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04 Feb 2008Random plants by the side of the path forest gardenWalking back from the shops today I spotted a large clump of Daylilys up rooted and dumped in the woods, just sitting there starting to sprout so I just picked up this poor wee (between 30 and 40cm across) abandoned plant and its sitting in the garden waiting to be planted I’m just wonderin...Cloudy 10°C / 50°F
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29 Jan 2008Veg and FlowersSunny 6°C / 43°F
Just spent the last few days digging and building new beds and lifting Asparagus and Rhubarb to fill them it means theres more space for more plants (Asparagus and Rhubarb). Things are finally flowering the lawn and most of the garden is carpeted in Crocus, Wood Violet and a few Primroses (vulgar...
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27 Dec 2007Its flowerd Angel's Trumpet and Greenhouse garden
Due to being away at uni and on holiday I’ve only seen this flower once, so this is quite an occasion for me. I’d hoped it’d open for Christmas but had to wait for a couple of days but it was defiantly worth the wait.
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03 Dec 2007Sweet peasMy sweet peas are up, their about 3 or 4 cm so they came up about a week ago still another 4 or 5 months before I can think to harden them off.
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03 Dec 2007Sweet peas Greenhouse gardenMy sweet peas are up, their about 3 or 4 cm so they came up about a week ago still another 4 or 5 months before I can think to harden them off.
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20 Nov 2007Deflasked Laelia and Orchid garden
Just transferred these out of there flask, it’s so fiddly, most are on a slab of cork with some of the small ones in moss.
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14 Nov 2007Black spot & a bonus forest garden
I looked out the window this morning and noticed that the rose was absolutely infested with black spot, so I went out and got rid of every last leaf they should be gone by now anyhow and gave it the annual chop. I rememberd that I’d tryed to graft a white rose that my mum was given in the s...
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04 Nov 2007warmth Greenhouse garden
I’ve got the old paraffin heater that my granda gave me working, I think it is at least. I just went to cheak on it, it felt quite cold outside (7c) but in the greenhouse its about 5 degrees warmer. The little window in the flue looks sorta like the moon.
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28 Oct 2007All done (for now) Greenhouse garden
I’ve got the greenhouse finished at last. The staging is temporary but it serves its purpose and theres Space for more plants. Now the dilemma is what should I get Orchid or Aeoniums maybe something else all together.
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25 Oct 2007Cleaning up orchids Orchid garden
Started to prepare my orchids for winter, well the Pleiones anyway since most of them are dormant now. I took them out of there pots and took off their roots and the sheath that covered the psudobulb while it was growing one of the odd things is that with Pleiones you can sort of see how many pla...
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