Cutting back Honeysuckle
Around this time last year we completely cut down the honeysuckle as we needed to replace the fence it was…
Month: May 2008
Lavender – the Parents
Following the success in the lavender cuttings, here are their parents – all looking good and ready to…
Lavender Cuttings Planted Outside
Back in September I decided to have a go at taking lavender cuttings and I am pleased today…
Second Wigwam
It was been quite a while since last post and that is mainly down to being out of…
Small sunflowers planted outside
These really did need planting. I was going to wait until I came back from my trip but…
Wigwams
It’s been a while, but I have been away from home. Last weekend we spent some time putting…
@Four Weeks
So much going on and so little time to do things! I have added a whole load…
Beans planted
A weekend of planting beans and painting bean poles! We don’t really want too many beans, but…
Yum Yum Cress
Tonight we took our first cuttings of cress! Very tasty….
@Three Weeks
We are certainly in business now. Sunflowers have been outside for a week and while we have lost…
New Life – Clematis
We had a nice little Clematis in the back garden going up the fence by the decking…. until…
Clematis in full flower
We bought this last year when we did the front garden and it never flowered. The main reason…
First pick of Rhubarb
We decided to make some apple pies and rhubarb pies today and so we found the two largest…
Slugs get another Sunflower!
Just been out and one plant had a slug chomping away, while another had been chomped and is…
Reduced Fruit Bushes Planted
They have been in some water for the last couple of days, all looking pretty dead but hey.…
Sunflowers – Slugs and Cat Do Their Best…
….to prevent us having sunflowers! One down due to slug damage, one down due to the cat…
More Sunflowers Start to Show
These are the smaller ones, Velvet Queen, that we sowed the other day. Not too unexpected as…
Cress – Take Two
Time to try again, who can actually kill cress??! Well it seems we can, so we have sowed…