Amsterdam's Blog archive

Plant sale

As we can’t open our gardens this year, I have organised a Plant sale in aid of...

Mason Bee story

Can't beelieve it! 🐝 So I took down My two very tired, tatty bug hotels from my garden...

Corona

Well, today was a day I won’t easily forget. I work in my local secondary school...

A reluctant goodbye to a wonderful tree

The time has come to have this magnificent maple tree taken down. I do this with...

A bit of a colour scheme ....

I just realised sitting down for 2 minutes that this year I have a white with fringed...

Open Garden Day

Last Sunday I opened my garden to the village from 11-3 to raise money for Severn...

Batten down the hatches ☔️🌧🌬

According to weather forecast tomorrow will be a very windy and wet day. Been out...

Exhausted but contented

I woke up early this morning and as the weather was mild I decided to start pruning...

Gardeners' World returns tonight

For those who do like to watch Gardeners' World- it's back! From 8.30-9.00 on BBC...

Visit from posse of Fieldfares

I was blessed with a visit of a group of over 20 Fieldfares who stripped my crabapple...

Shropshire- 6 inches of snow!

We’ve had 6 inches of snow within 24 hours! Absolutely magical. The school were I...

Poor blackberry picking

Every year around this time I go blackberry picking at my local bedgerow down the...