This little chap was busy in the garden this evening.If I had to name two things which for me, are quintessentially summer it would have to be...
I do have plenty of those dotted around the garden. I don't mind them, they add a welcome splash of spring colour, they don't mind the dry...
Indeed it will JWK, the buyers are keen gardeners and a large garden was high on their list of requirements. When they first came to view the...
Too hot for gardening in the middle part of the day, so I confined my outdoor activities to early morning and late evening.First thing this...
I'm revisiting this thread which I started back in 2011, shortly after I joined you all here on GC.If all goes according to plan, we'll be...
:wow: Out in the garden just now, I was 'buzzed' by a stag beetle.It actually hovered in front of my face for several seconds, flew round my...
Pair of wrought iron metal gates.Total width approx 2·5m (8ft) including hinges. Height 0·8m (2ft 8ins).£50 for the pair. Buyer to collect...
Went to have another look round and check on a few details this morning at the house we're buying.The house is in fairly good order, the garden...
Pulled the first of the carrots today.To avoid the ravages of carrot fly, I grow them in large 10 litre pots in the greenhouse, making...
Mowed and edged the lawn.In the veg plot, planted out the second sowing of sweet corn and some butternut squash plants in amongst the sweet...
A real bonus today - dug up some potatoes which had popped up where we had the Arran Pilots last year, obviously missed when we lifted them....
Ah, life's simple pleasures.After a hot day at work, I'm just enjoying a quick browse on GC, with a cold beer and Tony Blackburn on the radio......
Looks like the leaves of Alstroemeria. Should start flowering soon, once it does it will keep going all summer. :dbgrtmb:
Picked the first of the autumn sown broad beans today. :) Reasonably early this year, my first picking usually varies between late May and mid...
Looks like a cistus to me Russ. :blue thumb:
Nice easy journey home, got back in just over an hour. :)Many thanks to Michael and Hannah for all the effort you put to making it a really...
Morning all, hope everyone is well.I'm up and about early this morning. Been outside, fed and watered the hens, had an amble round the garden...
That makes two of us then FC. I'll be breaking out the shorts too - perhaps we could have a 'worst pair of legs' competition. :snork:
A few shots around the garden early this morning.The herbaceous border - the dry spring we've had here this year seems to have prompted the...
I've got a few spare courgette plants if anyone wants some.I'll bring them with me on Saturday, if any GC members want them you can have first...
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