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• 22 Nov 2009
  Stocked up on potting soil and manure
  8.11pm Notice up in Dogwood that they were going to open to day, everything on sale. This is the first time they have been open for more than a year. Knowing that they had some manure from peering in the back fence, I was down there as soon as they opened. Bought 6 bags manure, 6 bags planter soi...
  Rainy 2°C / 36°F
• 22 Nov 2009
  Water in the garden 2. Porch garden , 3. Bay Box garden , and 4. House garden
  8.00am The cloud is right down, and it is precipitating, snow I think, probably a mix of rain and snow, it’s not settling – yet. I have always wanted what is so unhappily called a ‘water feature’ in the garden but have never worked out where it could go and if it needed po...
  Rainy 1°C / 34°F
• 21 Nov 2009
  The Rose Garden cont 1
  I imagine sitting in this arbour on a fine, warm, early Summer day when the roses, clematis, honeysuckle and summer jasmin are coming into bloom, the air perfumed with roses and abuzz with insects and bird song. I do not think of myself as a rose addict but I admit that David Austin roses do some...
  Cloudy 3°C / 37°F
• 21 Nov 2009
  The Rose Garden in November 1
  When my brother and sister-in-law went to church on Sunday morning, I went to worship too – in the Alnwick Gardens. This is the most amazing garden. The last time, the first time, I visited it was in February two years ago so I was hoping that on this visit there might be some summer left-o...
  Cloudy 4°C / 39°F
• 21 Nov 2009
  New-to-me in my bro's garden
  Photos: This Cerinthe major purpurascens is a plant I have often seen illustrated and thought I would like to grow but this was the first time that I had seen it. It is the mix of colours that is so attractive, fleshy blue-green foliage and rich purple blue tubular flowers; part of the Boraginace...
  Cloudy 4°C / 39°F
• 21 Nov 2009
  More from my brother's garden 1 1
  7.00am Flowers too, I counted about 15 in bloom, nothing like their summer glory but I was not complaining. Photos: This small-flowered rose is right outside the kitchen door at the top of the cordon tree bed, I think it is probably a climbing or rambling rose. At the other end of that bed is th...
  Cloudy 3°C / 37°F
• 20 Nov 2009
  My brother's garden 2 3
  7.28pm It was such a pleasure to see brilliant green grass and growing plants when I got to the UK. I last saw my brother’s garden in February 2007, not long after he had moved into the house, and at that time the only things planted were the cordoned apple trees along the wall. These trees...
  Rainy 5°C / 41°F
• 20 Nov 2009
  Still Growing Strong 4 2 Very Happy Kitchen garden , Brussels Sprouts 'Trafalgar' , Brussels Sprouts, rubine , Broccoli 'Rudolph' , Broccoli '...
  There are a few remaining plants in the kitchen garden which are not only still kicking, but doing very well. The ‘Trafalgar’ Brussels are doing extremely well. The tagline in the catalogue called them Christmas sprouts because of their long standing ability. I often leave my Brussel...
  Overcast 4°C / 39°F
• 19 Nov 2009
  Home again. 2 1 Winter garden , Christmas Cactus , Moth Orchid , and Corkscrew Hazel
  6.58pm Raining and everything looks sodden; the snow is down to less than a hundred metres above the valley bottom. In the garden, there are still some fresh Autumn crocuses, including in the Bay Garden towards the east end, and lots of bashed down, limp bodies. The pink chrysanthemum is floweri...
  Rainy 3°C / 37°F
• 19 Nov 2009
  Leaves almost off the trees
  It seems alot warmer this year compared to last, but the rain is torrential these last 2 days. Pine Apple express…. Flooding in some places and the wind was up to about 90kph. Ferries shut down yesterday so we had to overnight. :(
  Storms 9°C / 48°F
• 17 Nov 2009
  Jumping Back In 4 10 Very Happy
  It’s been so long since I’ve logged on, that I had hundreds, no thousands of journals to read …eeeek! Lots of catching up to do! I’ve missed you guys!!!! We’ve had a pretty crazy couple months with half the people we know being hospitalized for everything from hea...
  Sunny 3°C / 37°F
• 15 Nov 2009
  New leaf growing quickly! 1 Amaryllis Sprouting
  Better than expected… the Amaryllis is already sprouting a new leaf that is growing visibly, daily!
  Overcast 12°C / 54°F
• 15 Nov 2009
  Finally repotted! Dracaenas Repotted
  I changed the larger plant into a larger pot with all new tropical soil from Canadian Tire. The smaller plant also got a soil make-over, and was transferred to the other plant’s old pot.
  Overcast 12°C / 54°F
• 13 Nov 2009
  harvested carrots carrot planting Harvesting and Square Foot vegetable 3 garden
  pulled out last of carrots this week
  10°C / 50°F
• 13 Nov 2009
  changes to landscapeat front tree Front tree garden
  removing tree here since is dying out and getting scrawny
  11°C / 52°F