Oh man, I hate this name. “Miracle” is a term best reserved for spotting the Virgin Mary on a grilled cheese sandwich. I am referring, of course, to the “Miracle Fruit,” Synsepalum dulcificum. I purchased three seeds from an internet vendor a few weeks back, and I’ve managed to get two of them to germinate! [...]

My enchanted evening rose is suffering. It’s in a container on my patio. I’m in zone 8A. I looks like someone took a creme brulee torch to the tips of the petals and some of the leaves are turning bright yellow.  I just went out there and when I touched it a bunch of gnat [...]

Things have been a little slow here in East Anglia, due to unseasonably cold weather and snow earlier in the year. Here is the first of my four Roses to bloom this year; my beautiful Crimson Glory Climber: I wish I could offer you smellyvision too, as the scent is truly incredible!

I bet you ya’ll forgot you had mods huh? You guys have been doing so well without either of us, and I’d like to say 6,500 members! I’m going to start tagging the entries again, I became really far behind when I started school last year, but I’m gonna pick up the slack from here [...]

Strawberries! Last year they didn’t do so good- we put up the rabbit fence late and they only produced a handful. I was beginning to think they were more trouble and space than they were worth. They proved me wrong this year! This is from a few days ago- today I brought in even more. [...]

Starting with a breakfast on the terrace…  In the next months I hope to have my own tomatoes in the plate, and basil as well…The blue flowers/light lilac , I have bought them on a nursery and the tag said *astro blue* but I didn’t manage to find what’s it’s real name, since googleing astro [...]

I’m really mostly growing veggies, but I love lilies, so I decided to plant a few of those, too. Yesterday, two started blooming, which was exciting because I got a bag of mixed bulbs and therefore don’t know exactly what kinds I have. This one is lovely! I also managed to get some of my [...]

Earlier this year I bought a couple of hellebores and all was well until one of them started to go limp. I gave them a water as I’d been leaving them to the rain but it didn’t help. I moved the compost so I could see what was going on and lower down the stem [...]

I have three pictures behind the cut (Edit: I think I fixed the html problem, let me know if you still can’t see the pictures. They show up when I preview them but I thought I previewed them before.) I have three tomato plants in an eight foot long bed. Should I take out one [...]

The agricultural show, to which I was given a parking pass for on the site itself, happened last week. I was so pleased with the facilities available. The number of mobility-impaired people I saw around the site made me think that I wasn’t the only person who felt well catered for. It wouldn’t have been [...]