Changing the way my blog is navigated, hopefully for the better, is something that I will always tinker with. For those that are familiar with my blog from the early days you will know that the colours and photos are not all that I have changed! You will also know that the montages on my… Read More Homepage revamp
This weekend we have enjoyed some more sunshine which made a walk around Dundee Botanical Gardens all the more enjoyable. From memory I have only visited this garden a couple of times, but not at this time of year. What a pleasant walk this was. It is easy to see what caught my eye first!Catkins… Read More March brings more sunshine
This gardenwatch is based on my own garden with its plants, visiting birds and wildlife. However, as a gardener I have always enjoyed visiting gardens. It is fantastic that we are now able to enjoy ‘virtual’ visiting of gardens in other parts of the world through the eyes of other gardeners via garden blogs. Listed… Read More My Garden Visits
Yesterday morning in my Perthshire garden you could be forgiven for thinking it was spring! The sun was shining, it was pleasantly warm and I found some time to do a few jobs in the garden. However before I started, something caught my eye at the end of my lawn growing with the crocus.Narcissi planted… Read More February sunshine
Show Gardens are definitely a fantastic source of inspiration when it comes to using colour in our gardens. For this month’s topic, Colour in the Garden, at Gardening Gone Wild’s Garden Bloggers’ Design Workshop I have decided to share some gardens/displays that have caught my eye! Colour on walls can look striking as you can… Read More Colour blasts and bursts
… much like the snowdrops were not to be taken from my garden during the early hours of February 21st 2008. However, I am absolutely delighted to be able to show a photo of the Lunar Eclipse that was taken here in the UK despite the cloud that covered most of the country. I will… Read More Photos of the Lunar Eclipse …
I quite often get comments, especially from other garden blogs, about my photo montages. I do enjoy the presentation part of writing a diary/blog. Nan at Gardening Gone Wild had left one recently saying she really wish she knew how I did them – expecting that I had used photo editing software which I don’t.… Read More Photo montages – how to
Today saw some very interesting activity at the nestboxes. If you have been following the story of our Nestbox that has a camera you will know that we have a blue tit roosting at night but another pair visiting during the day. Tonight saw some commotion in the Nestbox as our rooster had an uninvited… Read More Toil and trouble
Posting on what’s in flower in the garden on the 15th of every month is great to look back on. Like many other gardeners I have enjoyed joining Carol at May Dreams Gardens with a post every month and although I am a bit late this month I still wanted to take part. I will… Read More Garden Bloom Day February 2008
…not in my garden! Okay hands up, I have been useless at planting bulbs for years. This is probably due to a few factors the most likely cause being that I move my plants around a lot. The bulbs then end up deeper in the ground and never see the light of day again.Ah, but… Read More Snowdrops, snowdrops everywhere but…