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At a garden club visit yesterday so many of us were bemoaning the tremendous amount of bindweed in our gardens this year. I have just been out and...
How fabulous to have such a grand harvest. To do what you can is also brilliant. Wish we had enough to not just eat on the day but make jam,...
Last year was a huge harvest but this year not. We haven't though had any problems with leaves just a poor harvest.
Must have been a hatching as so many dragonflies on the wing this morning darting all over the place. Lovely.
Azara serrata is an evergreen shrub that has small orange fragrant flowers late winter early spring (for us). We do prune ours back if we find it...
Pruning yet again the vine that just gallops away. Think come the winter it will have to go. Picked a huge amount of pea beans. At least those are...
@LunarSea beautiful photo. We used to have borage self seeding and just loved the brilliant blue colour. Then we didn't have any. Used to use the...
@Liriodendron RHS says that only that flower produces the nectar. Doesn't answer your question but intriguing.
The bay tree with all its suckers had to be tackled today in between the drizzle. Collected some apples for storage (ALREADY!). Pick a ridiculous...
Spent the morning in the new polytunnel. The "cucumbers" that aren't and are cornichons just had to go. You can only have so many jars of pickled...
While is can be a very attractive plant it is very invasive. As others have said the seeds move across your area but also they have roots that do...
Verbena borariensis we were given a plant from friends and this is the only time the plant has survived and is lovely. Any other time we have not...
We have another freezer which for various reasons could only go in the porch. It has been a great small freezer and helped us to keep a lot of...
Well here we go again. Managed to get a good germination of some dwarf french beans that we sowed in pots indoors. Today we planted out the...
We have buddleias growing in heavy clay. We also have seedlings that we are able to pass onto family and neighbours. Another great success are the...
Our compost for all our insectivorous plants we buy from a carnivorous only grower. He exhibits around the country and we are lucky to be able to...
We have over the last 2 weeks been picking fabulous figs before the birds get them. Not a lot in one go but enough for us to enjoy. First time in...
We spoke to a gardener who was planting trees/shrubs for a new build estate. He told the company that they would not survive as they were the...
Sparrows galore and blue tits and great tits. Every now and then we have a small flock of long tails. The adult robins seem to have disappeared...
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