Browsing "My Garden"
Should I Add Clover to my Lawn?
Tony Allen from the Natures Finest Seed website wrote to offer me a guest post for this blog. I looked [...]
Grape vine in autumn
Autumn leaves and sunshine provide a wonderful photo opportunity. Our grape vine has turned magnificent shades of red and gold. [...]
Gorgeous geraniums
We were browsing around our local garden centre when I spotted some attractive clay pots at a bargain price. There [...]
Glorious Gazanias
When we were in the garden centre choosing some plants for our tubs the brightly coloured gazania plants caught our [...]
Runner beans survive blackfly infestation
A few weeks ago the new shoots on our runner beans were covered with blackfly. After consulting the wisdom of [...]
Yucca recovering after frost damage
My five foot yucca has survived winters unscathed for many years. However, the winter of 2010/2011 took its toll and [...]
Camellias blooming well
In spite of the hard winter our camellia shrubs have held on to their flower buds and are putting on [...]
Is my compost bin a breeding ground for slugs?
We try to be as green as possible by recycling as much as we can. My large plastic compost bin [...]
The Great White Cherry and other spring flowers
When I opened the curtains this morning I was greeted by the beautiful sight of the cheery tree at the [...]
Who’s been eating my primulas?
My primulas are in flower but something is making a meal of the petals. If it was slugs I would [...]






