Our Rosemary of over 40 years had been moved a number of times over the years for a variety of reasons. 2 years ago we noticed it wasn't happy but...
Dug up some lovely leeks and harvested some more kale. Also dug up a good size mooli to have at lunch today.
@pete we gave one division to a friend and for years she had no flower spikes. This Christmas we gave her another one with a spike on it. She...
@CarolineL we grow species paphs and when in flower they stay for months like many orchids. We were given a Paph insigne with the Coelogyne...
Greater spotted woodpecker doing as its name says on the weather vane post for over half and hour this morning very loudly. Sparrows still here...
Many of our orchids are in flower now and cheer us up in these dull grey days. [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
@Selleri we have been growing kohlrabi for many years but always in the polytunnel. We sow indoors and then transplant the seedlings into the soil...
We had a very bad season last year with our veg which has always been fantastic. So we wont give up but we need to sow indoors as our clay soil is...
We had our first get together of the village garden club today. It was a soup and puds event at lunch time with all the food made by members. It...
@ViewAhead it is a Stihl pruning saw and came with 2 batteries. As the trunk was being cut the batteries did have to work so much harder and then...
Our young oak tree (about 30 years old and 20 feet high) for some reason gave up the ghost some years ago. We had left it in situ and have had a...
Agree @NigelJ they grow with their "feet" in the cold and their "heads" out in the sun and that is why we planted out some outside which have done...
No we don't do it anymore as too much personal information seems to be required on line.
We planted out some cobra lilies in 2010 into a bog garden. They survived the -10 degrees that winter. They have continued to extend and now have...
No idea as to the kale we have growing in our tunnel (from a seed packet with BBC Gardeners World mag) but we have been harvesting it since April...
Coppiced one of the hazels. We have 5 and each is coppiced in the 5 year rotation. One year we did manage to harvest some hazel nuts but the...
Our tree ferns haven't been fleeced as we usually do but they have had leaves put into their crowns and more added. Hope that will suffice this year.
@Fof I have always found the people on iSpot to be so reliable and so quick. I though never have had the confidence to ID anything others have...
Sorry no but if nobody can help then try iSpot. You do have to register but the response is nearly always immediate. Your beetle could also be one...
When we pollard our willows we cut them right back to the "knuckle". The new growth in the spring than comes from here and we leave them for about...
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