What are you?

While I wonder past nearly every day I wonder - 

What you are? 

You should be like the last one or 

the other's in the park.

You should be a Cherry Blossom - but your not!!

So as your still blooming. . . 

I shall do some digging (research) of what you are?

Wilf and Alice

I have just got back from Galton Garden Centre. Which is part of the Gardening Club! I went with my mum just to have a look. To get some ideas and that.... But it is lethal I always end up leaving with more than I wanted! 

This is what I ended up leaving with...

I bought two strawberry plants called Alice!

Since planting my Alpine strawberries up in a window box on the wall, that I have grown from seed!  I decided I wanted some normal size Strawberry's.
Plus I don't really want to rely on the supermarkets

This is how they look now. 

Then I went into the shop part of the centre. The place as a cafe, kids area and the Edinburgh Woollen Mill

Anyway while I was in the garden shop I met a guy called Wilf, I fell head over heels in love... He is know as Woodland Wilf to his friends. . . . laugh out loud! 

Wilf as heaps of hobbies and REALLY knows how to charm the lady's!

I have also seen a few more thing's I want to get.  But I will have to wait til pay day! 

Blooming

April was another slow month, every time I wonder past my Grandmothers tree. All it seem to be doing was sitting there minding its own business!!!

Then all of a sudden, boom..... Leave's appeared!!!!
I tried a few times to get picture's of the tree with leaves. I had the weather against me. Every time I tried to get pix's it started off nice and then started to rain or it was nice and I was at work! So I failed terribly... :-( 

So I went yesterday to see my grandmothers tree as it was my day off and outside was beautiful okay a bit blowny as well. Got to the little park, to find Grandmothers tree was in Bloom! 

I even notice how the little plants from around the basic of the tree have perked up nicely!!

I just love how the council gardeners have lefted them where they are.... I know some would be class as weeds. But to me a weed is just a plant in the wrong place.. As you might guess I believe they are pretty where they are!

Before I forget I got a picture of the blossom, if that's what you can call it!

Now I have the task of trying to find out what my Grandmother's tree is!

If you may know please leave a comment at the bottom of the page. Or via Facebook and twitter, link is on the side of the page!

Bud's

Last month I wrote about joining 'Loose and Leafy' quest of a Tree Follow.

If you haven't read my own little quest please find the tab at the top of the page called ' Grandmother's Tree'...

Not a lot as happen to grandmother's tree during mid March. . . . 

All the other tree's in the park came into blossom. The sight is a beautiful one to say the lease. The different shades of pinks. . .

Last of the flowering cherry blossom!

But grandmother's tree was just sat waiting!!  I know grandmothers tree is a little late flowering. So I don't mind as long as the tree comes into life at some point!


Until the last week of March when I noticed while walking past, there is buds forming!!!

Has you can see the tree is coming into life!!
Which I am very excited about, sad I know...

I would love to know what you think? Or if you know 
what my tree is? 

Bye bye March!

Can you believe tomorrow is the first of April? Nope either can I!

Today my new green house cover finally came, which mean I could finally get sowing! I spent part of the day outside sowing. The first part of the day I was sorting seeds out!

Here is the list of seeds I have sowed

Cosmos 

Coreopsis

Lavatura

Portulaca

Malva  (Grew this last year, Bee's love this plant)

Verbena

Cornflowers

Sunflower (Velvet Queen and Moonshine)

Nasturtium

Mesembryanthemum

Dahlia - Mignon Mixed. 

Golden Berry 

Kale

Carrots - Autumn King 2

Parsnips - Duchess F1

Pepper - Hot patio

Spring Onions

Lettuce

Brussels Sprouts

Cat Grass - for my cats

As you can imagine my little greenhouse is choco block with trays, tubs and pots! 

I haven't started on sowing

Tomato - Sweet Baby

Cucumber - Market more

Poppies

Cucamelons

Mattock Beans 

Peas

I'm sure I'll add to this list lol I normally do! 

I'm really hoping to grow everythink, I really do not want to buy any plants in... 

                         

Spring Is Here!!!

I do not normally do this, but I thought for a change I'll do a post with just pictures.. Okay not just pictures I'll end up writing stuff, I know what I'm like! Lol..

Pelargonium 

This little flower as been flowering on and off since I planted it last year.

Camellia Sinensis

I have had this little tea yep its a tea plant a few years now. Got him/her for my birthday one year! 

I'm yet to work out were to plant him.

Isn't it just beautiful when the daffodil's come out,

spring is here! 

Has you can in the front of the picture my hydrangea is coming back to life. With the Saint John's Wort, just behind.

I'm not sure if you can truly see but

 the Sea Pink is just coming out in flower.

I'm so glad my only surviving Rhodendron, is starting to bloom. 

Winter tidy up

Normally at the end of October I start sorting the garden out, just before winter kicks in! Well last year I just couldn't do that due to the fact EVERY was still flowering, I'm not complaining. It was due to the fact that I am so use to doing my thing at certain times of the year. So for the very first time everythink was still flowering and fruit was still being products!

So I just kepted to my other thing I do. To let the garden do what it wants, let nature taking its course kind of thing. Everythink was still flowering November, I was still get tomallios and cucamelons. Then December came and January everythink was still going. Apart from the Oca, tomallios and cucamelons which had long gone.

I was and friends of mine couldn't believe how all my flowers were still going, I think they were secretly jealous.

Anyway, if you have been following the UK weather just lately you will know how crazy its been, the last storm finally kick started the shut down mode for every think in the garden.

Finally on the 16th February was the first day in weeks I have had chance to get outdoors and the sun was finally out, it was more like an OMG the sun is out! 

Anyway I started with sorting out my famous black buckets and other pots. I have saved half of the soil I used from last year. The rest I had to bag up as it had some little things that looks a bit like some kind of larvae!

I'm not sure if I have wrote about the trouble I have had with one of my rhododendron.. The leaves had gone weird and they were being eaten.. So after having a long think I decided it had to go.