It was all rather bizarre spending the warmest afternoon in weeks cutting bubble wrap ready to insulate the greenhouse. Managed to get two and a...
[ATTACH]Finally found the time to get the camellia (Nucios cameo) and two rhododendrons (Scarlet wonder) in the ground this afternoon, moving...
With a week (and then some) off from doing my local non-league side's match programme, I think this week will be mostly spent sorting the one...
Emergency trip to B&Q to pick up 6 metal stakes and some plant ties and even managed to time the trip home so that we had the only 10 minutes it's...
Wind blew two chairs into the flower bed, with one of the chrysanthemums being flattened in the process. It also had a good go at blowing a...
Been out of action for a few days so plenty of deadheading to catch up on. I've also cleaned out and refilled the 'bulb pot' with soil in...
Figured I'd make the most of it being slightly cooler and get the winter pansies started off in the greenhouse. Hopefully won't lose as many of...
First two tomatoes taken off the plants, one eaten the other left for another day. Still have no idea what variety they are, but the person who...
Another week, another batch of deadheading. Got my hopes up that we'd be getting some rain, when the BBC gave it a 60% chance, but to no avail...
No idea what variety these are, as they were just handed to my Dad on one of his post rounds. But, 7 weeks after they were sat in pots in a...
Deadheaded the back garden this morning (which takes a lot longer than this time last year) and will do the front tomorrow. Speaking of which, we...
After consulting with a neighbour and t'internet, we decided the palm trees in the back garden have both bought it. Like the cordyline in the...
For the last couple of days attention has turned to the bed beside the deck with it looking a little like an afterthought when compared to the...
One of our recent Dianthus Firestar purchases has emerged in the last couple of hours.[ATTACH][ATTACH]
Time to see if we can turn one of our Japanese maples around. It's been overshadowed somewhat by plants around it, funnily enough including a...
It was advertised on the label at £25 down from £50 but, for some unknown but pleasant reason, the till had it at £22.
Not too bad for something that was in the reduced section at the garden centre 26 days ago.[ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Nice and busy in the garden today. Yesterday's purchases went into the jumbo flower bed and the first batch of begonias graduated from the...
Yep. I've been to the garden centre(s) again. This time for a whole bunch of plants, for pots, troughs and especially the jumbo flower bed....
Had to sacrifice 60-70% of our Alstroemerias as they're completely swamping the two rose bushes. The older one had just about managed to climb...
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