2018-05-22 05:45
It’s probably the best time of year. Fresh green foliage, the palest of pink flowers and the cat napping in his favourite spot. This corner of the balcony doesn’t need much prepa… Read More
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2018-04-02 19:33
After practising feet-up gardening in 2017, this year it’s clogs on and at the ready. That February sting in the tail I tentatively predicted in my last post turned into weeks and week… Read More
2018-02-05 21:35
They said it would be a cold one. So far, it has been mainly wet and windy (hence the out of focus), but February sometimes has a sting in the tail here. I think that is what happened in 201… Read More
2018-01-31 19:27
Last Christmas, I picked up some seeds from the black bat or devil flower, tacca chantrieri, in the Natural History Museum in Vienna (from the gift shop – I didn’t… Read More
2017-06-08 19:53
Two magnificent early flowers on the clematis, as the rest of the vine continues upwards.
The roses start on the floor with the Duchess Cristiana, whose lanky shoots are… Read More
2017-04-17 15:44
Since I took the “feet up” approach to gardening, most of the action is happening elsewhere: blossom on trees, tulips and forsythia. The balcony is stuck in its eight-month-a-yea… Read More
2017-03-25 19:19
Interest was lukewarm at the annual disrobing-of-the-balcony event.
Whether or not all that sackcloth and bubble wrap made a difference – at least everything is alive and gro… Read More
2017-03-05 05:18
A ranunculus and twigs salvaged from the office flower arrangement on Friday afternoon. Gather ye rosebuds while – and where – ye may.
Not that there isn’t life on the… Read More
2017-01-12 20:09
Apart from Lupo – good flowerer, attracts bees, hips look nice in an autumn flower arrangement and light up winter – is there anything this rose can’t do?
A few f… Read More
2016-11-13 20:21
I had been thinking to myself, and remarking to others, that it was soon time to winter the balcony. Then all of a sudden it became very chilly and I remembered I had pelargoniums and dwarf… Read More
2016-10-20 06:10
Ok, the Protea and the berries are from the flower shop, but the rest is from the balcony, including the ivy (which has been in exile in the courtyard over summer) and the cu… Read More
2016-08-14 17:26
The Cubana flowering tirelessly.
Also in abundance are the tomatoes; with three plants this year I wanted to have enough for cooking, and I did. I picked off enough to make just un… Read More
2016-07-27 17:14
It’s the Nightshades, Solanaceae, that are heralding the changing of the seasons on the balcony. Not wholly unwelcome of course – I can’t wait for the tomatoes to fully rip… Read More
2016-07-24 09:35
The climbers reach their peak early – but jolly good show! Read More
2016-07-03 17:07
40°C – in the shade. Afternoon temperatures can get a bit brutal on the balcony. A newly-watered container dries up surprisingly quickly. For this reason… Read More
2016-06-14 21:27
I believe I promised you a rose garden! Well, I doubled the varieties to four this year, and if all goes well I’d be open to adding another one or two next year.
Big, showy b… Read More
2016-05-21 14:36
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2016-05-21 11:41
Here it is – the first rose of the year. Slightly shredded, but a luminous pink and a welcome contrast to all the green on the balcony.
The plant still looks vigorous, despit… Read More
2016-03-27 16:35
Spring has been a long time coming and the balcony an inhospitable place, so until this weekend I’ve been playing it safe with indoor gardening. Most flowers end up in the bedroom… Read More
2016-02-07 17:30
This hellebore flower has caused me a lot of worry; ready to open after Christmas, it was interrupted by a cruel repetitive freeze-thaw cycle. I know they’re extrem… Read More
2016-02-07 13:40
Clouds of bougainvillea in La Hoya, Tenerife.
As mentioned, the balcony goes into its dull grey, green and terracotta phase late in autumn and won’t really come out of it unt… Read More
2016-01-09 18:46
The usual view to the east, in winter guise.
Temperatures dropped in the kind of cold snap supposed to be detrimental for container plants. I think I might lose the lavender, but the cl… Read More
2015-11-23 21:24
It’s the time of year when the balcony goes terracotta, green and grey. Having postponed it at length, I finally got round to the yearly winter preparations, with some help c… Read More
2015-10-04 06:49
I suspect it’s already here; the physalis has lit its lanterns one by one, and the balcony is starting to look a little bedraggled.
The tomato plant that kept on giving:
Blauhild… Read More
2015-08-20 17:56
Ever the pessimist, I will only deem the rose experiment a success if I can keep them alive over winter, but so far they have been very rewarding balcony additions. The cubana&lsqu&hell…Read More
2015-08-07 22:19
I feel a bit bad about papping the neighbours, but I really liked this tableau. On a sweltering evening – like the ones we’ve been having lately – sometimes … Read More
2015-07-12 06:01
The balcony has survived a spell of heat, thunderstorms and rain. Blauhilde, the purple runner bean, is now about three metres tall with weather damage on the leaves – or at least… Read More
2015-07-12 05:59
I was invited to a wedding outside Regensburg in Bavaria at the end of June, and a few of us were tasked with the floral decorations for the reception. I take credit for the ram above a… Read More
2015-06-30 18:29
The first bloom on my climbing rose, and it’s a beauty. Only a few dew drops missing Read More
2015-06-24 19:30
During a somnambulist Saturday morning supermarket sweep, I came across a consignment of little pelargonium plants at 1€ a pop. Since it was time to fill the balcony boxes, and the gard… Read More
2015-06-13 16:01
My rose experiment is starting to show results! The cubana is producing little cream puff roses, 6-7cm in diameter, blushing in apricot and pink.
The climber I’ve unceremonio… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
Spring is practically here. Winter wasn’t the drawn out affair of last year; the weather was mild until the end of January when severe frost set in for a week or two of snow and ice. T… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
2006-06-07 11:16
Hope they don’t look too sinister. The pointy hats are inspired by benevolent yuletide star boys in Sweden. The owl in the background had to have one too. I’m prem… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
Bare branches, show’s over – now for the dull task of clearing up. I left it another month this year, seems about right. It will be time for spruce and fairy lights in a fortnigh… Read More
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