gardening info-propagator box

I decided to try and make a propagating box and after a mark 1 version I came up with version mark 2 which will turn out to be a success of that I'm sure.The reason I put this together was to kick start my seed sowing as the greenhouse we had was wrecked by winds over the Christmas/New Year period.Basically what I did was lay a soil warming cable in a box,cover it with perlite and place seed trays on top of perlite and cover box with perspex no,no,no,NO,wasn't happy about that at all. So to cut a long story short,I fixed the soil warming cable to the bottom of the box with ties and placed the seed trays straight onto the cable, SUCCESS,finally my brain had clicked into gear.You can see from the first 2 photos the disaster of Mark 1,but we gardeners get it right in the end,(photo3),LOL

gardening info- our Harry

The hairygardener and his luvly wife Sue have been off the gardening trail this week as we went to see our first grandson Harry who lives in Crawley,he's a little star,be good for your Mum and Dad little man,see you soon xx

gardening info- update butterfly

As you can see from the photos a little more progress has been made on the butterfly garden ,most of the path is now down with the mosiacs inbedded in the gravel. Planting the garden up has started as well with wild thyme along the path edges to break them up,salvia's at the end of the path as one of the food plants.I decided to place some of the mosiacs in an upright position to give the garden a bit of "je ne sais quoi, Wooly thyme and lavender have also been planted,and you'll be glad to know we're not finished yet,it's gradually coming together (what do you mean slowly),I'll get there!

gardening info- watching you

I'm watching you Granddad and Nan Love Harry xx

gardening info-evening prmrose

Here are some Evening Primroses that were potted up today,the root is biennial.The first year many obtuse leaves are produced which spread flat on the ground,from amongst these stems arise to a height of 3-4feet.The flowers are produced all along the stems the uppermost come out first in June. As the stem keep growing there is a constant succession of flowers until late Autumn.The large bright yellow,fragrant flowers are fertilized by twilight flying insects especially in the early season later on the plants keep "open house" all day

gardening info-what a great start

What a GREAT start to the NEW YEAR,Oh yeah Happy New Year everyone,where was I oh yes the Hairygardener and his lovely wife Sue have become grandparents for the first time,Congratulations Tom and Gemma(new mum and dad) and here he is Harry Peter Frances