While the rain stopped took some more photos. This Magnolia grandiflora was bought many many years ago for £1. It is truly magnificent. Some of...
@Scroggin This is now the 3rd vase of sweet peas in our kitchen.[ATTACH] We just love the colours and the scent is amazing. Took a long time but...
One of the house leeks that are doing really well now that the blackbirds have stopped pulling them up. [ATTACH]
Ours like many plants in our garden has been moved many times. This place now though seems to suit it better. It is sheltered, in the ground and...
And more of you are showing such fabulous harvests. Carrots? @Scroggin ours are only just showing leaves. Mangetout? germination at the moment is...
Today we mentioned to weed the beetroot rows, spinach and courgettes rows. Resowed, yet again, for swiss chard. Germination was 4 plants from one...
We are on clay soil and the plants go to white/pink. So we wanted a blue one. Tried all sorts but to no avail then we added into the bottom of the...
@CarolineL maybe not but when we visited Wales a few years ago to go to the Botanic gardens we were amazed at the wildflowers verges and the...
Not sure how but can you contact the local wildlife trusts and tell them of your observations? They can then get in contact with the relevant...
We like you never throw anything that could be useful away and so many things in our garden are recycled/upcycled. Enjoy your shed and hope the...
@Butterfly we had the same problem with the quince in our garden. So one year we pollarded it and the next year we had good strong growth with...
So after the downpours managed to plant out the very small pea seedlings....by small I mean the number. Germination this year is a big concern....
@Busy-Lizzie CLAY! Been here since 1978 and with all the home compost added throughout those years we are still CLAY. When we have dry spells we...
@Butterfly6 medlar jelly produces such an amazing colour. Yes it is such a fiddly process but worth it. The quinces also allows you to make...
@Busy-Lizzie wish we could have welsh poppies that we could dead head! They just do not want to grow with us.
As @Thevictorian says it is vital to make sure that the hairs are removed. I did look into making a syrup some years ago from our dog rose but...
@misterQ a very fine harvest. Our cucs are only showing tiny fruits at the moment. Our different beans are really doing very badly this year....
We have 3 plants but all in the ground and growing very well, robust and tall with flower spikes. I don't think they like to be in planters. We...
Had a friend round for coffee and cake. Good to catch up. Then a local builder came to see if he could sort out our garage door. He couldn't but...
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