Kelly Adams Gardener

22/08/2024

Well, I've done it. After some very helpful advice, I have cut all the flowers off the Dahlias. Here's hoping the next buds open in time.... count down on x

17/08/2022

All that rain and it has made very little difference. Need a lot more yet and more gently so it soaks in.

18/07/2022

We have a red pepper in the greenhouse already. Months earlier than normal.

06/02/2021

When will it stop raining!!!!! I bought Chris a rain guage for Christmas for the allotment but the water butts he emptied only a few weeks ago, so he could move them to their new positions.Are proving a rain gauge on a more appropriate, industrial scale. In only 4 weeks they have gone from empty to full gathering only the water off a 6 x 4 ft shed. The overflow butt is also at least 2/3rds full. The last picture of the not quite full water butt has also filled from empty to that level simply catching the water from the drip at the far end of the guttering. Please let us have some snow and sunshine.

27/01/2021

Pruning cordon apples with the fabulous scent of the Sarcococca filling the air. Good day at the office. X

26/01/2021

Well finally we got some snow. It had missed us and snowed to the north and the south of us but finally down in came. We had a good 3 maybe 4" in the end. Prompting endless photos of snowy scenes...

Well finally we got some snow. It had missed us and snowed to the north and the south of us but finally down in came. We had a good 3 maybe 4″ in the end. Prompting endless photos of snowy sc…

15/01/2021

Hedge planting today in the snow and fog.

15/01/2021

Hope, even in this tough depressing January nature has not been stopped by Covid. This will pass of we all hang in there. X

19/12/2020

A festive Six on Saturday from me showing bits that have been dried from the garden and then used as christmas decorations. Start with a classic, poppy seed heads dry so easily and always look fabulous , I always get in trouble for the seeds they drop everywhere whilst they are drying but they are an added bonus for next year once swept up and saved in an envelope....

A festive Six on Saturday from me showing bits that have been dried from the garden and then used as christmas decorations. Start with a classic, poppy seed heads dry so easily and always look fabu…

17/11/2020

How come he always knows where to lie to be in the way!

17/11/2020

Still going strong in November.

10/11/2020

Alocasia sanderiana My starter for ten, This houseplant was there at the very beginning. When I first developed an interest in gardening at the age of 19, I headed to Gardeners World Live. Living in the midlands in those days we didnt have an rhs flower show near by so the NEC was the place to be. I found a note book the other day with all the plants I fell in love with that day and this one was on that list. [ 602 more words ]

Alocasia sanderiana My starter for ten, This houseplant was there at the very beginning. When I first developed an interest in gardening at the age of 19, I headed to Gardeners World Live. Living i…