Congrats Tom--smashing foto. I like thistles very much.
The weather wasn't really good and we needed to get a birthday gift for my b-i-l, so we went to the neighbouring villages of Volendam and Edam....
It's good to hear sometyhing from her. I hope that she will begin posting again soon.
I can really be jelous of nice window space. You lucky one, you.
--Wow Petunia, That poly tunnel is looking very good and so is the stuff growing inside it. You just HAVE to be glad that you guys put that thing...
--chuckle-- Well, I don't know, but when you think of the way inwhich plants take up minerals and other things in the soil that they need, it...
I always wait to gather my seeds until the head is brownish and all the tiny bits have fallen off the seeds on the head. Having said that, if the...
Wouldn't it be fun to order a couple of Dionaea muscipula (Venus Flytrap) plants and place them on the window sill near your plants. They are very...
Hiyah Daisy. Toni may well be right about there not being anything that you can do about the taste of your cues now at this stage. Just a few...
Hee hee hee...I shall keep my eyes open for the fig-shots.
What a heartbreaker, Sherry. I agree with GDDC--take pics and document everything now while it's fresh. I have always admired that bit of...
I raised some Cosmea from seed at home on the windowsill then planted them out. When Droopy was here they were about shin-high.....now they are...
Too right, EJ. :-?
Some causes of blossom drop in toms are: Temperature Too High or Too Low Lack of Pollination Nitrogen - Too Much or Too Little Humidity Too...
I'd LURVE to see yer figs. I hope that you get the time to take and post a few pics one of these days. There was a small and simple...
Dear, oh dear, oh dear....just look at your lovely little flowers. Isn't that zinnia a lovely thing? The cosmos looks good as well. I have a few...
Oh my, Toni...so it's started then has it. Catalogues are one of the sweetest of the little tortures aren't they? Nothing wrong with being...
I'm well chuffed that you two found that the jams looked yummy. Toni, I an very sorry that your plum source dried-up. That is a real shame. I am...
You have one of the lovliest gardens, Sherry. Such evocative planting schemes and colours. Did you make the "backyard art" yourself? I'll tell...
I appreciate all your nice comments so much. I am a real jam and jelly nut, and am starting fo feel that I shan't run out of jam before next...
