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Greenforks - gardening with a passion

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A UK garden diary which comments on the highs and lows of gardening in both ornamental flower borders and on an allotment.

Added on: Feb 23rd, 2008
Country: United Kingdom
Language: English

Author: easygardener
Listed in: Gardening
Tags: flowers gardening plants vegetables allotment

Recent Posts

Blooming Friday: November, week 1 – in three pictures

Posted on Friday November 6th, 2009 at 02:52 in flowers, blooming friday

Welcome to Blooming Friday. I have three pictures that sum up my garden this week. Foliage against a grey sky. Ginko biloba Seed heads. Clematis orientalis 'Sherriffi' One of the last remaining flowers. Vinca major 'Variegata' Daytime...
Narcissus tazetta indoors – the easy peasy way

Posted on Thursday November 5th, 2009 at 03:10 in flowers, bulbs, marcissus tazetta

I’ve never been a fan of growing or forcing bulbs indoors, especially trying to get flowers for a particular date such as Christmas. I remember trying it years ago and getting lanky leaves and very few flowers. I could not I get the hang of kee...
The bathroom, the floor, the hole and the stupid cat

Posted on Saturday October 31st, 2009 at 05:52 in bathroom, cats, georgie

My new bathroom has been installed. Everything has gone fairly smoothly except for one little incident. One day the builders were here for about eight hours doing various noisy things. Finally they fitted the bath panels to the side of the bath and b...
Blooming Friday: the end of October – never give in, never say die

Posted on Friday October 30th, 2009 at 03:27 in flowers, blooming friday, echinops bannaticus 'taplow blue', passiflora caerulea

Some flowers will not admit to the dying of the year. It is almost November but these flowers refuse to give up. Echinops bannaticus 'Taplow Blue' You have got to admire an optimist. Passiflora caerulea Thanks to Katarina at Roses and Stuff...
Correa ‘Ivory Bells’ – choosing to flower from Autumn to Spring

Posted on Wednesday October 28th, 2009 at 14:34 in flowers, correa 'ivory bells'

I am always amazed when my Correa begins flowering just as everything else in the garden is shutting down for the winter. The flowers appear in mid October and continue through to March. Correa 'Ivory Bells' I have had mine for four years and...
Vegetables going and coming, and a rather large Fern

Posted on Monday October 26th, 2009 at 15:45 in vegetables, cucumbers, ferns, cabbage 'marner early red', dryopteris affinis 'cristata'

This is the last of my home grown cucumbers – sob! I will buy the occasional cucumber over the next few months. As usual I will temporarily forget that shop bought ones are tasteless during the winter months. I get cucumber amnesia every year...