monday and today. Having gone to RHS...

5 Aug, 2009
Treesandthi..

Thanks.

Just want to say thanks for all your kind thoughts and private messages.

5 Aug, 2009
Clarice

Hotel Des Coupages!

Well, another truly mad day in the life of Madperth! A gorgeous sunny day today....

5 Aug, 2009
Madperth

seeds

I was out in the garden today having a look at some of the plants i,m growing and...

5 Aug, 2009
Usernut

unknown shrub

i have this shrub in my garden, in a tub. it has never flowered. i am not sure what...

5 Aug, 2009
Chrissymagi..

Me, the Veggies, Kids and a crazy Labrador!!

Well all, have had a crazy week, weather here has been awful, one minute sun splitting...

5 Aug, 2009
Marian314

Butterflies

Well another day of rain and sunny spells and boy is it Humid!! When the sun did...

5 Aug, 2009
Sewingkilla

front baskets and planters update

im always showing my plants in my back garden and even though i did show you the...

5 Aug, 2009
Sanbaz

NNOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO.............!!!!!

Modern technology damn computers bust, lost all photo's of family, plant's,grandkids...

5 Aug, 2009
Mushybanna

Osborne House

This place blew me away...the house & the gardens. It oozed love, for the things...

5 Aug, 2009
Crystaltips

Starting to panic

Its August already and that means less than a month until our village open gardens-my...

5 Aug, 2009
Ducky

New houseplant project I am thinking about getting started.

I was browsing in one of my houseplant books when it was raining bad yesterday. And...

5 Aug, 2009
Scotkat

Testing some "compost tea"..

I made up my first batch of "compost tea" and decided to test it on the Ivy that...

5 Aug, 2009
N2organics

How to Make Stained Glass and Crystal Wind Chimes for the Home & Garden!

One of my passions is creating glass wind chimes from scraps of glass I have used...

4 Aug, 2009
Kmartel

Once more same as before! ! !

Well its no secret now that I've been taken over by the Dark side (as Nariz put it). The...

4 Aug, 2009
Ian_digs_v2

Welcome to the Jungle...

and the building site! In the aftermath of fitting a new septic tank, which, thanks...

4 Aug, 2009
Frenchbean

Now thats the way to do it............

Have just come back from our annual holiday in France, a little place called La Palmyre,...

4 Aug, 2009
Dottydaisy2

Why I Love Plants.

No matter what the weather throws at them, they try there best, They have put up...

4 Aug, 2009
Youngdaisydee

Thoughts on Morning Glory

Some weeks ago my neighbour gave me a minute pot of morning glory. I have never grown...

4 Aug, 2009
Dmj

Gardening Songs???

Morgana has set me a challenge, following on from Crazydi’s colour song blogs &...

4 Aug, 2009
Madperth

What an incredable evening!

After a typical Monday of working on mobile electronics in cars, I was gad to get...

4 Aug, 2009
N2organics

day out with Hibrazilmac

I picked Hibrazilmac at 8.30 and after a pleasant drive we arrived at Reighton nurseries...

3 Aug, 2009
Seaburngirl

The Good Life

It’s raining up here and has been for most of the week, so without going on to the...

3 Aug, 2009
Muddy_knees

What Are You Doing Next Sunday Afternoon?

Just a gentle reminder, to those of you who can reach Bracknell in east Berkshire,...

3 Aug, 2009
Andrewr

How are your gardens growing?

It's August and mine is doing surprisingly well! Can I tell you about the gardens...

3 Aug, 2009
Mockingbird

How Long does it take to make a work of Art?

Canna Lilly’s How Long does it take to make a work of Art? After doing the article...

3 Aug, 2009
Mushybanna

Jersey Shore

An outdoor eatery called "On the Deck" located above the Atlantic Highlands Marina....

3 Aug, 2009
Regina

POND DEVELOPMENT - Stage 3

Not a lot happening today other than we went back to garden centre for 8 more bags...

3 Aug, 2009
Oddbillie

Playing Hooky

It was such a lovely day here that I decided to pay hooky for a couple of hours and...

3 Aug, 2009
Moon_grower

Does Tansy really deter mice? Or minty walls?

I've got mice!! I've spent today ripping out the rest of the kitchen (nearly there,...

3 Aug, 2009
Madperth

I'm chuffed !!!!

I am feeling quite pleased with myself today. As some of you know I am a volunteer...

3 Aug, 2009
Amblealice

Pretty Little Lady Birds

Yesterday i took a little walk around my Flower Borders 2 see whats Flowering &...

3 Aug, 2009
Jacque

Back in the swing of things.

Thank you all for such a hearty welcome to the site. I am almost fully recovered...

3 Aug, 2009
Mamagem

Cousin "IT" was blooming this morning!

Yes, "cousin IT", my organically grown Morning Glory mound put out a few blooms this...

3 Aug, 2009
N2organics

Plant shelves

I know I should have taken pictures of the progress as I went and I can say I accidently...

3 Aug, 2009
Kmccue07

POND DEVELOPMENT - Stage 2......

Ali's first day back at work today and feeling much better, although very tired by...

2 Aug, 2009
Oddbillie

Back again!

Well, I've been away working and have just got home a couple of days ago to find...

2 Aug, 2009
Fireballjools

Painting!

Well as the weather forecast was good (we believed them hoping it was right!) we...

2 Aug, 2009
Sewingkilla

No rain today

First Sunday in August and the sun shone. I decided to do some light pottering and...

2 Aug, 2009
Seaburngirl

Comedy of idiocies!

Oh Blog It! I sat here & wrote a blog, & the whole site disappeared on me!...

2 Aug, 2009
Madperth