Friday, April 30th, 2010
This was the view outside of my backdoor early this morning. We have many trays like this, dotted about the place, holding precious plants that will give us a flower filled Summer. Some flowers I am growing from seed and others I have purchased as tiny plug plants. This is a tray of plug plants. [...]
Wednesday, April 21st, 2010
It’s very odd in the garden right now. There are flowers blooming that should have bloomed weeks ago. There are trees that are meant to be covered in flowers that haven’t even begun to get busy yet. There are bulbs flowering at the correct time but they look awfully odd next to the flowers that [...]
Friday, April 9th, 2010
This year has been so strange as everything in the garden is super late due to the prolonged cold spell. Well it feels like it is super late anyway. This is the circular bed in my front drive and last Summer, in the month of June, it looked like this….. Then last September, after all [...]
Wednesday, March 10th, 2010
Although it’s March the temperatures are still well below the average for this time of year. This means that the Spring garden is probably going to be a little late in arriving. Has anyone noticed how the Snowdrops have only just really exploded on to the scene when they should have made more of an [...]
Wednesday, February 17th, 2010
If you’re thinking about growing some of your own fruit and vegetables this year then now is the time to get your Broad Beans in to some trays or pots. Broad Beans look like this when they come out of the seed packet. Obviously you should follow their instructions but the easiest way of growing [...]
Wednesday, January 20th, 2010
This big bunch of Parsley was picked fresh from my herb garden last year. I bought one Parsley plant and planted it in a HUGE terracotta pot alongside some Sage I already had, Oregano and Marjoram. That pot kept me going throughout many bar-b-q’s and to be honest is still going fairly strong despite being [...]
Monday, November 9th, 2009
We have some friends in our garden – a Robin called Ian and a Blue Tit called Betsy. Ian is rather awesome actually. He can often be found sitting atop an abandoned log and watching while we garden. He has a nice inquisitive face although he gets a little annoying when he decides to fly [...]
Tuesday, October 20th, 2009
How To Line A Hanging Basket & Playing With Ornamental Cabbages Aha! Many of you may find yourself in the same predicament that I did about a week ago. Summer is over and the baskets that held the annuals and bedding plants so well are now empty and a little tatty. Case in point. So instead of emptying them [...]
Wednesday, October 14th, 2009
How To Take Geranium Cuttings I’m not sure about you but I have found Autumn to be just as busy in the garden as Summer. Don’t you agree? Granted, things have slowed down in the growth department but there is tons to do in preparation for Spring next year, tidying up and protecting from the cold this year, cutting [...]
Wednesday, September 30th, 2009
How To Grow Hydrangeas – Creating a Hydrangea Hedge You may or may not have seen an abundance of hydrangeas in your local garden centre or nursery at this time of year. And you may or may not have noticed that they are going for an absolute STEAL! They may look a little on the battered side or [...]
