Preparing the flower border for winter.
I am writing this at Sheila’s request. I wouldn’t presume to tell you great gardeners how to do things, especially as your photos show how...
Monthly Archive: August 2014
Back Home to Gertie’s Garden ….. Diary for the end of August, 2014.
Back Home to Gertie’s Garden Diary for the end of August, 2014. We managed to bring our potted succulents home safely and I put them...
A Visit to Chelsea Physic Garden ….. An Arbour Tale
A Visit to Chelsea Physic Garden An Arbour Tale Foxley and Hedgeley, chief gardeners at the Crystal Palace Pads, had donned their boots and were...
ASPIRIN AS A TOMATO FOLIAR SPRAY
Not a true test I sprayed all my plants so had no comparison it could just have been a good year. Looking at other plot...
Gallivanting Teds At The Seaside ….. An Arbour Tale
Gallivanting Teds At The Seaside An Arbour Tale Jhobi Ted is none the worse from his stung nose. He hasn’t had another visit from a...
August 17th. 2014 Commemoration at Ste. Anastasie, for 1944. ….. A Magical Morning at the Mairie.
August 17th. 2014 Commemoration at Ste. Anastasie, for 1944. A Magical Morning at the Mairie. Another bright day of sunshine and shadows dawned. Down south...
Chez L’Hirondelle ….. An Arbour Tale
Chez L’Hirondelle An Arbour Tale August 15th was a Bank Holiday in France but the children at the Mas were busy, wheeling and dealing, and,...
That’s torn it!
I gave the crops their weekly foliar feed today…did the beetroot, carrots, celeriac, kale, leeks, parsnips, peas, toms…then the runners. All went OK until I...
Block Onions
Block Onions As many of you no doubt know I have been growing block onions for at least six years now. They get their name...
