Fried Green Tomatoes

30/08/10 .

The past week has felt quite Autumnal with all the rain and wind we have had. The garden is still flourishing but my lack of…


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Garden pics

11/08/10 .

        
Sunpatiens Sunsplash White
Rudbeckia Tiger Eye
Begonia Glowing Embers
Impatiens Sweetheart Mix
Thunbergia
Courgettes
Trailing Petunia Easy Wave Mix
 Tomato

 Begonia Illumination Salmon Pink…


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Tights and Trees!!

30/07/10 .

Last year one of the shrubs in my garden died, I have no idea what it was and can’t even remember what it looked like.…


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Blowsy Dahlias and much more besides

27/07/10 .

This really is the time of plenty. The window boxes and pots are now in full bloom – a cascade of petunias, lobelia and trailing…


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Guest Blogger – Tony Milne

27/07/10 .

Tony Milne, Product Development Consultant for Gardening Direct recently visited Thrive, a small national charity that uses gardening to change the lives of disabled people. …


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Sprouting cauliflowers?

22/07/10 .

After days of promising, the rain storm has finally hit us here in the home counties. Unfortunately I don’t think it will help me much…


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Bees and strawberries

11/07/10 .

I am very pleased with the amount of wildlife I have visiting my garden this year. Of course I have the nuisance visitors that we all…


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Pretty in Pink

1/07/10 .

The garden is looking exceptional at the moment with splashes of pink everywhere. The cosmos sonata is such a delicate and pretty flower and looks…


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Bountiful harvest

30/06/10 .

Thank heavens for the poly tunnel. I don’t know what people are harvesting further south, but up here, we area having regular meals form the…


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Bloomin’ marvellous

28/06/10 .

My Petunia Sophistica Lime Bicolour is just coming into flower and is really something to be pleased about. The deep pink is complemented by the…


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