The life and loves of a time-poor plantsman. The Making of the Garden. The changing of the clocks makes an enormous difference to my enjoyment of the garden. Gardens of the East Kent National Garden Scheme.

Het dagboek van een rozen- en natuurliefhebster. A diary of a Rose and Nature enthusiast. After a very dark, wet, but very mild winter, asking myself does the sun still excist its finaly springtime. Fantastic to see color is coming in to the garden again. The Helleborus was already bringing flowers on the 12th of february. A short visit of King Winter.

English-style Gardening in the Poconos. Saturday, March 31, 2018. Planning the 2018 Kitchen Garden. Packeted seeds and saved seeds, for the new gardening year. Seed exchange and have been the recipient of her wonderful bounty. As you probably know, I use raised beds and the square-foot gardening method. I love my cucumber frame. Swiss chard grew successfully in the cold frame after the first frost.

Jointed stems with swollen nodes gives this plant its unfortunate name of Gouty Geranium. OK, it does have lanky, gouty legs, but the flowers are beautiful; chartreuse-yellow. And they are fragrant, specially in the evening. The Sinister Secrets of Orford Ness.

From sewing room to potting shed. A Clear Out and a Surprise Invitation. All this space is getting me ready for our foray into North Wales soon where we will be visiting Crug Farm Plants. And possibly coming home with more goodies. Some interesting plants flowering at the moment are,. Roscoea Brown Peacock, great looking dark stems setting off huge purple and white flowers. And now my Surprise Invitation. Filed under From Sewing Room To Potting Shed. The garden has shifted a gea.

Little Backyard World Where Experimenting Is Encouraged. Hungry Birds and Ripe Tomatoes. Here are a few pictures of birds looking for their next meal. Besides some butterfly and flower pictures, I also have a few tomato shots. This is the time in the garden when everything ripens and needs to be eaten or frozen or given away or something! We could see the male goldfinch working on the cone flower seeds from the kitchen window. Later in the week one of th.

Damp and in the middle of nowhere.

A foray into food, flowers and travel. A Happy New Year to all the readers out there. May 2017 be filled with lots of yummy dishes in your kitchen. It was a busy holiday season, so unfortunately my blog took a seat on the back burner so to speak. One Pan Chicken with Wine, Thyme, Carrots and Bacon.

My gardening year in 2016.

On my walk around Sheffield. Just under a week ago, I took a lot of photos. For example, this path up through a wood suggests that desire lines further from the house could make use of our fragments of brick. From dismantling the compost bins.