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Collection by Pumpkin Beth • Last updated 6 weeks ago
Quick, lovely ideas you can make or arrange in moments and super fast seeds to grow in under two weeks.
Container Plants for Bees, Butterflies and Gardeners - Pumpkin Beth
A close up of Erigeron karvinskianus. Whether you’ve got a garden, patio, balcony, or a windowsill, remembering to choose flowering plants that produce pollen and nectar that bees and other pollinating insects can access when you’re selecting new plants is a wonderful and worthwhile thing to do. By encouraging nature into your area you can really transform your garden, bringing the whole area to life. There’s nothing more entertaining than watching bees, butterflies and moths in your garden…
Container Plants for Bees, Butterflies and Gardeners - Pumpkin Beth
A close up of Erigeron karvinskianus. Whether you’ve got a garden, patio, balcony, or a windowsill, remembering to choose flowering plants that produce pollen and nectar that bees and other pollinating insects can access when you’re selecting new plants is a wonderful and worthwhile thing to do. By encouraging nature into your area you can really transform your garden, bringing the whole area to life. There’s nothing more entertaining than watching bees, butterflies and moths in your garden…
How to Plant Beautiful Bottle Gardens and Terrific Terrariums! - Pumpkin Beth
I love terrariums and bottle gardens! I so enjoy designing tiny plant worlds and creating miniature gardens. This is the ideal time to build a terrarium or bottle garden, these Lilliputian microcosms are fun to make! Terrariums will enhance your home and provide the perfect…
Dalefoot Peat-Free Compost - Pumpkin Beth
Most garden centres and nurseries have a section featuring some of the loveliest seasonal plants currently in flower or berry, potted up, ready to purchase and take home. These plants look at their best at the very moment you visit, and make a super gift, either for yourself or for a loved one. If you’re looking to purchase a winter flowering plant and pot it up yourself to give as a Christmas present, maybe because you’re looking for a specific plant that’s a favourite of the recipient of…
Container Plants for Bees, Butterflies and Gardeners - Pumpkin Beth
A close up of Erigeron karvinskianus. Whether you’ve got a garden, patio, balcony, or a windowsill, remembering to choose flowering plants that produce pollen and nectar that bees and other pollinating insects can access when you’re selecting new plants is a wonderful and worthwhile thing to do. By encouraging nature into your area you can really transform your garden, bringing the whole area to life. There’s nothing more entertaining than watching bees, butterflies and moths in your garden…
Container Plants for Bees, Butterflies and Gardeners - Pumpkin Beth
A close up of Erigeron karvinskianus. Whether you’ve got a garden, patio, balcony, or a windowsill, remembering to choose flowering plants that produce pollen and nectar that bees and other pollinating insects can access when you’re selecting new plants is a wonderful and worthwhile thing to do. By encouraging nature into your area you can really transform your garden, bringing the whole area to life. There’s nothing more entertaining than watching bees, butterflies and moths in your garden…
Container Plants for Bees, Butterflies and Gardeners - Pumpkin Beth
A close up of Erigeron karvinskianus. Whether you’ve got a garden, patio, balcony, or a windowsill, remembering to choose flowering plants that produce pollen and nectar that bees and other pollinating insects can access when you’re selecting new plants is a wonderful and worthwhile thing to do. By encouraging nature into your area you can really transform your garden, bringing the whole area to life. There’s nothing more entertaining than watching bees, butterflies and moths in your garden…
Suttons Seeds Bodacious Sweetcorn Shoots! - Pumpkin Beth
Suttons Seeds F1 Bodacious Sweet Corn Shoots pictured on the 3rd December 2015 – the day the seeds germinated. If you’re looking for something fun and tasty, that’s quick and easy to grow, I think you’ll enjoy growing Suttons Seeds F1 Bodacious Sweet Corn Shoots. I sowed my Bodacious Sweet Corn Shoots on 1st December 2015, and I have been enjoying eating them today, on 9th December 2015, just 8 days later! Sowing these Sweet Corn seeds would be a fun and very easy activity to include your…
Suttons Seeds Bodacious Sweetcorn Shoots! - Pumpkin Beth
Suttons Seeds F1 Bodacious Sweet Corn Shoots pictured on the 3rd December 2015 – the day the seeds germinated. If you’re looking for something fun and tasty, that’s quick and easy to grow, I think you’ll enjoy growing Suttons Seeds F1 Bodacious Sweet Corn Shoots. I sowed my Bodacious Sweet Corn Shoots on 1st December 2015, and I have been enjoying eating them today, on 9th December 2015, just 8 days later! Sowing these Sweet Corn seeds would be a fun and very easy activity to include your…
Container Plants for Bees, Butterflies and Gardeners - Pumpkin Beth
A close up of Erigeron karvinskianus. Whether you’ve got a garden, patio, balcony, or a windowsill, remembering to choose flowering plants that produce pollen and nectar that bees and other pollinating insects can access when you’re selecting new plants is a wonderful and worthwhile thing to do. By encouraging nature into your area you can really transform your garden, bringing the whole area to life. There’s nothing more entertaining than watching bees, butterflies and moths in your garden…
EarthBox Review - Pumpkin Beth
Earthbox Review At this time of year, it’s lovely to look through the catalogues and choose seeds, plants and other exciting new products to try out. While I was looking through The Organic Gardening Catalogue I spotted the EarthBox, a patented container gardening system, developed by commercial farmers, who designed it especially to offer a low maintenance, self-watering, portable method to garden and grow vegetables, even if you don’t have a garden. I opted for the EarthBox with the green…
Container Plants for Bees, Butterflies and Gardeners - Pumpkin Beth
A close up of Erigeron karvinskianus. Whether you’ve got a garden, patio, balcony, or a windowsill, remembering to choose flowering plants that produce pollen and nectar that bees and other pollinating insects can access when you’re selecting new plants is a wonderful and worthwhile thing to do. By encouraging nature into your area you can really transform your garden, bringing the whole area to life. There’s nothing more entertaining than watching bees, butterflies and moths in your garden…
Suttons Seeds Bodacious Sweetcorn Shoots! - Pumpkin Beth
Suttons Seeds F1 Bodacious Sweet Corn Shoots pictured on the 3rd December 2015 – the day the seeds germinated. If you’re looking for something fun and tasty, that’s quick and easy to grow, I think you’ll enjoy growing Suttons Seeds F1 Bodacious Sweet Corn Shoots. I sowed my Bodacious Sweet Corn Shoots on 1st December 2015, and I have been enjoying eating them today, on 9th December 2015, just 8 days later! Sowing these Sweet Corn seeds would be a fun and very easy activity to include your…
Suttons Seeds Bodacious Sweetcorn Shoots! - Pumpkin Beth
Suttons Seeds F1 Bodacious Sweet Corn Shoots pictured on the 3rd December 2015 – the day the seeds germinated. If you’re looking for something fun and tasty, that’s quick and easy to grow, I think you’ll enjoy growing Suttons Seeds F1 Bodacious Sweet Corn Shoots. I sowed my Bodacious Sweet Corn Shoots on 1st December 2015, and I have been enjoying eating them today, on 9th December 2015, just 8 days later! Sowing these Sweet Corn seeds would be a fun and very easy activity to include your…
Live, Growing, Potted Christmas Trees From Wheeler Street Nurseries in Witley - Pumpkin Beth
A live, potted, Norway Spruce Christmas tree from Wheeler Street Nurseries in Witley. This is one of the smaller trees that Wheeler Street Nurseries have available – this size tree is priced at £15 – £17 – with a £5 Wheeler Street Voucher presented if you return the tree, in good condition, before the end of January. At Christmas, there’s nothing like having a real Christmas tree. A real, living, growing, potted Christmas tree, that will grow on and live for many more Christmases to come is…
Growing in the Fast Lane - Pumpkin Beth
Fungi are part of almost all of our terrestrial ecosystems, for much of the year we aren’t aware of their presence, they exist as mycelium, a mass of tiny, thread like filaments, hyphae, that live entwined in the soil and undergrowth, we see their fruiting bodies – mushrooms or toadstools – for a short time when they are in season each year. At this time of year there are many fascinating varieties of toadstools and mushrooms to be found outside. Whether you spot them on a walk or in your…