The Potting Shed
Balcony gardening with Nicky Bowdidge
Nicky has created her kitchen garden, proving that all you need are a few containers and a bit of soil to get going.
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Geraniums and roses and the like need to be continually dead-headed to keep them tidy and encourage new growth.
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Gardening In Majorca
The month of September can be a really busy time of the year here in this climate, warm rains and still long sunny days still encourage growth.
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Gardening In Majorca
We occasionally refer to old sayings as were used by farmers and gardeners of times past which frequently pointed to something quite obvious.
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Gardening In Majorca
I have surprisingly been receiving enquiries about the Christmas flower, the Poinsettia.
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Gardening In Majorca
Dont forget to water the compost heap occasionally, that will help the decomposition through the summer.
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Gardening In Majorca
Cut out the long and straggly bits on the Osteospermums (black eyed susan), you will find all the length of the stem has new little shoots, cut back within these and the plant will fill out again.
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Gardening In Majorca
The truth of the matter lies in the composition of the soil so to make a Hydrangea happy we must provide it with all it wants and that means starting from the bottom or simply put, the soil it prefers.
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Gardening In Majorca
May really is an active month in the garden with all those peas and broad beans ready for harvesting as well as sowing seeds and transplanting those seedlings that are large enough to handle.
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Healthy Happy Gardeners
With health services recommending increased intake of fruit and vegetables what better way to do this than to grow your own especially here when we are blessed with such fantastic weather.
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Time Stealer
I had followed this little lady around the garden waiting for my opportunity which finally arrived when she settled in a flower right in front of me, so Mrs Bumblebee welcome to my photo archives
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Gardening In Majorca
Gardening in Majorca really is just that little bit different to gardens in a northern climate. Here we have a growing season nearly all year round.
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Gardening In Majorca
During the period of the waxing moon, we are told it is time to graft some fruit trees like plums, peaches and almonds, that is to say, those trees that have fruit with large stones as opposed to pips.
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Just checking
Caught in the act again, I am digging through some of the seed pots to see if I can see any signs of life.
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Gardening in Majorca
This willow has attracted the mushroom spore and frequently has a lovely crop of mushrooms growing out of the bark on the trunk.
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After the rain
The bugs and grubs wriggle through the plants and grasses and I resume my war with slugs and snails.
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Gardening in Majorca
Most of the orange and some varieties of lemon will have already ripened and been picked with abundant flower already on the trees.
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Competitive
It being the first year it takes time to get to know a new garden; I shall not make the same mistake twice.
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