Not a joke - its really happening. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c1wgeq702dyo
Don't think I'm ready to convert my little pond into a rice paddy yet, though

I spotted this iris ( slightly slugged )     

The delphinium is flowering beautifully since i dug up the voluntary potato.     

You got anything that probably shouldn’t be flowering now, but is?

Happy birthday SC. Have  lovely day.

OK gang, I need some advice or recommentdations?

I have 200 onion sets to plant imminently. I will fork over the beds I am planting them in but favour 'tickling' over the suface of the pepared beds and adding dried farmyard manure which is easy to handle, befoe planting sets.

I don't want chicken based manure but prefer cow poo based manure. I used to use 6X (which is still an option) but just wondered whether you lot had good results with any propriety brand? Either a 40 litre o 50 litre would do, prefeably with free postage. I have Amason Prime which can usually fullfill my request, but the choice is enormous!

Share your favourite photos of your crops or of your garden, in 2025. 

No Prizes, just a lot of Likes. 

Hope you have a lovely day.      .

I’ll be icing a chocolate & Guinness cake and a coffee & walnut cake this morning which do you want a slice of ? 

It might not look very pretty after posting    .

Ok, call me slovenly if you like but my spoon box has been a disgace fo long enough! Today, beause it's naff outside I decided to do summat about it. After all, I now live alone so why hoard all the crap?
Big difference before and after so let's hope I can keep it like that?

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Just been sitting out on the decking for half an hour and witnessed six, what I call shooting stars and four which seemed to move slower! Need to get to bed now as I am fishing tomorow! 

Who'd have thought that a grapefruit tree could thrive and produce fruit outdoors in the UK ? 

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cdd32ld28l4o

This year I've been growing all the GH tomatoes/cucumbers in 30litre pots - instead of in open-bottomed pots resting on a big bed of old compost. This has had lots of advantages - mainly the ability to move the plants around, both within the GH (If they need more room) and outdoors if they should have a problem or are finished - creating room for a replacement pot. 
The pots are easy to lift as they have handles. 
When the plants have finished cropping, I move them out of the GH, I pull them up and empty the soil into a big trug. Remove any roots, add some chicken manure pellets, line the bottom of the pot with wool insulation, and refill the pot with the used compost. These pots are being replanted with all sorts of veggies - potatoes, beans, cucumber, chard, lettuce, carrots, beetroot etc. They  stay outside on the patio or near a waterbutt, and can be moved back into the GH when there's a vacancy. I reckon I'll be able to grow something in each pot about 3 times a year.
Root crops , like carrots, are doing much better in the pots (obviously) than in the ground with all the roots and stones there are here. I'm going to start a sowing rotation of carrots - probably a pot every 3 weeks, maybe one for beetroot too. 
I'll be able to empty the GH completely in the winter to give it a good clean out which I've been unable to do for years. 
I already grow salad leaves and shallow rooters in supermarket veg crates on the GH bench and outdoors but the full size crates are a bit unwieldy to move when full so I'm going to use the smaller mushroom/spring onion crates, moving these in and out of the GH as appropriate. 
The more I can grow close to the house the better as it takes the pressure off trying to water things at the end of the garden.