Growing Mad

Tweets about growing in my #garden #allotment #polytunnel n #greenhouse with stuff about my #labrador Saffy! Also known as @monkstons

[Growing Mad @growmadsteven]

Starting to think about what to grow in my garden pots for this year!!
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#outdoor #botanical #gardens #gardeninspiration #nature #flowerstagram ##plantlover #plantlife #gardening #plantlove ⁠#flowers #plant #gardenlife #gardenlove #gardener #pelargonium #geranium #whichford

[Growing Mad @growmadsteven]

Last year I managed to get my home greenhouse moved over to our current house and installed - gave me a bit more space to over winter some of my special Pelargoniums!

#garden #landscaping #greenhouse #gardening #gardenersworld #plants #growingplants #gardentherapy

[Growing Mad @growmadsteven]

Well at least one sunny day in the last week or so was enough to get outside and get the hands dirty!

I've got some anemones planted in one of the beds on the allotment that i keep forgetting about! 🪴 🌼 🌸

#garden #allotment #growyourown #plants #flowers #gardening #gyo

[Growing Mad @growmadsteven]

Loving all the signs of Spring around at the moment. This is the start of the Peonies bursting through the ground in the border at the allotment.

#allotment #plotlife #allotmentlove #gardening #growingplants #plants #gyo #plantgeek #gardenersworld #allotmenteers #gardener

[Growing Mad @growmadsteven]

Just sorting out the bookshelves in my office at home - strangely it is mostly the gardening and Pelargonium books that are surviving the cull of books! 😁

#allotment #plotlife #allotmentuk #gardening #growyourown #gyo #gardenersworld #gardener #harvest #books #rivercottage

[Growing Mad @growmadsteven]

Having a good spring clean on the plots at the moment. Getting rid of some dead and diseased material that we didn't want to risk putting in the compost bins.

#allotment #plotlife #allotmentuk #allotmentlove 
#gardening #growingplants #growyourown

[Growing Mad @growmadsteven]

Anyone else got or developing a bit of a Snowdrop fascination!?!

Saw these growing in the new garden and have been a little obsessed at seeing how they turn out.

#garden #plants #snowdrops #gardening #plantsmakepeoplehappy #gardeners #gaygardener #gardenwishlist #flowers

[Growing Mad @growmadsteven]

Was a bit of a cold start on the allotment early this morning!! 🪴 🌼

#allotment #plotlife #allotmentuk #allotmentlove 
#gardening #growingplants #growyourown #plants #gyo #plantgeek #greenfingers #gardenersworld #allotmenteers #gardener #homefarm #harvest #eatwhatyougrow

[Growing Mad @growmadsteven]

2023 has been an exciting year of many changes, without lots of posts from me!! Hopefully I can share some exciting new adventures in 2024!

Happy New Year! 🍾 🥳

#gardening #gardenersworld #plants #flowers #gyo #growingplants #growingcrazy #Pelargoniums #geraniums #allotment

[Growing Mad @growmadsteven]

I've been sorting out some of my garden pots and giving them a bit of a tidy up! Should get some more colour out of the Pelargoniums and Fuchsias all through September.

#gardening #garden #pelargoniums #fuchsias #terracotta #pots #gardentherapy #plantsmakepeoplehappy

[Growing Mad @growmadsteven]

Really chuffed with my giant pot of P. tomentosum this year - since I took this photo it has got even huger!! :-)

#garden #gardening #Pelargonium #plants #flowers #pelargoniums #geraniums #geranium #gardenersworld #greenfingers #greenhouse #ivy #hedera #lupin

[Growing Mad @growmadsteven]

So I have my holiday homework lined up and ready!! Bought this book in the spring, it looks really interesting so looking forward to getting my headphones on and refreshing my botany abilities!!!

#greenthumb #gardening #garden #plants #botany #plantlife #gardeninginspiration

[Growing Mad @growmadsteven]

Am thinking I could paint the fence and then just let the Ivy grow through and over it to them become the fence.....

#garden #nature #ivy #ivies #urbangarden #gates #fence #gardening #growingmad #plants

[Growing Mad @growmadsteven]

Thought I had lost this one to the frosts! This is a Unique Pelargonium called 'Mons Ninon' - it has been around for a while (1800s) and has crimson frilled flowers and has a scent to the leaves.

#gardeninglove #gardeningisfun #gardeningfun #happygardeninglife #mygardenlife

[Growing Mad @growmadsteven]

We've been mowing and tidying up the new patch! Looking forward to sharing more details about this with you - just waiting to see if our plans are given the green light!

#gardening #garden #plants #allotment #plantlife #gardeningfun #mygardenlife #amateurgardener #urbangarden

[Growing Mad @growmadsteven]

Wasn't sure what this is I have growing in the border at the allotment so I had to Google Image it...

Apparently it is an Echinops..... A Globe Thistle - I really like it and the pollinators do too!

#mygardenlife #allotmentsofinstagram #happygardeninglife #inthegardentoday

[Growing Mad @growmadsteven]

Getting a bit arty!!! Spotted the rain on the leaf of my Canna 'Durban' yesterday and thought it looked pretty cool... Then just thought the leaf was pretty cool close up!!

#gardeninglife #plantdividing #greenthumb #gardening #garden #plants #plantlife #gardeninginspiration

[Growing Mad @growmadsteven]

I'm bored now!!!!

Think Saffy had enough of gardening yesterday.... Even in the shade, plenty of water it was a bit hot for her!

#gardeninglove #gardeningisfun #gardeningismytherapy #gardeningmakesmehappy #gardeningfun #blacklab #dog #labrador #happygardeninglife

[Growing Mad @growmadsteven]

I have a new toy!! Keeping on top of the mowing on my new garden project is proving a challenge so we have welcomed "Tuppence" to be part of our project!! :-)

#gardeninglove #gardeningisfun #gardeningfun #mygardenlife #growyourownveg #happygardeninglife #happygardening

[Growing Mad @growmadsteven]

I am starting to collect a range of plants that I like, that are unusual or rare for my new garden... This one I got is Centaurea Montana 'Purple Form'.

#outdoor #botanical #garden #flowers #plant #gardenlife #plantsmakepeoplehappy #gardening #nature #plants #gardenwishlist