Hywel's Blog archive

St Dwynwen

January 25th is "Dydd Sant Dwynwen" (St Dwynwen's Day) She is the patron saint of...

Old pipes

I had a small extension built on my little kitchen last summer. It's where a damp,...

Succulents

I wanted to replace a particular succulent plant that I'd lost recently, and found...

New greenhouse (Part 1)

In my garden I had an old shed which had become rotten and was full of junk, so I...

A sunny autumn day

One lovely day in early November I visited a country park about half an hour's drive...

November 2022

Hello everyone :) I thought I'd write about how my plants are doing this month ......

Cactus flower (for Steragram)

Sue (Steragram) gave me this lovely cactus and look at the flower it has produced...

Gardening for a long life

The oldest lady in Wales celebrated her 110th birthday yesterday, she was born on...

It's February already !

I can't believe we're into the second month of the year. Where did January go ? It...

Meet George ...

A lady called Shirley comes to cut my hair, and asked me a few days ago if I wanted...

The ZZ plant

I'd never heard of this until I bought one a few days ago ... I was in a well known...

Little stars or Christmas lights ...

Since many members think the flowers on my epiphytic cactus look Christmassy I thought...