Category: Plants
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Tomato Plant update
Fascinating I know! But I have been through a lot with my tomato plants. I was so happy last year with my twenty plants that grew a whole 5 tomatoes! Five. Twenty plants I cared for and looked after. I even used a paintbrush to help the pollination. So this year I started with a…
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Growing my own tea
Last year I thought about what I wanted to plant and what I wanted to get from my garden. I have always loved daisies and simple flowers so the idea of growing edible flowers sounds great to me. The seeds are tiny, you do need to make sure you pick the edible ones I really…
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My gardening therapy: sewing sweet peas
It’s getting warmer and it’s time to get planting. I love sweet peas and this year I am going to stagger my sweet pea planting. This month I started the first tray and next month I will plant another tray. I have been collecting toilet roll tubes because they are perfect for for sewing sweet…
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Four new house plants
I went shopping not long ago and bought some houseplants. Two of my plants were looking sad. So I bought two booster plants to pop in the old plants to fill them out and two completely new plants. I can’t wait to watch them grow and thicken. Having plants in your home is part of…
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Garden series part 4: collecting seeds
Part of my garden series is about planning for next year, investing in time but not spending too much money. I have some beautiful flowers growing and because it’s September they are starting to go to seed. Time to take advantage of nature’s gifts. I was very sad when my anemones lost there petals but…
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Gardening: helping out in the garden
Gavin’s grandad has a lovely garden that needs looking after so I volunteered to help as Gavs mum and aunt know so much about gardening so I took it as a day of learning and offered to help out. I was really looking forward to spending some time in the garden even if it wasn’t…
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Garden series Part 3: Planning and paying
So I have big plans for the garden. It’s all about layering and planting. so throughout spring and summer the garden is flooded with colour. Planning now means I get to enjoy the garden next summer. I will still keep a mix of pots but my main focus is on the plant bed and adding…
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Sunshine through my window: Bathroom light
We have a south facing garden and our downstairs bathroom looks out onto the lawn. It has the best view of the house, if I had lots of money I would move to a bigger house, ha ha. If I had a lump sump of money I would swap the rooms around so my kitchen…
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On a Roll:
Did I ever think I would post about loo roll… nope. but I am. Gavin has an annoying habit of keeping all the empty loo rolls. It was making me crazy, he smugly assured me i would find away to recycle them. I did. For my sweetpeas. they have long roots so its good to…
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Two for Joy: Bonsai Conifer trees
I should start by saying that conifers are my least favourite tree. I have four in my garden, 3 at the back and 1 near the front. They block out the trains so they do have a purpose but they look half dead and haunt my garden with a sombre presence. When i was cleaning…
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