Thank you, @waterbut. Here’s wishing you a happy, healthy and productive 2025!
Apologies - I know I have been rather quiet over the last year or so.My mum had dementia for a number of years, and in 2023 I spent as much time...
Posting a little bit late, but I needed to share the first flowers from the iris roots posted to me by the lovely @ARMANDII[ATTACH] (Apologies for...
thank you! (And the dormouse is my favourite too!)
A few of my recent drawings….I’m doing an Animal Alphabet series [ATTACH][ATTACH][ATTACH][ATTACH]
The pots would just be a method for them to be carried to their new homes….
Following! There are loads of small primroses in a gravel area of the family-home garden, and we are hoping to put a small table and chairs there....
I have not done much in the past few days. Sunday was cold with snow showers. Yesterday was colder with snow showers with a high of -1c. Temps...
I love the neck cowl, Victoria! Have you done an “infinity cowl”? It’s made a little looser than an ordinary cowl, with a half-turn when joining...
I made a swag from offcuts of Christmas trees. Pieces of branch were pulled into a simple string plait [ATTACH]the front door wreath, which is...
I managed to finish the path down the garden behind the rhododendrons this afternoon. On Sunday we put the risers in place. Today I back filled...
We’ve god a boiled fruit cake gently bubbling away on the stove (it is “stir us up” Sunday!) ready for Christmas. Yet again I got confused between...
Rosemary, some of the salvias (including culinary), Veronica (spreads near the surface, rather than deep roots). Lavenders have a surprisingly...
Not much done in the garden today, but I emptied the kitchen compost into the compost bays, hubby took a trug-ful of leaves down to the...
It sounds to me as if the fruit developed, but not fully. Hence the small seed cavity, and immature/deformed seeds. Probably because the fruit...
Hello, and welcome from a very soggy Belgium! Your challenge to develop tomatoes sounds fascinating! I only grow a heritage French mini tomato...
Just a thought about these “mites”. Are they lozenge-shaped, about 2-3 mm long? Do they have lots of legs? Memories from a failed nature study of...
Sometimes we can benefit from the push to get things done NOW, rather than Whenever. Maybe your garden helping lady could join you for an extra...
Thank you @Bear1 . Yes, I don't like conifers either, so an excuse to replace it with a native mixed hedge would be good. The soil is very good,...
It does take time, yes, @Upsydaisy ,but it is very therapeutic
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