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 and leaving them dormant [...]
Wednesday, October 14th, 2009
It’s magical out there right now. Each and every corner of the garden has another tale to tell and another emotion to lay upon any person who walks on by.
This I love.
When the leaves turn that beautiful golden colour and then fall to the ground.
Then the ground becomes a carpet.
Bouncy, full, vibrant, joyful, ever changing, crunchy.
Their job on the [...]
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 a wee [...]
Wednesday, September 16th, 2009
How To Plant Spring Bulbs
It’s difficult for me to describe in an article with pictures and instructions as boring as the ones here today just how much pleasure there is to be had when the bulbs planted in the Autumn finally peek through the soil in the Spring. First comes the peeking and then a full on [...]
Monday, September 14th, 2009
So, this was the view on Friday evening. Lovely. All the beds had been marked out and the wood that we were using to build them had been laid in place. The sun was going down over the paddock and all was well with the world. The twins had been over that evening and I’m [...]
Wednesday, September 9th, 2009
How To Grow Your Own Fruit & Vegetables - My Beginning
On Saturday we begin building and filling four raised fruit and vegetable beds in the paddock that we are starting to develop. The beds are perfectly square and will be spilt in to four. That’s sixteen beds to play in. Let the growing commence
Dramatic, no?
O.M.G. [...]
Wednesday, September 9th, 2009
How to prepare soil / flower bed for planting bulbs
My note from the potting shed today concerns the planting of spring bulbs and the preparation thereof. It is a lovely time of year to be out in the garden, preparing the soil and not getting so hot that you turn into a “I’m melting, I’m melting” [...]
Wednesday, September 2nd, 2009
Now that we have settled in to the house and garden I can really begin to plan for the times ahead. I have found that planning is never as important than when you’re planning in the garden. Over the next few weeks I will be planting bulbs that will lie hidden in the ground right [...]