Thanks so much, CAYUGA--It is what I do every year on the balcony...I just use different colours and plants. KK--Thanks for your comments on...
It was delightful to see all those lovely blooming plants. The dwarf irides are really a class unto themselves, aren't they. Yours look quite...
Well KK, just for your info, there are some potatos that are better for mashing and others tyhat are better boiled or steamed. In fact there is a...
Oh Netty---I see that your temp there is only one deg lower than ours here. Burrrrrrr. At least you don't have rain. It has been raining here for...
Oh dear me, MG....I laughed until my sides hurt. That remark of yours was priceless....the wording, the tone....Oh dear me! Poor KK, what will...
I planted the Ipomoea's today. They are the Ipomoea nil Double Pink. Can't wait.
Carolyn...I always plant my new strawb bed where the spuds were the preceding season. I can leave the strawb bed for two years before the...
Ahh, thanks for answering Kay. I read this answer a few weeks ago and forgot to respond to you. Forgive me. I see how the situation is with...
Ah yes, CAROLYN--I think that's it. Viola's. Yes, the man is very handy and had a lot of tools. I'll pass your compliment along. You are right,...
Good post, Jerry. Those hulls would work great mixed with woodchips on one's paths. I would love to have a walnut tree in the corner of my...
Oh my goodness gracious me! :shock: ... :-P What a load. I am so jealous that I just can't stand it. hahaha :mrgreen: You are harvesting new...
Hiya Chrisle--whatever fertilizer comes in the bag of soil...it will not be enough. Growing toms in containers lets you realize just how much...
Thanks KM-- for your comments and experiences. You are so right. Thank you EILEEN--You are completely correct. The locals and foreigners that...
I am on the edge of my chair, here.
The Knautia macedonica.
That is so infuriatingly typical! I have sort of given up on weather forecasters. I just take what I hear and see with a grain of salt...I use it...
You know, Chrisle--one option would be to plant that tom plant in a bought bag of garden soil with fertilizer mixed through it. I did this on...
Thanks for your remarks, TONI. Yes, those guys were quite young to have such responsibility. You are so welcome, 4-G.--There are all sorts of...
Blimey Cheryl, you two really did do well, didn't you. I'm with Toni--I can't wait to see the plants in their new homes (both you and your...
4 may is the day that we here call, "Remembrance Day". It is primarily to honour the sufferers and dead of WW2. It is a very solumn day for...