One of my #gardeninggoals2019 was to hang bird feeders around the garden to provide an additional food source for the many birds which visit the garden.
Six on a Frosty Saturday
This week in both the frost and the snow, the garden absolutely sparkled! My #SixonSaturday this week from my garden is a white one!
Snow – The Poor Man’s Fertilizer
Whether you've woken up to a blanket of snow this morning, have had snow for days or are still waiting on those first flutters, snow cover, believe it or not, can actually be quite beneficial for the trees and shrubs in your garden.
Photograph Your Garden This Year
Never before has it been as easy to record the progress in your garden in a visual way at the touch of a button! I cannot shout enough about the value of photographing your garden regularly!
Aloe Vera – The Plant of Immortality
It is thought that Aloe Vera gel be used in everything from banishing black and blue bruises to taking the sting out of an insect bite, from fighting athlete's foot to shrinking warts.
Six on a Saturday for January
As January starts to bite, I thought I'd share #SixonSaturday from my garden as I went in search of the green!
If Holly is a Male and Ivy is a Female…
Plants like Holly, Ivy and Mistletoe are all a hugely popular part of our Christmas decorations. All these traditional evergreens have deep rooted symbolic meanings associated with this time of year.
A Homemade Christmas
What could you make from sticks gathered in the garden, a few leftover Christmas baubles, a bit of string and a cheap set of battery operated Christmas lights?
Deck the Halls
Armed with my trusty secateurs, I prowled the garden foraging for evergreens to chop and ended up with so much foliage that my kitchen looked like the back end of a florist's workshop!
