I've got 2 large buddleia's in the garden, both flowering profusely in the sunshine. Over the last couple of days, I've seen 1 Peacock, 2 Red Admirals, 1 Small Tortoiseshell, and 1 Painted Lady. Very sad state of affairs isn't it :( Saw a few Painted Lady's over the beach on Monday, but not much els...
Has anyone grown garlic in an unheated greenhouse? Or on a windowsill in the house? I have 2 cloves just sprouting, so i'm thinking of growing one on each :) Hi Dan, When I had the allotment, I grew garlic in the polytunnel. Now that I am gardening at home, I planted the cloves in the unheated gree...
Not much rain at all this weekend for a change :) Managed to get the grass cut and edged. Looks quite respectable again for 5 minutes :lol: The strawberries are almost over, but loads of flowers on the raspberries. New Polka plants this year and looking good so far. Peppers are looking good in the g...
Mildew on all of my gooseberries and shallots, potatoes are all blighted, strawberries rotting before they are ripe and to finish it off, i had a lovely row of broad beans just starting to crop and the deer got in a trashed the whole row. And now it's raining heavily out there at the moment. It cou...