I like Meconopsis, Himalayan blue poppies. They're very hardy, they like our acid soil, love our damp, chilly summer climate and add height and/or...
Here they are: [img] Roof gull and babies ( photo / image / picture from Droopy's Garden ) There seems to be three chicks every year. I just...
We have, not quite by our own choice (points finger at mother), got a few ground orchids growing in our garden. Most of them are either in bloom...
I have a soft spot for Oxalis. They're small, they've got big blooms for their size and they come in different colors. The photos below show most...
I had to visit the mall the other day, and was a bit surprised when an angry sea gull swooped down on me. It wasn't too threatening. :lol: So I...
I love this plant, even though it was my husband who desperately wanted it: [img] Arisarum proboscideum - mouse plant ( photo / image /...
My husband has a vivid imagination and is very handy. We wanted a water feature similar to one we saw at the Technical Museum, and here it is:...
Yeah, right! :( The white veil on the mountains is new snow. [img] June 1st and new snow! :( ( photo / image / picture from Droopy's...
Spring has sprung for certain: [img] Spring! ( photo / image / picture from Droopy's Garden ) And we've got more blooms too. I...
I try to use gloves when I weed and plant. I was only going to snap a few photos of my blooms, and this is the result: [img] Me in a...
My husband's a very imaginative chap. His newest idea isn't quite finished but I'd like to show the top piece anyway, and show the rest of it once...
[img] As mentioned in my blog I've fought a severe case of the gardening blues. The explanation is shown above. :lol: I hope to be a more...
The news report of flooding in Queensland and New South Wales, and thousands of people are evacuated. It seems that the rain and flooding will go...
Yesterday Norway was granted the dubious honour of being the coldest country in Europe. *sigh* It's still cold but clouding over. And here I was,...
Ok, all of you that are located in warmer areas than mine. I've joined the blooms club. :D This is a Helleborus. It's been blooming for about...
I'm both a mum and a horse-mum, and sometimes I have to be creative to exercise my furries because I need to have enough time to help my children...
We've got frost again, for the umphteenth time this winter. Forecast says rain or sleet again tomorrow, so we'll thaw out for the umphteenth time...
I make two wreaths every year, one for us and one for our neighbours. It all started as a sort of prank some years ago (I think at least ten years...
And a couple of other blooms. :D These two managed to bloom while we had a few days of relatively good weather, i.e. just a bit of rain...
Let me start by saying that I'm fine and so is my family. :stew2: Our so-called summer has been very wet, very cold and very disheartening...
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