Tea Time Plant

Tea Time Plant 12 JULY, 2017 Annuals Sowing   It was a wonderful  evening  in September and I was staying at a bed and breakfast nearby Gouda. The next day I had to sing the solo part of Mendelssohn Elijah in Gouda’s big church. Seeds like juniper berries The bed and...

What’s going on: May 2017

What’s Going On May 2017 31 MAY, 2017 Garden Plants Perennials   The weather is nice and I got up early. Normally I wake up at 5 am. On one of these occasions, I made this lovely picture towards the meadows from an early sunrise. View toward American Garden with...

What’s going on April 2017

What’s Going On April 2017 18 APRIL 2017 Bulbs Perennials   Last night we had a rather cold night but it didn’t bother all the bulb flowers. The dew on their petals gives them instant freshness. A nice opportunity to take some pictures. A present from...

Cold Frames

Cold Frames Hall’s Jumbo mini Greenhouse placed on the terras of Viller the Garden. Photograph by Frank Fritschy 28 MARCH, 2016 Astronomy Life Society In February I started to sow annuals and some perennials. In order to grow them to healthy young plants I...

Forsythia

Forsythia 21 MARCH, 2017 Garden Tools Secateurs Shrubs Spring A  harbinger of spring and probably the most sold shrub at Garden centres at the end of the last century. At the same time, the Forsythia is the most maltreated shrub around. Don’t use hedge trimmers...

Gertrude Jekyll’s lost Garden

MY FAVOURITE BOOKS Gertrude Jekyll’s lost Garden BY FRANK FRITSCHY 16 February 2017 In 1908 Gertrude Jekyll designed the garden at the Manor House at Upton Grey. For a few decades, it was a fine example of Edwardian garden design. After the Second World War...

Presents

Presents 18 DECEMBER, 2016 Flower Bulbs Gardens Garden Books Garden Tools Although I intent to postpone bulb planting on a large scale till the next season, it was actually a gift of a box full of flower bulbs from our friend Stefan which changed my mind. The gift box...