Comments for EcoCharlie Blog

Comment on The Bluebells Tale. by Tony

Tony — Tue, 23 Aug 2011 15:07:32 +0000

I want to propose to my girlfriend in and amongst the most amazing woodland of bluebells. Where would you say is the most beautiful in England? Thank you.

Comment on Hedgerow Blossom. by celestial elf

celestial elf — Sat, 23 Apr 2011 14:53:34 +0000

Great Post
thought you might like my machinima film the butterfly’s tale~
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y1fO8SxQs-E
Bright Blessings
elf ~

Comment on Going native – using British plants in the garden. by TimBranney

TimBranney — Mon, 21 Feb 2011 17:07:50 +0000

Rosa spinosissima is a lovely thing, with ferny foliage and those charming pure white flowers. We have some planted into one of the ancient hedges here where they’ve integrated perfectly with all the other native hedgerow species. Enjoy!

Comment on Hooray for hellebores. by TimBranney

TimBranney — Mon, 21 Feb 2011 16:59:23 +0000

Yes, with care you can divide Hellebores, although they can present problems in deciding exactly where to split them.

Also the outer growth will be the most vigorous, and the older, congested centre of the plant may not perform as well as the new division. For this reason it’s generally better to lift the whole clump and divide evenly into the centre (as best you can) but if you just need to take one chunk off then there’s no reason why you can’t do that without disturbing the entire plant.

H. atrorubens is best divided in late winter/very early spring, before the new growth shoots have started to enlarge.

Comment on Going native – using British plants in the garden. by Garden Plants

Garden Plants — Fri, 18 Feb 2011 15:11:33 +0000

I will definitely try out Rosa spinosissima in my garden.

Comment on Hooray for hellebores. by M Tucker

M Tucker — Tue, 15 Feb 2011 18:20:13 +0000

I have a beautiful deep pink autrorubens which is many years old. It is outgrowing its space. Can I use a spade to split a chunk from this plant to plant elsewhere? I would rather not lift the whole plant because it is too big.
Thanks

Comment on Getting to know your soil. by callum

callum — Mon, 29 Nov 2010 21:08:13 +0000

you can add our bits in, please spread the word!

Comment on September 2009 – Getting Colder by Ayden Simmons

Ayden Simmons — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 18:04:32 +0000

the best garden vegetables are tomatoes and potatoes, they look great and you can eat them too.,,:

Comment on September 2009 – Getting Colder by Ava Davis

Ava Davis — Tue, 22 Jun 2010 02:44:21 +0000

Tomatoes are always present as garden vegetables because they are easy to grow.~,;

Comment on Planting trees (and shrubs too…). by The May Tree. « EcoCharlie Blog

The May Tree. « EcoCharlie Blog — Thu, 27 May 2010 20:56:57 +0000

[...] soil (aside from a perpetually wet one) and will cheerfully inhabit any aspect. Here we have them planted everywhere from full sun to deep shade, although they certainly flower better when given a sunny [...]