Friday, 11 July 2008
Monday, 30 June 2008
Sunflowers and other plants...
Well this blog is mainly to see the gradual growth of both our palm trees, our sunflowers and also the garden change since we moved in on Friday September 7th 2007!
Here are some photographs of flowers (wild mostly) and our Sunflowers etc in our garden and the garden transformation so far since last september.
Well yes these are all weeds in fact but still i was practising taking photos using the 'macro' function on my new camera and what is best but natural, wild flowers growing!
Next doors cat, Angel, seems to like munching on our grass anyways!
Here are some updated photos of our sunflowers,
These were uploaded/takenon Friday 20th June 2008! Since then the flowers have started to open! So I will update as soon as I can with the sunflower flowered captures.
Here are some photographs of flowers (wild mostly) and our Sunflowers etc in our garden and the garden transformation so far since last september.
Well yes these are all weeds in fact but still i was practising taking photos using the 'macro' function on my new camera and what is best but natural, wild flowers growing!
Next doors cat, Angel, seems to like munching on our grass anyways!
Here are some updated photos of our sunflowers,
These were uploaded/takenon Friday 20th June 2008! Since then the flowers have started to open! So I will update as soon as I can with the sunflower flowered captures.The palm trees (as other items in the garden) are kept watered and seem to be doing fine i.e. not dead basically which is an achievement for us so here is a macro detailed picture of the palm tree leaves....
If you take a look at this picture you can see EJ watering the plants for me, the slabs are the old ones but since this photo was taken on Wednesday the 21st May, we have since laid really nice 'Rosemont' slabs, I will take a photo of these later so you can see the difference...
you can see part of the colouring on this picture, where the spade is laid down on the ground.
Wednesday, 18 June 2008
Patio is coming along nicely...
...bar the fact it has rained loads today!
The patio is, I would say, about 90% finished!
this link to the picture of the patio preperation on 5th June shows only a third finished, Phil working the weeds and EJ helping!
We have mowed the garden twice since buying the new lawn mower (Phil first then Dec and I took turns on Sunday - gone - to give it a good trim), the shed has now been painted as Phil started on the same Sunday (fathers day) and on Monday afternoon this week, when the sun came out late afternoon, I got the brush out and finished the painting of the shed, on the side nearer the fence, so thats that done for the year.
The patio is, I would say, about 90% finished!
this link to the picture of the patio preperation on 5th June shows only a third finished, Phil working the weeds and EJ helping!
We have mowed the garden twice since buying the new lawn mower (Phil first then Dec and I took turns on Sunday - gone - to give it a good trim), the shed has now been painted as Phil started on the same Sunday (fathers day) and on Monday afternoon this week, when the sun came out late afternoon, I got the brush out and finished the painting of the shed, on the side nearer the fence, so thats that done for the year.
Thursday, 12 June 2008
the biggest palm
I took this photo to show you how big the largest palm has grown since we bought it at the beginning of the year. The smaller palm is behind the larger one and also growing as rapidly.
The sunflowers are behind these and look a bit caterpillar eaten but other than that they look like they are about to flower, they had a good watering last night though.
If there isnt any natural rain water to water them with then we get the hose pipe out on them.
The sunflowers are behind these and look a bit caterpillar eaten but other than that they look like they are about to flower, they had a good watering last night though.
If there isnt any natural rain water to water them with then we get the hose pipe out on them.
Thursday, 5 June 2008
Patio placement on the go ahead...
Due to mum and dad having EJ and Dec over night so that Phil and I could go out and have a meal for my birthday, Mum and dad brought them home on the Sunday and Dad helped phil with the patio...
It is coming on nicely now, and 2 thirds of the patio are done, with phil having to work weekends at the minute it may take some time but we will get it finished, once thats done its the top right end of the garden by the shed.
It is coming on nicely now, and 2 thirds of the patio are done, with phil having to work weekends at the minute it may take some time but we will get it finished, once thats done its the top right end of the garden by the shed.
Sunday, 4 May 2008
Purple pansies n yellow in fence basket - 30th May - selective colouring
Purple pansies n yellow in fence basket - 30th May - selective colouring
Originally uploaded by Blue Moonette (Angie)
EJ getting her ball whilst inspecting garden - 30th may
EJ getting her ball whilst inspecting garden - 30th may
Originally uploaded by Blue Moonette (Angie)
Purple pansies n yellow in fence basket - 30th May
I love purple and violet colours so when I saw the pansie mixed box set with these beautiful purpley pansies I had to bring them home! This is the perfect photo for a selective coloured art composition I feel!
Yellow pansies in fence basket - 30th May (2)
Here comes mr yellow pansies! I am not into gardening much (you can't tell, what with me planting out these flowes and continuing a blog?!) I have always liked pansies, the colouring always looks like they have oriental faces on them.
pansies hanging 1 - 23rd April
Well it's been far too long since I posted on our gardening blog, here goes....
Here is the 1st of 2 hanging baskets on our fence! , in contrast to Janes pots next door, its like a gardening contest :) (you should have seen everybody look surprised when she and I told her friends at Kaitlyns birthday party, that she - Jane - had planted the pots herself, she must have excelled herself as they looked very very surprised lol)
Mum and dad haven't seen our hanging baskets yet either so they will be surprised on Thursday too (sure mum will find something to be critical about, she always does)
Here is the 1st of 2 hanging baskets on our fence! , in contrast to Janes pots next door, its like a gardening contest :) (you should have seen everybody look surprised when she and I told her friends at Kaitlyns birthday party, that she - Jane - had planted the pots herself, she must have excelled herself as they looked very very surprised lol)
Mum and dad haven't seen our hanging baskets yet either so they will be surprised on Thursday too (sure mum will find something to be critical about, she always does)
Monday, 21 April 2008
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Tuesday, 1 April 2008
Proud about her garden!
Well here are the (left to right) heathers, pansies, lavender pots...
and here is our little girl, Emily-Jane, Happy with her evergrowing sunflower collection (about 10 or 11 in total and we haven't remeasured them!)
Our little sunflowers were repotted into this yellow pot on Sunday! Kept in the shed between Sunday and today (Tuesday) then i've bought them inside again.
Here are our hardy little canary island palms, happily sitting outside no matter what the weather and still living!
and here is our little girl, Emily-Jane, Happy with her evergrowing sunflower collection (about 10 or 11 in total and we haven't remeasured them!)
Our little sunflowers were repotted into this yellow pot on Sunday! Kept in the shed between Sunday and today (Tuesday) then i've bought them inside again.
Here are our hardy little canary island palms, happily sitting outside no matter what the weather and still living!
Sunday, 30 March 2008
I repotted the Sun...
.. Flowers! After a short walk around the train lines and back and viewing the train as we were about to cross the track at Leekbrook, it was time for a spot of lunch before sorting them overcrowded sunflowers out!
They are in a nice yellow pot in the shed, I just need to remember to water them everyday! I think I may carry them upstairs to the En Suite til the weathers a bit dryer and more on the sunny side as they will be a tad cold!
Our palm trees seem to be thriving our strange mixed up weather, however, they don't seem to have grown that much!
They are in a nice yellow pot in the shed, I just need to remember to water them everyday! I think I may carry them upstairs to the En Suite til the weathers a bit dryer and more on the sunny side as they will be a tad cold!
Our palm trees seem to be thriving our strange mixed up weather, however, they don't seem to have grown that much!
Saturday, 29 March 2008
A quick peak at the sunnies
Here we go... I couldn't wait 'til tomorrow to take a photo so I put new batteries into our main camera and asked Dec to hold the breadboard whilst i took photos of the sunflowers! Not measured them yet but as you can see they are tall!
Cor blimey..... part deux
Well I've not measured either the palm trees or the sunflowers in days, think i should?! AND the sunflowers definatley need repotting before they reach half way up the window pane *giggle* as they really are getting tall... we even have a 11th sunflower growing in one of the pots *surprised look* so if its dry some part of sunday I'm going to repot them hopefully with one of the childrens help (and no criticisms).
I will take photos of both palm trees n sun flowers tomorrow i think!
I will take photos of both palm trees n sun flowers tomorrow i think!
Sunday, 23 March 2008
Taking a beating!
The Palm Trees took a fair bit of beating in the cold and wet snowy weather we had during the night and still they are healthy and alive (shock horror, I didn't expect them to be *shocked expression*)
The suns out now, the sunflowers still in their pots in the kitchen and measuring 16centimetres! They really do need repotting into bigger pots but I'm not heading out in that weather just yet, its too freezing and not gardening weather as far as im concerned!!!
The suns out now, the sunflowers still in their pots in the kitchen and measuring 16centimetres! They really do need repotting into bigger pots but I'm not heading out in that weather just yet, its too freezing and not gardening weather as far as im concerned!!!
Friday, 21 March 2008
Cor Blimey!
It ain't half hot!
Well checked the sunflowers tonight.. 
See that taller one near the top of the microwave screen, 16centimetre almost from the soil to the top of the biggest leaf!
Well impressed they are growing fast!
Due to the added company of Rex (Bil's dog) today I didnt get chance to repot them but i will soon as they needing the space i think?!
The palm trees were temporarily moved to a safe location of the shed as we didnt want to endanger them by giving them the chance to be chomped on by Rex the black labrador!
Thursday, 20 March 2008
another cm or two
I measured our sunflowers this evening and they are the most 14 centimetres each now! If its dry tomorrow they will get re potted! Sadly couldn't re pot today due to the icky, wet, miserable, weather outside and I have nowhere inside to do it without making a mess, and as we don't have a greenhouse or any room in the shed then that wasn't an option either.
The palms look to be growing, when I sit on the sofa, facing the lounge window I can see the tops of the leaves of the larger Palm tree so that's a bonus, maybe in a few weeks they will be a few inches over the window ledge?
The palms look to be growing, when I sit on the sofa, facing the lounge window I can see the tops of the leaves of the larger Palm tree so that's a bonus, maybe in a few weeks they will be a few inches over the window ledge?
Wednesday, 19 March 2008
how tall?
Well Here we go!
I measured the palm trees this afternoon, the larger one is now 29.5 inches and the smaller one of the two is around 14.75inches.
Our sunflowers are all around the 12 centimetre mark
I measured the palm trees this afternoon, the larger one is now 29.5 inches and the smaller one of the two is around 14.75inches.
Our sunflowers are all around the 12 centimetre mark
Tuesday, 18 March 2008
oo just a little bit taller
Well today we have got around to finally measuring the 10 sunflowers, the tallest being ...
11 half centimetres tall! Tomorrow, we will measure the palm trees from soil to the top of the tallest leaves on both plants to see if they are growing and by how much probably per week.
here's the sun flowers
Bit blurred i know but anyway!
11 half centimetres tall! Tomorrow, we will measure the palm trees from soil to the top of the tallest leaves on both plants to see if they are growing and by how much probably per week.
here's the sun flowers
Bit blurred i know but anyway!
Monday, 17 March 2008
Gardening Advice from Friends
Monday 17th March...
Mum and dad sounded surprised at the knowledge of us buying palm trees, they are "hardy" palm trees so can withstand harsh weather!
I've asked friends about gardening... Claire wanted to know what kind of palm trees i.e. hardy or ones that should be in conservatories/greenhouses during winter and Emma prefers to be overwhelmed with the height of weeds in her garden *chuckle*.
I really want to get two hand woven hanging baskets for our wall, the ones ive seen are cone shaped with a tall flattish back and they look very rustic and different, be great for putting our pansies in!
Sunflower update... they seem to be slightly taller still today!
Palm Trees are looking taller (apparently they did yesterday but i think Phil's crackers and just has wishful thinking)
Claires link and advice... (cheers hun)BBC Canary Island Palm Advice
Emma wishes us good luck! think we're gonna need it girls!
Mum and dad sounded surprised at the knowledge of us buying palm trees, they are "hardy" palm trees so can withstand harsh weather!
I've asked friends about gardening... Claire wanted to know what kind of palm trees i.e. hardy or ones that should be in conservatories/greenhouses during winter and Emma prefers to be overwhelmed with the height of weeds in her garden *chuckle*.
I really want to get two hand woven hanging baskets for our wall, the ones ive seen are cone shaped with a tall flattish back and they look very rustic and different, be great for putting our pansies in!
Sunflower update... they seem to be slightly taller still today!
Palm Trees are looking taller (apparently they did yesterday but i think Phil's crackers and just has wishful thinking)
Claires link and advice... (cheers hun)BBC Canary Island Palm Advice
Emma wishes us good luck! think we're gonna need it girls!
Sunday, 16 March 2008
Palm Trees 'n' Sunflowers
On Friday September 7th, 2007, We moved into number 14 bluebell close, Leekbrook!
This is a teeny tiny blog that will grow as big as the palm trees (with any luck)!
Here are a few pictures from September 07 to the present day to show how the garden was and has so far been transformed!
To begin with the garden was all soily and weedy and we had, and do have plans to change it to look like a lovely garden!!!
so this is how it looked before we moved in and the turf was laid!
Here is a picture of EJ in our lounge before we moved in! Empty room! gosh it seems ages since it looked that empty!
Here is the garden with turf after Phil had freshly laid it down, how lush does that look?!!!
and here with the visible reddish fence put up inbetween ourselves and number 12!
hey up! some bloke in blue overalls is hiding in amongst some wood!
oh its OK! It's granddad erecting our new shed! (bless him, he has mithered and been waiting to do this job for like ever!)
This is the sheds first proper appearance including some snow!
And this is the definite covering of our garden and shed!
The sunflowers have started off as a few seeds in a couple of pot noodle cups which EJ and myself planted over a week ago!
EJ had fun filling the pots and popping in some sunflower seeds, I didn't realise how many seeds she and I have actually planted until they have now grown to at least 10centimetres already [16th march '08] each and this is how they look now...
Wow! healthy little sunflowers and there are 7 in the far left pot and 3 in the nearer right pot!
After a gardening exploration to Bridgemere on Saturday [15th March '08], we bought a colourful pot for our sunflowers and 2 rustic terracotta pots for our palm trees, a variation of colourful heather plants and a variation of colourful pansies.
here are our palm trees!
The patio paving stones have been chosen from DWR up the road from us, they will go where the terracotta pots are as seen in this photo with the palm trees.
I will keep posting pics as i can to show you how the garden has and will transform since September 2007 to the present day!
This is a teeny tiny blog that will grow as big as the palm trees (with any luck)!
Here are a few pictures from September 07 to the present day to show how the garden was and has so far been transformed!
To begin with the garden was all soily and weedy and we had, and do have plans to change it to look like a lovely garden!!!
so this is how it looked before we moved in and the turf was laid!
Here is a picture of EJ in our lounge before we moved in! Empty room! gosh it seems ages since it looked that empty!
Here is the garden with turf after Phil had freshly laid it down, how lush does that look?!!!
and here with the visible reddish fence put up inbetween ourselves and number 12!
hey up! some bloke in blue overalls is hiding in amongst some wood!
oh its OK! It's granddad erecting our new shed! (bless him, he has mithered and been waiting to do this job for like ever!)
This is the sheds first proper appearance including some snow!
And this is the definite covering of our garden and shed!
The sunflowers have started off as a few seeds in a couple of pot noodle cups which EJ and myself planted over a week ago!
EJ had fun filling the pots and popping in some sunflower seeds, I didn't realise how many seeds she and I have actually planted until they have now grown to at least 10centimetres already [16th march '08] each and this is how they look now...
Wow! healthy little sunflowers and there are 7 in the far left pot and 3 in the nearer right pot!
After a gardening exploration to Bridgemere on Saturday [15th March '08], we bought a colourful pot for our sunflowers and 2 rustic terracotta pots for our palm trees, a variation of colourful heather plants and a variation of colourful pansies.
here are our palm trees!
The patio paving stones have been chosen from DWR up the road from us, they will go where the terracotta pots are as seen in this photo with the palm trees.
I will keep posting pics as i can to show you how the garden has and will transform since September 2007 to the present day!
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