Tag Archives: container gardening

Potted Up! – or potted up and peed on – (photos of tea rose + blueberry etc)

Posted on July 9, 2020 by Oscar Dandelion

. 29th June 2020 Photos I took of the tea rose with biden flowers and the blueberry bush with miniature pansies after potting them up in lovely, new, big pots. Unfortunately, despite it being midday it was a gloomy … Continue reading →

Posted in dogs, life, nature, plants | Tagged biden, blueberry, Chihuahua, chronic illness, chronic pain, Clematis, container gardening, container plants, daisies, disabled gardening, dogs, hydrangea, lemon balm, mint, pansies, patio flowers, patio plants, physical disability, silver cushion, tea rose | 2 Comments

Ripening + blooming + emerging (photos)

Posted on June 29, 2020 by Oscar Dandelion

. 24th June 2020 Photos I took of the ripening blueberries, the blooming of the hydrangea. And, of course, the small new potatoes just emerged from where I threw a couple of potatoes in a plant pot, late last year. … Continue reading →

Posted in life, plants | Tagged blueberries ripening, container gardening, disabled gardening, grow food, grow new potatoes, hydrangea blooming, patio plants, physical disability, plants | 5 Comments

In the garden (photos)

Posted on June 28, 2020 by Oscar Dandelion

. 23rd June 2020 Photos I took on another hot day, the patio plants, John and the dogs in the garden, the update with the growing tomato seedlings (and mystery seedling). I like seeing how my little container garden evolves … Continue reading →

Posted in dogs, life, plants | Tagged Bidens, big daisies, blooms, blueberry, Chihuahua, container gardening, disabled gardening, dogs, ferns, flowers, garden, growing food, growing tomatoes, Jack Russell, June day, June garden, June plants, nature, pansies, patio plants, photographs, photos, physical disability, plants, ragged daisies, rose, sunny garden, Tiger lilly, tomato seedlings, trees | 12 Comments

Garden + patio plants (photos)

Posted on June 24, 2020 by Oscar Dandelion

. 12th June 2020 Photos I took of a fruit tree, Foxglove and garden/patio plants. Ought to be placed between the photos of the 2nd and 20th June 2020. Whoops! . Foxgloves The foxglove bells, with lolling tongue, Will not … Continue reading →

Posted in nature, plants | Tagged bee plants, blueberry, buttercups, Clematis, container gardening, disabled gardening, ferns, Foxglove, fruit tree, patio plants, rose, tea rose, woodlandtrust.org.uk | 9 Comments

Tomato seedlings + patio plants (photos)

Posted on June 21, 2020 by Oscar Dandelion

. 20th June 2020 Photos I took of a few of the patio plants and the tomato seedlings on the kitchen windowsill. The weather was most beautiful on Summer Solstice. I made sure everything was watered – with John’s help! … Continue reading →

Posted in nature, plants | Tagged blueberries, blueberry plant, Clematis, container gardening, growing food, Midsummer, mystery seedling, orange poppy, patio plants, San Marzano tomatoes, Summer Solstice, tomato seedlings | 9 Comments

Patio Plants (photos)

Posted on June 20, 2020 by Oscar Dandelion

. 2nd June 2020 Photos I took of the various flowers and plants on my patio, including recent additions from a farm shop haul. The patio, although cleared and cleaned, still needs some work – sanding and varnishing the wooden … Continue reading →

Posted in nature | Tagged blueberries, container gardening, disabled gardening, patio flowers, patio plants, physical disability, roses | 6 Comments

Flowers near the front-door (photos)

Posted on October 23, 2018 by Oscar Dandelion

Some old, some new. We went to a plant nursery last week, I wanted something to replace the dead Helleborus or Christmas Roses that didn’t make it this summer, probably due to the extreme heat and drought (I did water them!). … Continue reading →

Posted in life | Tagged autumn plants, bamboo, Camillia japonica, Christmas Rose, colorful flowers, colorful plants, colourful flowers, colourful plants, container gardening, Cyclamens, disabled gardening, fall plants, front door plants, garden plants, Hellebores, Helleborus, ornamental brassicas, ornamental bush, outdoor plants, plants, plants uk, silver heather, winter pansies, winter plants, winter violas | 14 Comments

I hope I’ll be going here tonight…

Posted on July 4, 2018 by Oscar Dandelion

My local cactus and succulent group. . . Teasing John whilst buying plants. . . Do you like our little green friends? Faith 🙂 xo . . . . . . * Copyright Faith McCord 2018 Story and artwork belongs … Continue reading →

Posted in Cactus and succulent plants, life | Tagged BCSS, British Cactus and Succulent Society, cactus video, container gardening, disabled gardening, having fun with plants, Lidl plants, Lidl succulents, succulent video, supermarket plants | 7 Comments