Thistle be Tasty![ATTACH]
The Sunday stroll is back! Now I'm retired I'll have a little more free time at weekends, so I was out and about early this morning enjoying the...
Out for a dawn walk this morning, I spent a while watching this Comma flitting around in a patch of nettles.[ATTACH]
So that's it then. After 42 years working, I'm done. In that time I've had just four different employers. I've been fortunate to work with many...
Well, this is my last week at work! I must say it was lovely this morning knowing that this was the last time I'd have to get up for work on a...
I'm really pleased with these. One of my favourite flowers is the annual Rudbeckia 'Rustic Dwarf Mixed'. Easy to grow from seed, they flower...
Welcome back @ARMANDII It just ain't been the same without you on here my friend. :dbgrtmb:
Thank you all. Well done to @wiseowl and everyone else who entered.It was so difficult to pick just three from this month's excellent selection...
Not sure, but from the shape and appearance of the leaves in the photo it looks like it could be Solanum dulcamara (woody nightshade). If you...
Don't think that's an Eryngium Marley. Looks like Echinops ritro to me. :)
Back in the early spring of 2018, while sorting out a rather neglected area in our new garden, I came across a clump of what I suspected were...
It's flowering now. Definitely looks like Eryngium planum.Thanks for pointing me in the right direction @pete :dbgrtmb:[ATTACH]
1st ... Woo ...South Downs. A beautiful landscape picture.2nd ... Hydrogardener ... Bee-licious. Lovely detail, a well taken opportunity.3rd...
Glad to hear it Freddy, well earned I'm sure.I'm definitely looking forward to it Freddy. It's a lovely place where I've worked for the past 11...
So how's it going Freddie? You've been retired for a couple of months now, how are you finding it? It must be a big change after working all those...
Summertime Blues[ATTACH]
Another quick update. The garden is coming along nicely now, the recent rains have brought things on well and it's at last beginning to feel like...
Barley at Dawn[ATTACH]
Looks as if you were right after all @pete. I've just found there is a smooth leaved Eryngium - E. planum. Looks as if it might be that one....
Thought about it @pete , but I've grown Eryngium before and the leaves just don't look right. :dunno:
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