Another amazing person Carl Bovis. His photos like so many talented people are just superb. My mobile phone can't take photos like those as it is...
We were visiting friends not to far away and on leaving we watched a barn owl moving over a field for some time, all about 1pm. Lovely to see.
We visited some years ago and the handkerchierf tree was so superb.
Many many years ago one of the members of the garden club in our village told us to put our wood ash around the base of our tree peony which...
Spring Watch in Wales on BBC Iplayer from 2024. Very interesting and some superb footage.
While in the garden this morning we stopped to take in the lovely fragrance of the winter box. Saw a movement in the magnolia grandifolia and were...
While in the garden this morning the house sparrows were very vocal. I think they were really shouting at me to move on away from their area. The...
Cleared the "lake" in front of the gate. Where does all that soil come from? When it rains it can't drain away but should do now. Tied up some of...
One day we heard "some person" say that all new build must have solar on the roof. SURPRISE....we have been saying that for years and cannot...
A green woodpecker in the long grass areas in the orchard for a long time. Male great spotted on one of the feeders. They are so nervous and fly...
Pruned back the outdoor grapes. Cut up some of the big branches from the oak tree we had to cut down as it was dead and dangerous. Moved a pile of...
We decided to plant fruit trees after nearby orchards were grubbed out many years ago. Our apples include...Katya, Spartan, Blenheim orange,...
@Escarpment we will look more closely now at the verbena as we have had a bullfinch at the other end of the garden but maybe it has been around...
No @ViewAhead we are also still sweeping up leaves from the paths. We leave any on the beds as they will rot down in their time. Doing this after...
Repaired an old tent frame that is the support for 2 of our Chinese gooseberry plants. the recent storms had the frame rocking around and with the...
Ours is in flower now and with a lovely fragrance.
This is one of the Zygopetalums. Fabulous scent. [ATTACH]
We have ferns in the shower room area and even though the humidity from the shower should be enough they are regularly sprayed with rain water....
Our long tails though have been very few when we can see them. However had a great time watching a green woodpecker in the orchard which has some...
@CarolineL we grew Vanda caerulea for some years but then it gave up on us. Not sure why. As to Ascocenda....didn't know this one so looked it up....
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