This afternoon my husband found a tortoise in the garden. I had never seen a tortoise like this before. I could only guess that it was an exotic species someone had bought as a pet. The bulbs are up but the sun is obscured by a thick grey blan.

Then I worked the soil again and for now the result seems to be fine. View from the house to the squared bed.

To keep up with more frequent updates on my garden adventures check out facebook. Tuesday, July 19, 2016. A walk through the Sun Garden, past the Rock Garden and out to the Monet Garden. View from the driveway of the Sun Garden. 4 years ago there was no garden on the left-hand side, nor any cherry tree. Yellow Heliopsis form a border around the whole are, not just this garden.

Automatic Gardening and Real Gluten Free Food. My quest to garden year-round without adding new plants. My second quest is to find GF recipes. I was surprised to see two Azalea buds next to each other that were two different colors. Of course I thought another bush had just sent out a really long branch that got mixed in. But, no both buds were from the same bush and on the same branch. A Pile in the Grass. One of my most viewed posts is Azaleas.

CLICK ON ANY IMAGE IN A GROUP TO ACCESS ITS GALLERY, MEMBERS OF WHICH CAN BE VIEWED FULL SIZE BY SCROLLING DOWN AND CHECKING BOX AT BOTTOM RIGHT. Today, for the most part, was overcast and dull, although the sun did emerge on our way back from Calshot where Jackie drove us this afternoon. We were positively sweltering in temperatures of 10-12 Celsius. A variety of decorative chickens are free to roam in their pen along the outside of the.

Wednesday, March 21, 2018. Wednesday, April 20, 2016. Tuesday, April 12, 2016. My Opium Poppies are larger than ever this year. Wednesday, March 30, 2016. My Boss brought this HUGE Camellia to work today. She does not know the variety but said it has been blooming for four whole months. Backyard - First Day of Spring 2016.

Resilient planting design for public urban spaces by Giacomo Guzzon. A pedestrian lingers in the generous herbaceous plantings between a bike park and the rail station. This rather simple planting is more easil.

Saturday, March 17, 2018. Potting up an art class. When a boiling hot day is forecast, do all your gardening as early as you can in the morning. Then, as a well-earned reward, enjoy a pot of tea. And so here I am, sipping tea and blogging late on a very warm Sydney Saturday morning in March. As soon a people clap eyes on this.

Sunday, July 5, 2015. Thermal and Not so Thermal. Here I am wrapped up in my cloaks, cold itself. And yet, significant signs of life are surfacing. Bravo, Hercules, I say. This is winter? Thursday, May 28, 2015.

Happy Valentines Day - which reminds me that our hearts should be focused on healthy vegetable gardening - why not consider growing our own from seed this year? Here is a pretty good reason why you might want to bother growing your own seedlings this year. You set up a lighting unit. You buy a plant timer. You use a propagtion mat. You use the best organic potting soil.