Category: gardening
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Going Backwards…
Since being self-employed and retired, (it can happen), I have always chosen what I want to do, and this has usually worked well for me. Somehow, everything gets done, and if I have to wait for another piece of the puzzle to finish something, I am happy to do this. Just lately, though, I have…
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A Disappointing Week…
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It has rained every day this week, so we have literally been confined to barracks. No gardening has been done, and the patio is unfinished. The grass is growing at an alarming rate, so that will need cutting when it finally stops raining. It seems that everywhere I look is a job that I can’t…
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Feeling Good Thursday…
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Milo, our crazy cat, is growing by leaps and bounds. He seems to get longer every day! He still won’t use the cat flap to leave the house, so just as well that the weather allows us to keep the back door open. My new system of allocating one job for the day seems to…
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Silent Sunday…
Several warnings are in place today. The temperature will rocket again and storms are gathering and will hit most of us later today. There is no sunshine this morning and not a breath of breeze. The garden is grey and definitely silent, as if holding it’s breath. It felt eerie, as I walked around looking…
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Hawthorn Research… #Bonsai
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This article focuses on the subject of encouraging Hawthorn bonsai to flower, however, the basic principles can be applied to flowering bonsai of all species. Maturity and Reproduction All trees are genetically predisposed to be dominant over surrounding trees and plants in an effort to reproduce. The most successful specimen (of any one species) are…
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#Friday Flowers… Not Mine, I’m Afraid…
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Image by Ilona Ilyés from Pixabay I would love to be the proud owner of this beautiful Azalea bonsai, but for some reason, flowers are proving impossible to get in my collection. I do have the white azalea, but it has never looked as good as this. I am reading up on the techniques needed before frustration drives…
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#Six on Saturday… (sorry there are no flowers…)
This week there were no new flowers to be seen in our garden, but everything was happening in the growing area. Mainly dahlias because I have been meaning to grow these for ages, and three of the ones I planted in April are getting on with the business in spectacular form. I tried to be…
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Friday Flowers…
This lilac lives in the wild end of our garden, and last year I had to rescue the poor thing as it was being swamped by next doors bushes. It had tried hard, growing long spindly branches that, to be honest, were going nowhere. Consequently, I ended up pruning it back along with everything else.…