Tag: gardening

• August 24, 2021

  A beautiful peacock butterfly came to visit

  

  Following on from my posts about attracting pollinators to the garden and which plants are good for pollinators, my buddleja has been sitting outside the patio doors for the last couple of weeks waiting to be placed in its final spot (once the flowerbed has actually been laid) and we’ve had two lovely flying visitors! […]
• August 6, 2021

  There’s a frog in our garden!

  

  We’ve been trying to solve this mystery for about a week. Last week, while we were busy laying the drainage to ensure our heavy clay soil can be used for anything other than very soggy lawn, my husband spotted a little creature behind our oil tank (the oil tank is for heating, if you’ve never […]
• July 23, 2021

  Installing a high raised bed: Garden update

  

  I’ve decided to put in a high raised bed on one side of the back garden. We are still working on the drainage problem and I will write a lengthy article about this once it’s all sorted. Part of my waterlogged clay drainage plan is to build a high raised bed (30cm tall by 2m […]
• July 2, 2021

  Container gardening update

  So my back garden is now baked solid with its clay soil, and all my vegetable crops are in containers or my 120cm-squared (four foot square) raised bed. Here’s an update on how it’s all going! My goal is to be self-sufficient although that’s not likely this year since I struggled to buy many of […]
• August 17, 2016

  First harvest of the summer

  I just had a stressful 4-day visit from the housework police in-laws (mother-in-law’s line of questioning included such gems as “why don’t you knock a wall down between your toilet and your kitchen?” and “why did you do an archaeology degree?” and “can I rip out all the brambles, you don’t want those brambles!” oh, and my favorite, […]
• May 28, 2016

  Raindrops on Roses: Weekly Photo Challenge

  

  I looked out at the ethereal water droplets bathing the garden and I couldn’t help myself.  I had to go out and get soaked taking these pictures. This is my entry for the Weekly Photo Challenge since the theme is Spare and the sky had all this spare water in it (so it rained a […]
• May 14, 2015

  BUNNY SANDWICH SHOCK AS GARDENERS MOW LAWN

  Gardeners in York today were left shocked after three rabbits piled on top of each other to make a bunny sandwich, on what is set to be the most overshadowed Rabbit Awareness Week of the Year, since it has clashed with Mental Health Awareness Week. The three rabbits, known locally as Fifer, Katie and Sebastian, […]