Having just moved from a house with a large stone wall along one side I can sympathise with George Anderson who sent in the following for us…the pictures that is, not their subjects! George [...]
Many of us have now seen the first snow of the winter and, after a relatively mild November, it is quite a shock to the system. But spare a thought for those plants who may have been fooled by [...]
The editor’s garden (and house) are finally, it seems, going to be sold. Just before we get to the really cold stuff, we should be moving to a new and larger garden. It’s not big, [...]
Edinburgh’s Royal Botanic Gardens are a great place for communing with nature, especially if you like squirrels. (Who I might add are rather partial to chasing eggs down hills if you ever [...]
The grand (but exciting), the old, the unexpected, the fascinating and the inspirational as well as practical: What a week! [ed. I have added links to all of the above gardens to the links [...]
I have spent many hours on my hands and knees amongst the flower beds over the last few years dealing with what I considered to be ‘unwanted visitors’. I have to admit to being a [...]
There may still be places left on some of the Caley day trips this July. Thursday 21st: Teasses House and Southern Hemisphere Botanics (both Fife) Wednesday 27th: The Scottish Crop Research [...]
I hope all who went today had a wonderful time. Having spoken to a few people who went along today I am certainly looking forward to tomorrow (fingers crossed for some nice weather). Here are [...]
4 months ago I bought a new fish tank. For those of you who know about such things it’s a reasonably big one at 125 litres. So far I’m not hosting very many fish in the tank, and to [...]