Motherhen

Motherhen

Member since: Oct 09 | Years gardening: 0

Hello

I’ve just started to get back in the garden again after about 20 years off “growing” the children. You know how it is….I’ve just remembered the things I used to do!

I’ve always enjoyed wild flowers and the counrtyside, and in the dim and distant past I had loads of house plants. Plants interest me scientifically; I think that it is amazing how molecules produced by plants for their own survival, have such diverse uses in human medicine.

So, now is the time to see what could be in the garden (chickens permitting), fill the conservatory and remind my husband that I ‘have always wanted a green house’!

Gardens

  • Motherhen's 'The Smallholding' garden

    'The Smallholding' garden

    Zone 8b I started this garden as soon as we moved in so it has been in production for about 8 years now. It is called 'The Smallholding' because it is so s...

    • 8 plants
    • 3 journals
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  • Motherhen's By the Gate garden

    By the Gate garden

    Zone 8b We have always had one or two flowers here but it has really developed since I have stopped work. Our house is on a tiny lane with fields all ar...

    • 10 plants
    • 1 journals
    • 0 faves
    • 0 comments
  • Motherhen's Camouflaged garden

    Camouflaged garden

    Zone 8b Well, it all started easily enough, but turned out to be quite a challenge that is not yet overcome! I had staggered back from Eton with two wis...

    • 4 plants
    • 0 journals
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    • 0 comments
  • Motherhen's Chucks' Front Door garden

    Chucks' Front Door garden

    Zone 8b I thought it would be nice to try a dry garden using plants that can, in the main, look after themselves. There was a sad little hot dry corner by ...

    • 6 plants
    • 1 journals
    • 0 faves
    • 1 comments
  • Motherhen's Cuttings and seed garden

    Cuttings and seed garden

    Zone 8b This is on the nice table in the conservatory, and it contains a selection of seedlings, growing pips and stones; cuttings and things I need to kee...

    • 1 plants
    • 1 journals
    • 0 faves
    • 0 comments
  • Motherhen's Garden in the Lane garden

    Garden in the Lane garden

    Zone 8b The 'Garden in the Lane' is the result of having the Chucks. Everyone who has chickens will know that they are very good gardeners. Whatever they...

    • 64 plants
    • 3 journals
    • 0 faves
    • 1 comments
  • Motherhen's Gloomy Corner garden

    Gloomy Corner garden

    Zone 8b This part of the garden had a big make over at the weekend. The Chickens had got in and done more damage to the hostas than an army of slugs. Eve...

    • 14 plants
    • 1 journals
    • 0 faves
    • 0 comments
  • Motherhen's Mobile Strawberry garden

    Mobile Strawberry garden

    Zone 8b I had not grown strawberries for a while as the slugs seem to eat more than I do. I had this idea for a 'mobile strawberry garden' that could be re...

    • 4 plants
    • 0 journals
    • 0 faves
    • 0 comments
  • Motherhen's Warm and Sunny garden

    Warm and Sunny garden

    Zone 8b This is quite a sheltered spot, it faces south and is directly in front of the house wall. It is also protected from the worst of the south west wi...

    • 4 plants
    • 0 journals
    • 0 faves
    • 0 comments
  • Motherhen's Windowsill and Conservatory garden

    Windowsill and Conservatory garden

    I used to have loads of indoor plants, but they could not cope with the changing temperature coming out of university halls of residence and then i...

    • 29 plants
    • 4 journals
    • 0 faves
    • 0 comments

Benenden, Kent

United Kingdom United Kingdom 8b


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I love to grow

anything that you can eat; house plants; odd things from pips, stones and fruit; anything that does something odd or interesting; anything that is pretty to look at


Hobbies

keeping chickens; walking the dog; cooking; knitting; medicine and pharmacology


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