Featured Posts in'UK' Category

Herbsville my Home for Herbs

Herbs can be grown in a wide variety of situations. Windowsills with 3 ” pots are fine for quick growing herbs Read more..

Wiggling Things!

Many people in the UK will already know what this post is about from the first picture! In case you don't there is a Read more..

Beating the drought – replanting the xerophytic garden!

The ghosts of all the winter dead things have all but faded away though a few of my Cordyline’s now need to be cut Read more..

Growing Purple Malva Hollyhocks

Hollyhock family are from the Alcea genus but I couldn’t find a UK supplier of the variety above.. Malva Read more..

Get Butterflies in Your Garden

16 million gardens adds up to two million acres of garden in the UK. A fantastic resource for food, pastimes, study Read more..

My Desk!

This is my desk. I don’t get to sit at it much these days as most of my posts are done sitting at the kitchen Read more..

Best Flowers for Mother’s Day

Mother’s day in the UK is fast approaching. If you have a habit of forgetting until the last minute, you can Read more..

Grow Your Own!

The Peach Blossom in the fruit garden at RHS Wisley is looking fantastic. I went to the RHS Grow Your Own weekend at Read more..

Gorse with Spines and Prickles is a Weed

Ulex europaeus better known as Gorse, furze, furse or whin is a very prickly shrub of the pea family. Western gorse Read more..

Prial of Orchids

I am going to Madeira for a sunny break before the gardening gets tougher. I hope to sample the orchids that grow on Read more..