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06/29/2024

Update on my hydrangea since everyone was so nice about it a few weeks ago 😀

06/29/2024

My garden not bad for a 74 year old woman on her own

06/29/2024

My hydrangea is so beautiful and full of blooms this year 😍

06/29/2024

My parents Clematis is insane

06/29/2024

Be careful when you go to the pool store. They will rip you off. Keep your chemicals simple and only get what you really need. You really just need to keep your chlorine, ph, alkalinity on the regular. Hardness and cya should be adjusted once a year if needed. So remember concentrate on your chlorine ph and alkalinity. 3 things. That’s it! Don’t be adding anything else in your pool. Forget the clarifiers and algaecides and phosphate removers. Keep it simple and inexpensive. To raise ph all you need is borax very cheap in the supermarket. To raise alkalinity all you need is baking soda. These are very inexpensive. To lower both ph and alkalinity use muriatic acid. I help people all the time and they tell me they come out of the pool store spending 2, 3 hundred dollars. And sometimes even after that their pool is still cloudy or green smh. Keep it simple and keep it cheap and you will keep it blue…..

06/29/2024

Hornet's nests on the outdoor patio were always a problem until 4 years ago when I crocheted and hung my fake one after reading that hornets are territorial. Not a single one since then! -Sandy Kendall Dennis

06/29/2024

Happy are those who take life day by day, complain very little, and are thankful for the little things in life

06/29/2024

Orchid: How to have a beautiful bloom and keep the plant healthy
Full article in the first comment 👇

06/29/2024

💜🌿💜🌿💜🌿💜 who is favorite purple

06/29/2024

Gorgeous 😍 🪴🪴 Dragon fruit

06/28/2024

Be careful when you go to the pool store. They will rip you off. Keep your chemicals simple and only get what you really need. You really just need to keep your chlorine, ph, alkalinity on the regular. Hardness and cya should be adjusted once a year if needed. So remember concentrate on your chlorine ph and alkalinity. 3 things. That’s it! Don’t be adding anything else in your pool. Forget the clarifiers and algaecides and phosphate removers. Keep it simple and inexpensive. To raise ph all you need is borax very cheap in the supermarket. To raise alkalinity all you need is baking soda. These are very inexpensive. To lower both ph and alkalinity use muriatic acid. I help people all the time and they tell me they come out of the pool store spending 2, 3 hundred dollars. And sometimes even after that their pool is still cloudy or green smh. Keep it simple and keep it cheap and you will keep it blue…

06/28/2024

What causes dark green circle in my yard and now I have mushrooms growing in the circle somebody said it is a fairy garden​🥰🥰

06/28/2024

My baby girl of 9 years passed away at 5:48 this evening from cancer.🥹

06/28/2024

Came downstairs. Had to do a double take. Thought the cat had grown antlers 😂😁

06/28/2024

My Hydrangea has gotten so big and is taking over . How and when could I divide it without sacrificing blooms for next year?

06/28/2024

A few of the comments made quite upset me so I want to put this straight….
I’m not doing this for me …. He has been coming to my garden since I moved in 9 weeks ago and is very tame and when I saw him sleeping under the trees all wet and sad I had the idea for the beds.
He is free to come and go as he wants I’m not trapping him or keeping him as a pet
He often brings his mate
I have no intention of moving for years so he will always have me and my partner
In such a harsh world, all I'm striving to do is offer this sweetie some solace to rest his head upon, along with nourishment.
I hope that clears up some nasty comments about me trying to Make him a pet and how awful I am.
Posted by Elliana Bowers🥹🥹

06/28/2024

This homeowner FREAKED out and is now Trying to sue me after I've been at her property for 4 days straight free of charge!!! So this video was supposed go be a fun video of me and AP collaborating on this awesome yard that was super neglected and had a CRAZY overgrown driveway that took the majority of the day to makeover BUT THERE WAS A BAD TURN IN THE PLANS. We mowed most of the yard and only had the sidewalk left when I got a ALERT on my phone of this homeowner threatening to sue me!! She gets very heated and I tried to defuse the situation which I usually can in most but she wasn't having it and wouldn't even give me a chance to talk then kicked us off the property. On the other had this Yard is a amazing transformation and I one rotten apple don't ruin the good deed that was done and hope y'all enjoy.. I LOVE YALL VERY MUCH!! thanks for all the love and support!!!

06/28/2024

This UFO chicken coop made from an old trampoline base has made my day!! 🤣🐓

06/27/2024

Just come home after a week with my hubby doing a garden makeover for No1 Son and his family….they wanted something easy to maintain what do you think…

06/27/2024

Hi all,
thought I'd show my recent garden makeover, the building at the bottom is my home gym i'v wanted for so long

06/27/2024

06/27/2024

A few months worth of eggshells. Going into the oven to toast, then into the blender to be powdered.
Eggshells are better when processed this way because it gets rid of potential pathogens that could make you or your plants sick, diminishes odors that could attract unwanted wild animals, and begins the thermal decomposition of calcium carbonate into calcium oxide making nutrients more bioavailable to plants.

06/27/2024

HEY YOU
YEAH YOU !!!!
Don’t forget to pick your Basil flowers and flower buds off and cook with them tonight.
Not only do the buds and flowers contain more flavonoids than are in the leaves but if you allow your Basil plant to flower and go to seed, it will die.
Yeah, I didn’t think you wanted that.
Jus looking out for you 😏

Credit: Canning Simple Recipes Food Gardening Preserving and Crafting

06/27/2024

A neighbour sadly passed away some years ago and her son asked me if I wanted this..as she was so proud of it and knew I loved it....some 14 years later still going strong...I've named her Elsie in memory of this lovely lady who's now longer with us ###
Happy weekend everyone!

06/27/2024

Floor paint for £21 couldn't afford new slabs looks good I think

06/27/2024

Last summer my husband decided to build a garden railway as a retirement project! I agreed, but wanted it to cause minimal damage to my plants and make sure we moved and retained as many as possible. He started in the autumn, and it's still a work in progress. Borders were widened or moved and the track itself is raised up, so many plants just stayed where they were. There is also a removable bridge across the patio.
He has built everything from scratch, including several trains and all the buildings etc. Now my garden is starting to bloom we are both quite happy with it. Work continues.... 😉
EDIT: People have asked if the railway will stand up to the weather. The tracks are not the same as you would use for an indoor railway, it's a much bigger scale and the tracks are for outdoors. There is no electric supply, the trains are remote controlled battery or steam engines. Wood is well treated against the weather and some track is on slabs laid on raised beds. I have video but my husband is a bit shy to show them as he is in them. I will do some more and post another time. One short video from last month has been added to the pics.

06/27/2024

Spruced up the grotty ginnel at the side of the house. On a budget.

06/27/2024

Just thought I'd share my little piece of heaven with you all. 🥰
The video was taken a few weeks back so I've added new pics of my Rose and Acer trees as they have flourished this past 2 weeks. I'm soooo obsessed.
The peonies that have already flowered and gone were a stunning velvet red.
My magnolia is the purple Susan 💜
Oh and I've added a current pic of our baby Family Oak tree 😍 and the sunflower in the swingball hole 🤣🤣🌻
For a few years, my wall has been the statement piece in the garden. But I definitely think my beautiful plants are outdoing it 😍
I just love how the flowers all come out at different times. It's almost like they give eachother their time to shine!
I literally live out here in my egg chair. It's the best room in the house 😍
(Hubby is a gardener, but the garden is my baby. All he needs to do is fill the watering cans a million times for me 😂)

06/27/2024

Looking through my patio door this morning!