I love those enormous knobbly yew hedges at Powis. We went there years ago with our NDH group from college.My trip on Wednesday was in Ireland,...
Yes, you should leave the leaves, because they are manufacturing food for your tree so it may flower next spring, if you're lucky. However, the...
It looks to me like some sort of Sorbus (related to Whitebeam and Rowan)... there's one I found on the Internet called Sorbus pyricarpa which is...
The young magpies here are a pain in the proverbial - teenage hooligans, looking for trouble while Mum & Dad find them food! The first spring we...
Spent all day weeding in the front garden, interspersed with chats with neighbours out for a walk. Planted an Eleagnus, hopefully it won't get...
When we first moved here, the back garden was a mess because of building work, so I grew veg in the front garden, next to the road. The...
I guess all birds kill something or other to feed their chicks, but we don't mind so much if it's greenfly or caterpillars... admittedly, I...
And some edible plants are really attractive - things like rainbow chard, beetroot, carrots, fennel etc. They can be really useful as gap fillers...
[ATTACH]The Rocks Remain... shrinking turlough at Coole, Galway
Well remembered, @Punkdoc . Yes, our family has owned a little cottage on Lismore for 34 years... it now belongs to our son, but I go there...
I've just found this thread - lovely, thanks @fairygirl ! :) I've just returned from a week on Lismore [island just off Oban, for anyone who...
I'm popping in here briefly, before going to bed, to say that we were lucky enough to see the Northern Lights on Friday night - the first time...
Could it be the double form of Lady's Smock, aka Cuckoo Flower? Cardamine pratensis.
Thanks, @Punkdoc .
I've got some Bishops Children growing from seed this year. Should I pinch them out to increase bushiness? They're about 4" tall at the mo,...
I'm going to Scotland for a week, on Friday, so I've been getting things a bit more ship-shape in the garden. OH is willing but clueless when it...
I set up the wildlife camera yesterday, to see who'd been leaving black droppings near the birds' water dish. "Our" hedgehog is back! :hapfeet:
Today looks promising. Much less windy, mostly sunny, though still a bit chilly - however, still ok for gardening. Lots of lawn grass invaded...
Agree, @Plantminded . I've done virtually nothing outside today, because (as so often) the forecast was WRONG. Not wall-to-wall sunshine, just...
Hard luck on the fat lip, @Butterfly6 . The garden bites back! And sympathy to @Snorky85 and to @fairygirl for back problems. I'm getting to...
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