Gardening blog archive

A Very watery walk this morning.

Each morning we set off for an hour's walk .Our route takes us down a usually very...

29 Jan, 2021
Meadowland

In defence of yellow!

I've been tucked up with the latest RHS magazine and have been rather taken aback...

27 Jan, 2021
Anget

Sweet peas

I am waiting for my sweet pea seeds to arrive but In the meantime I went to my local...

27 Jan, 2021
Marjories

My little garden late November 2020

Feeling a bit bored so decided to put up some pics of my Garden in november 2020...

27 Jan, 2021
Mossy

wildlife

because I love wildlife and my hamster :D

25 Jan, 2021
Paulinthemix

Snow, snow ...

We had an inch or two of snow fall on Sunday 24th January it was probably the most...

25 Jan, 2021
Balcony

snow Jan 24-25th

just for records as snow is rather rare nowadays

25 Jan, 2021
Paulinthemix

Missing photos

Is anyone else missing their photos on GOY ? I know both Bloomer and myself have...

24 Jan, 2021
Amy2

To brighten up the day.

I got up this morning ,the sun was shining. But there was a very hard frost so I...

24 Jan, 2021
Marjories

Frosty garden yesterday with Ice Spikes to this .

A snowy one today here in Wales pretty but cold and of course a bit disruptive but...

24 Jan, 2021
Kidsgran

First snow.

A shock to wake up to this, this morning. Sorry some of the pics are bluish-taken...

24 Jan, 2021
Anget

Ice Spikes!

That’s what was on my bird bath this morning and according to my grandson are quite...

23 Jan, 2021
Kidsgran

Birthday flowers

I am so pleased with these. Two lovely bouquets arrived from friends for my birthday....

22 Jan, 2021
Anget

Keeping me busy during lockdown

As many of you know I am a portrait painter. I have not been able to finish a commission...

21 Jan, 2021
Linda235

Lost and found + a couple of birds

The lost part is the problem with the browser, the found is the solution and the...

20 Jan, 2021
Honeysuckle..

Art work

We have had some lovely comments on our suggestion. There are so many ways to display...

20 Jan, 2021
Marjories

I ventured outside

Thanks to Klahanie posting a pic of Eranthis flowering now, I ventured outside to...

19 Jan, 2021
Siris

Hello

Hello everyone. I have just returned to this site after some health problems and...

19 Jan, 2021
Mossy

Water colour art

Hello Meadowland These are a few samples of various water colour paintings I have...

18 Jan, 2021
Marjories

Water colour of the River Wye painted 2 years ago.

Showing this is going to be,hopefully, the first step to returning to starting water...

17 Jan, 2021
Meadowland

It is going to be alright!

I had a walk around the garden this morning and my spirits soared when I spotted...

17 Jan, 2021
Seaburngirl

Wish-list 2021

I was just interested to know, because we have all been cooped up for so long, whether...

14 Jan, 2021
Anget

Inside Gardening

The weather is very cold and wet so I am not venturing outside . These orchids are...

14 Jan, 2021
Marjories

A controversial thought Must not have plants

Geranium [generally], petunias, privet and bedding begonia. Well what about them?...

13 Jan, 2021
Seaburngirl

If you do some gardening.....

The forecast for today was dry but cool but after weeks of rain, frost, snow and...

12 Jan, 2021
Seaburngirl

Slowing down.

I've noticed that the hard core fire that I had for exotic gardening..has cooled...

12 Jan, 2021
Stan510

Hummingbirds in our garden

Anna's hummingbirds stay around here all winter long. How they survive here? "When...

11 Jan, 2021
Klahanie_

Gone too far perhaps!

This little raised bed needs a change in planting as I find it quite tiring at times...

11 Jan, 2021
Shirley_tulip

Agapanthus

This is my last years plant flowering again. The colour is very rich dark red. There...

11 Jan, 2021
Marjories

In the garden today

Beautiful blue sky and more snow after the mist yesterday.

8 Jan, 2021
Linda235

Found in the Attic

Found this wasps nest in the Attic of our new house, it was between the rafters and...

7 Jan, 2021
Julien

We escaped to the sea!

We needed to top up our supplies of bird food today so drove to our nearest garden...

7 Jan, 2021
Wildrose

Pollock Park, Glasgow

It was cold today in the park but the mist made it beautiful.

7 Jan, 2021
Linda235

Return of the robin...or two.

I took today off and spent some time doing a few chores..although Eve and I did potter...

6 Jan, 2021
Kate123

In memory

of Camellia "Elsie Jury". I tried to protect you against our deer but could not...

5 Jan, 2021
Klahanie_

A small reminder before lockdown.

I thought perhaps it would be a good idea to stock up on some composts and fertilisers...

5 Jan, 2021
Meadowland

I’ve skating

This is our local park today. I can’t remember the last time the pond froze over....

4 Jan, 2021
Linda235

Water colour painting of a Thrush

Just thought i'd show you what i've been up to in lock down

2 Jan, 2021
Stripes