Thanks for that Dave, I'll give it a try.
I've pickled onions in the past but they've been ones I bought. This year I've grown my own, but I'm not sure if I have to dry them first or can...
My pleasure, I don't often get one right, but I do have one of these and it's a lovely plant.
Would it be Salvia 'Hot Lips' by any chance?.
Just back from a holiday in Cornwall and called at Rosemoor on the way home. It was wonderful, really made my holiday.
Well said, an excellent well balanced post.I love looking at gardens but I'd soon get bored if they were all a carbon copy of my own. The...
I've got one of those and I don't think it's the same, but maybe there are different varieties. I'll have to wait and see if it flowers....
I got it from Hillfoot Nursery online. It's definitely not bindweed, the leaves are thicker and almost downy.
Oh dear they are probably too small to tell. Can anyone enlarge them please?
I bought this climber in March as a Passion flower. I soon realised as the leaves appeared, that it wasn't anything like a Passion flower. I've...
I think there's room for both shows. I enjoyed the different styles and I also love looking at other peoples gardens.I've been watching the...
Lunchtime today I went to see Carol Klein talking about her book 'Life in a Cottage Garden'.See was lovely, much as I imagined her and as...
Thanks, it really lifted me after a difficult week in work. There's no greater way to relax than gardening in one form or another.
The show was great. The Show Gardens were lovely, the floral displays stunning and the atmosphere was excellent. The Best in Show looked even...
An interest in gardening is more than just planting our own plots. Most of us enjoy visiting open gardens and going to the big shows. I for one...
The broad leaved plant in the first pic looks like sage, the plant in the second looks like ground elder which needs getting rid of. Not sure on...
I've been watching repeats of Monty at Berryfields on the Blighty Channel and I must say he was much better on those programmes than he is on the...
Certainly looks like a bay tree. Apparently they don't like temperatures below -5 so need protection during very cold spells. I covered mine...
Gardeners World is back this Friday, I'm looking forward to seeing Carol and co, but not sure about Monty Don. He lives only 15 miles from me and...
It's been very mild but windy here in Wales. 11 degrees overnight according to our weather station.I even managed to get a bit of gardening...
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