Amsterdam's Blog archive

Soil improver disaster

I ordered a cubic metre of soil improver to go on my back border before planting...

Before and after back border

Thought I’d share my back border mid through transformation. My neighbours have never...

Dierama ‘Pink Rocket’

I finally managed (after two years) to get this Dierama to flower! I had seen them...

The Queen’s Green Canopy

I picked up my free wild cherry tree, Prunus Avium’ as part of the Queen’s Green...

Merry Christmas to you fellow gardeners!

Wishing you all a very Merry Christmas and a wonderful gardening year for 2022!

Laurel hedge gone…..

Finally got the courage to take massive laurel hedge down. It had been well pruned...

Patio before & after

Here are some pictures of the build of the new patio. We got there in the end! Apologies...

Charity plant sale

Thought you'd like to know we made £1,200 selling plants on my drive at our annual...

Getting ready for charity plant sale

Here are pictures of some of the plants ready to go to new homes on Sunday. A fair...

Confused

Sitting indoors with a stonking cold in front of my lit log burner..... on 20th...

The great northern garden build BBC 2

Worth a watch. Tonight’s first out of 4 episodes on the massive construction task...

Merry Christmas! 🎄🎅🏻🥂🎁

Wishing all GOY members a merry Christmas and a great (gardening) year for 2021!