Grandad_gardener's Blog archive

Food for thought?

Mixed blessings, Spring arrives, daffodils open, let the feast begin

Grapefruit - worth the wait?

My son sowed a grapefruit pip while he was at university, he then did normal student...

Chelsea Flower show, 2023

Although I can no longer attend Chelsea, due to my health, I am very pleased &...

Springtime in my road

The sun has arrived at last and my road is looking lovley with blossom and flowering...

Streptocarpus - and about time

Decades ago I bought a young Naked Lady at a jumble sale. Eventually it flowered...

Happy New Year

Christmas cactus & trying different camera settings

Nerines + Exbury

Just to post a picture taken by my granddaughter who is on work experience at Exbury One...

Walk around RHS Wisley

Yesterday was my first visit to RHS Wisley since the CV 19 lock down in March 2020,...

Figs from cuttings

Thought I'd get my experience with rooting fig cuttings in water down for the record...

Pigeon Pic

Spotted this pair busily scoffing the fresh ash leaves outside my house They are...

"Lucifer" has arrived

I'm having to write here because the person I need to thank is unable to log into...

Pear rust has arrived

Over the summer I have watched as my pear gradually developed brown spots on some...