Derekm's Favourites

Plants with a very long flowering season

Over the years I’ve been asked by my customers and other people on gardening forums...

20 Nov, 2010
Anchorman

Unusual prayer

Someone emailed me this today and I thought you might enjoy it -it is relevant to...

26 Nov, 2011
Steragram

For the love of Irises. Part one

Where do I start, where would anyone start to write about these universal loved rainbow...

23 Nov, 2013
Lemondog

For the love of Irises part two

Last year was my first time I had encountered Iris Juno. It was for sale as a bulb...

11 Dec, 2013
Lemondog

For the love of Irises part 3

When I first moved here nearly ten years ago, I had very little money and did not...

24 Dec, 2013
Lemondog

For the love of irises part 4

As I have started talking about bearded irises, I had better start with the smallest...

27 Dec, 2013
Lemondog

For the love of Irises part 5

And now for the big ones, the undisputed Kings and Queens of bearded Irises............

31 Dec, 2013
Lemondog

Brothers and Sisters. Its in the genes.

Many of us grow the I histrioides type of reticulated iris. Over the last few years...

20 Feb, 2014
Seaburngirl

The big winegrape harvest AND Get to know your fruit buds!

This year has been a great productive season for wine grapes in the UK; not only...

22 Oct, 2014
Davids

A prayer to God.com

I came across this today and thought it might amuse you. Its a bit dated now but...

7 Sep, 2018
Steragram