Gardening blog archive

Tomato

What can I say? ;o)

26 Aug, 2012
Nariz

WilliNilli's Raincloud

Willi, Your promised big raincloud has arrived! I was very doubtful it would, but...

26 Aug, 2012
Gattina

Late Cosmos and Self seeded Cosmos

I planted my Cosmos seeds late this year, they are only just in flower and quite...

25 Aug, 2012
Neellan

Answer to the slug wars?

Read today that putting slices of cucumber in a aluminium container among the plants...

25 Aug, 2012
Steragram

Magnolia update

A lot of you will remember the magnolia seed pod late last year and the pic of eight...

25 Aug, 2012
Bjs

Day of the Butterflies!

Wow, was it hot yesterday afternoon! After the grey mist of the morning had cleared,...

25 Aug, 2012
Janey

Hibiscus

Hi everyone, well good things do take there time.I got this last year its only about...

25 Aug, 2012
Geordielad50

Gardens of Ireland - Part 1

I recently spent a week in Ireland, visiting gardens there. This is the first of...

25 Aug, 2012
Andrewr

Runnin around with Shula (n other visitors)

Ello folks A few general shots of around this month including some of the new arrival,...

25 Aug, 2012
Steviethete..

100 free spring bulbs for every reader

Todays Telegraph (Sat): Free spring bulbs worth £22.91 for P&P £5.60 25 Allium...

25 Aug, 2012
Drc726

Unknown lemon mushroom.

I was doing something on my balcony, when I noticed something yellow and strange,...

25 Aug, 2012
Katarina

NGS open day went well-ish

the rain forecast to start at 11am, began early. So I hoped that being forecast to...

25 Aug, 2012
2ndhand

this years sunflowers

i love growing sunflowers, im pretty new to gardening and dont have years of experiance...

24 Aug, 2012
Andrea_g6

pumpkin growth week in august...

7 days growth... im amazed at how fast its growing.... this one below has split...

24 Aug, 2012
Sandra

A Dangerous Day

At lunchtime today, one of our very worst fears very nearly became reality. Clouds...

24 Aug, 2012
Gattina

Now for the collection frames

Yesterday, I showed a bit of the garden, thought it fair to show some of what is...

24 Aug, 2012
Little_things

Here Be Dragons!!

This is 'George' taken by my daughter with her new ultra close-up camera (He's not...

24 Aug, 2012
Nariz

Baby carex going spare

I finally got around to repotting my Japanese Sedge, and got 14 babies off it. All...

24 Aug, 2012
Franl155

Friday noon.

It is again 38 degrees of Celsius. I have toothache. My dentist doesn´t work. Three...

24 Aug, 2012
Katarina

Time for a change :o)

I decided to move most of the pots to the centre of the gravel area,earlier this...

24 Aug, 2012
Bloomer

Growing spuds in Poly Pots 1

*_ I was not that successful this year with my spuds. My second earlies, (Kestrel)...

24 Aug, 2012
Chuffa

For anyone handicapped

the Alpine Garden Society does offer a range of interesting options. (Thank you Bulbaholic...

24 Aug, 2012
Dianebulley

Basket of surprises

When I went shopping at the nursery I had decided To get some pansies, but they had...

24 Aug, 2012
Violeteyes

Testing

Hi all As some of you wil be aware I have added 'blogs' here on a number of occasions,...

23 Aug, 2012
Teegee

Pine Trees

My mom planted a pine tree not sure of the name it has the long pine needles somewhere...

23 Aug, 2012
Fierytaurus

A little bit of the garden - Zone5 a

One thing that is a given with succulent gardens, they take time to develop, especially...

23 Aug, 2012
Little_things

Forest walk, plants and animals!

We went for a walk around a local lake this morning and I took some photos. The sun...

23 Aug, 2012
Pam24

Day out for two old beans : )

So its my turn and a visit by two of my Goyer friends Sticki and Kasy, (unfortunately...

23 Aug, 2012
Steviethete..

Bugs

I have tried to post this question on the Gardening Questions but it is not uploading...

23 Aug, 2012
Marigold6

*VISIT TO DAVID AUSTIN ROSES* (something for everyone)

On Tuesday I went to David Austins with my daughter, son-in-law and granddaughter...

23 Aug, 2012
Bornagain

Wish we could create scratch and sniff!

Lillies are starting to pop open with great gusto. Despite losing my Emerald Star...

22 Aug, 2012
Juliernorth..

Magic Kingdom. (Dingly Dell)

Just found this great website and already had help with a question. Lived here in...

22 Aug, 2012
Hannahbanana

Tomatoes

I have grown tomatoes by this wall for maybe 15 years and have never had a year like...

22 Aug, 2012
Lizziebee

gardening

since i broke my leg it is not so easy to get out into the garden. My other half...

21 Aug, 2012
Vii

Scarborough Gardens and Park. Part 2

As always when out and about I always find time for a wander amongst the flowers...

21 Aug, 2012
Lincslass

August update

Well I`m pleased to report that everyone was right my Fuchsia`s have started to show....

21 Aug, 2012
Geordielad50

Some sunshine

Update on what is happening and been happening in and around the garden ,Firstly...

21 Aug, 2012
Bjs

Red sky at night.........

Never seen a sunset quite SO red,for a very few minutes 8.45 saturday night just...

21 Aug, 2012
Poppylinda

finally some photos of the begining of a little piece of heaven

hi everyone, Just added some photos of my new garden and your not seeing double there...

21 Aug, 2012
Libby

Better late than never.............

Hurrah!! I decided to bombard my fig tree, all 12 feet of it, with oodles of 'Miraclegro'...

21 Aug, 2012
Acermad

The story of 2 beans, 3 cameras, several animals and a pilaff!

On a beautiful day, under a perfect blue sky, out in the countryside our story begins... The...

21 Aug, 2012
Stickitoffee

Various plants in my collection

First up is a seedling (1.6 years)-Faucaria tigrina Next is a plant I need to learn...

21 Aug, 2012
Little_things

Late Cosmos and other flowers against the odds

I was rather late planting my Cosmos seeds this year I planted them on into pots...

20 Aug, 2012
Neellan

Open garden 2012

Our Open Garden went very well, we all had something different in our gardens...........

20 Aug, 2012
Louis

New Guinea Divine.

Review of the New Guinea impatiens Divine. Trying these for the first time this year...

20 Aug, 2012
Old_twig

The Owl staredown!

A while back we visited a rehab centre for raptors. Some of them cannot be released...

20 Aug, 2012
Little_things

Does anyone have Paul's email address ?

I was a Cllr 5 years. Received hate mail several times. Its an awful shock. The...

20 Aug, 2012
Dianebulley

The geographic center of Europe.

One never knows, where exactly the center of Europe is. It depends on methods how...

19 Aug, 2012
Katarina

TALKING ABOUT GRAPES,

just had a look at daisydees blog on grapes i think it could be the same variety...

19 Aug, 2012
Gazthegrower

Argies, lithops & a cross!

Some of my favourite mesembs are the Argyroderma's, Lithops, Conophytums, Cheiridopsis...

19 Aug, 2012
Little_things