Although, I comment on my back garden being a sun trap and loving it; it can sometimes be a problem for plants that like shade or cooler temperatures. I also have a small section of my yard that is almost constant shade due to brick wall and the shed but I aim to take advantage … Continue reading Vegetables for shade
It’s middle of the summer and some people will be over run with cucumbers – I am a little late planting things out as we were only able to start sowing in June – I purchased one cucumber seedling (and sowed some seeds) so I don’t have a glut just yet. The title may be … Continue reading Recipes for Gluts: (Real!) Pickles
Now that we are half way through the year and half way through the RHS Garden and Flower shows I would like to talk about the show that I went to recently. I was able to make it to the Friday RHS Hampton Court Palace Garden Festival. Last year I went to the same show and … Continue reading A Plastic-free RHS Garden Show (?)
This week I am in California (San Francisco to be exact) so I am sending my six on Saturday over from abroad. Written and taken with my phone so you will have to excuse the misspellings and misalignments of this post. The Dahlia Circle in Golden Gate Park is in full swing at the moment. … Continue reading Six on Saturday: Dahlia Circle
As it pours with rain outside I contemplate the success and failures of my garden so far. A lot of renovations were completed over the length of this summer and plants put in and taken out. I put in a new vegetable ‘patch’ and also a ‘I don’t quite know what to do with yet’ … Continue reading Six on Saturday: The unexpected and the overgrown
Although this heat wave seems never-ending and the damage to leaves and plants from the harsh sun may look like you need to water more – check to see if the damage is not something lurking underside of the leaves. I have a couple of plants I thought were lacking water but since I thought … Continue reading Spider mites
I am trying to write a garden update showing the finished product (I know, gardens are never really finished) and I was looking through my photo collection and realised I have very few that are not a super close up of a flower or vegetables. So since I am uber slow at getting the bigger … Continue reading Six on Saturday:Views of the Garden
Last weekend it was my birthday and I had promised myself I would finish the garden by this time. As gardens are growing and never finished, I set the date to say it would be acceptable to have people over to view the new garden by throwing a garden party for my birthday (and my … Continue reading Six on Saturday: Progress and Presents
I bought a new camera; well, new to me as I did not want to invest to heavily in something that may be a passing phase. Still wasn’t the cheapest but I got better value for money with a range of lenses. If you have read my blog before this point, (if not, go back) … Continue reading Amateur Apiarian Photography
A little while ago I realised I had to do something about my aphid problem; I decided to go the non-chemical route and fight fire with fire so to speak. I bought biological weapons I hoped would take care of the aphids the way nature intended. I purchase hundreds of ladybird larvae and also a … Continue reading Six on Saturday: Aphid update
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