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franlough.bsky.social
@franlough.bsky.social
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Live in Ireland, love gardening and our Collie. We have a full garden and over 300 pots of various sizes.
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franlough.bsky.social @franlough.bsky.social · May 6
It's sunny and will be up to 17° today so before we go out to garden we need to make sure we are properly attired. Peleş is all ready. 🌱🌿🐕🌞
#gardening #dog's
Close up of short haired collie Peleş. Black face with a white stripe down middle and black nose. He is wearing a straw hat and has an orange ball in his mouth.
franlough.bsky.social
This is our #SixonSaturday currently in the garden. Nice to see colour coming back.🌱 #Gardening #BloomScrolling
Left to right we have a small white Cyclamen, three open bright yellow buds on an Edgeworthia with lots more unopened, the lime green flowers of a Euphorbia, bottom row we have the tiny red flower heads with glossy green leaves of Skimmia Japonica, then lots of little white flower heads of Snowdrops and finally bright pink/purple flower heads of a Hebe.
January 31, 2026 at 7:45 PM
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graemeedwards1.bsky.social
In today's #SixOnSaturday... a snowdrop, Viburnum buds, fragrant Coronilla flowers, a blackcap, a rose cutting & some rusty metal ferns onemanandhisgardentrowel.wordpress.com/2026/01/31/s... 🌱
A collage of six photographs comprising: a dangling white snowdrop; a cluster of white Viburnum flower buds; a whirl of yellow two-lipped flowers; a grey bird with a black cap; a thorny rose cutting in a terracotta pot; three rusty brown metal fern leaves.
January 31, 2026 at 7:55 AM
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lindacdolan.bsky.social
🌱 #sixonSaturday from my tiny garden. Things are definitely starting to happen but spring hasn’t properly arrived. Full description in Alt text
A collage of six pictures from my tiny garden. The big pictures are newly emerging rhubarb leaves and the evergreen leaves of Mahonia Gentle Caress. The two small top pictures are flowers of winter Honeysuckle and a left over flower of Nemesia from one of my summer pots. The bottom pictures are experiments. I have cut the top off a carrot and planted it to see what happens. The other one is leaves of Celeriac which a friend gave me from her allotment. It had started to sprout so I planted the top and so far it has survived the winter. I will see if it continues to grow.
January 31, 2026 at 9:57 AM
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itmeanspencil.bsky.social
How is this doing numbers?
Welp.
I'll be in Cork this weekend, get your character commissions booked I'm as early as possible etc.

#🎨sketch
itmeanspencil.bsky.social leeann h. j. hamilton @itmeanspencil.bsky.social · 4d
I'll be at Warpcon 36 this weekend at UCC!
I'll have some new goodies and (hopefully) pumping out your DnD character commissions this weekend, so I'll see ye there 👍👍👍

#warpcon #ucc #UniversityCollegeCork #commissions #commission
My own OC (?) with a row of grey toned pens and markers framing them from the right.
January 29, 2026 at 1:47 PM
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stuartbourne.bsky.social
A real mixture today for #SixOnSaturday with flowers, foliage and berries. We have Winter Berry, Crocus flower, Grass seed-heads, Clematis, Hellebore and Iris reticulata flowers.

Have a great weekend and enjoy the respite from the rain.

🌱 #Gardening #UKGardening #FlowerFeed #BloomScrolling
January 31, 2026 at 9:33 AM
franlough.bsky.social
Despite frosts, heavy rain and storms, nature struggles on in the garden today. 🌱🌹
#RoseWednesday #BloomScrolling #Gardening
An pink rose bud beginning to open surrounded by a number of fully closed buds some of which are dark brown.
January 28, 2026 at 1:00 PM
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boddave.bsky.social
I've extolled the benefits of empty toilet roll inners as plant pots. Packed in a tray like this is ideal. Roots start pushing through the cardboard and teasing bottom roots apart is easy. Just sink the pot below soil surface to prevent moisture loss.🌱
January 28, 2026 at 9:33 AM
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shortrb.bsky.social
Morning Bluesky

A rare sunny and dry day's been forecast. I better make the most of it. As yet more rain is due tomorrow and for several days after. Which is about the last thing anyone affected by the floods needs.

Have a good day everyone
#flower #gardening #nature #bloomscrolling
Snowflake flowers. White bell like flowers, with green spots at the petal tips. Dotted with a few small raindrops.
January 28, 2026 at 9:12 AM
franlough.bsky.social
In the middle of Storm Chandra here but we still have this little bright spot now flowering. #BloomScrolling #Gardening #Iris #StormChandra
Iris reticulata. The 3 main petals are a deep violet with yellow and white near the tips. There are small green shoots surrounding it. There are tiny droplets of rain on the petals.
January 27, 2026 at 12:03 PM
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stuartbourne.bsky.social
More hellebore love for #MagentaMonday

🌱 #Gardening #UKGardening #FlowerFeed #BloomScrolling
January 26, 2026 at 10:16 AM
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boddave.bsky.social
There's life in death. This decaying Alder is home to several suckered, a young Holly, assorted fungi, lichen, grasses and the millions of tiny organisms we can't see. Never knock life!🌱
January 24, 2026 at 10:34 AM
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stuartbourne.bsky.social
This week’s #SixOnSaturday continues with the start of spring them. We have daffodils, cyclamens, hellebores, crocus and Camelia flowers.

Have a great weekend and enjoy the sunshine

🌱 #Gardening #UKGardening #FlowerFeed #BloomScolling
January 24, 2026 at 10:39 AM
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stuartbourne.bsky.social
A break from the leaf clearing to do a bit of plant division on some Lily Turf (Liriope muscari)

🌱 #Gardening #UKGardening #PlantPropagation
January 7, 2026 at 4:19 PM
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stuartbourne.bsky.social
I won’t be writing any new articles until the new year, but if anyone wants to something to read during the Christmas period. Please check out an article I wrote last year on my favourite festive plants

bournetogarden.substack.com/p/my-favouri...

🌱 #Gardening #UKGardening
December 22, 2025 at 10:24 AM
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A conservation ecologist who is in charge of logging each native seed in Ireland has described the project as like "Noah's Ark" for plants - a vault for renewal after ecological disasters
'It's like Noah's Ark' - Man logs every native Irish seed
A conservation ecologist who is in charge of logging each native seed in Ireland has described the project as like "Noah's Ark" for plants - a vault for renewal after ecological disasters.
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December 21, 2025 at 1:37 PM
franlough.bsky.social
Even after a very heavy frost last night the Campanula is still in flower. 🌱 #Gardening #BloomScrolling
Campanula Persicifolia flower
December 16, 2025 at 4:05 PM
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stuartbourne.bsky.social
This week’s article is out on Saturday and is about when and how to cut back your herbaceous plants.

As always, if you want to read it before anyone else, please subscribe to my newsletter below

bournetogarden.substack.com

🌱 #Gardening #UKGardening
December 11, 2025 at 10:07 AM
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stuartbourne.bsky.social
Finding it harder to find colour in the garden for #SixOnSaturday, but there’s still some out there. This week we have holly, mahonia, beech leaves, a frosty lawn, the last of the roses and highly scented viburnum flowers.

🌱 #Gardening #UKGardening #FlowerFeed #BloomScrolling
November 29, 2025 at 10:00 AM
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stuartbourne.bsky.social
I keep saying this should be the last rose flowers, but as we are starting to prune our roses tomorrow it’ll definitely be my last #RoseWednesday

🌱 #Gardening #UKGardening #BloomScrolling #FlowerFeed
November 26, 2025 at 1:19 PM
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stuartbourne.bsky.social
The advantage of becoming a paid subscriber to my newsletter is that you get full access to all my previous articles.

Including this one I wrote last year on pruning climbing roses:
bournetogarden.substack.com/p/pruning-cl...

🌱 #Gardening #UKGardening
Pruning Climbing Roses
Getting to grips with your climbing roses before it gets too cold!
bournetogarden.substack.com
November 22, 2025 at 11:15 AM
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lindacdolan.bsky.social
Isn’t this gorgeous? I don’t expect to see the Jade Vine flowering in November but it really is in the Wisley Glasshouse and is looking even more spectacular with the lights of Glow around it. #flowersonFriday 🌱
The unusual flowers of the Jade Vine, Strongylodon macrobotrys. The hooked flowers hang in a vertical cluster and are bright turquoise. Through the windows of the glasshouse the lights of Glow are reflected in the lake.
November 21, 2025 at 8:27 AM
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caenhillcc.bsky.social
Just out our farm charity video by Kirsty Clinch ‘Best Christmas Ever Ever’ please share, comment, follow Kirsty & like. Yes we love you more ❤️ youtu.be/XuIQxbAxOf0?... @kirstyclinch.bsky.social
The Best Christmas Ever - Kirsty Clinch & Caenhill Countryside Centre Christmas Songs Country Songs
YouTube video by Kirsty Clinch
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November 15, 2025 at 9:36 AM
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stuartbourne.bsky.social
This week’s #SixOnSaturday include a Salvia, a Bee feeding on a Mahonia, the fruit of a Magnolia, a fun fungus, and a Robeckia.

Have a great weekend all!

🌱 #Gardening #UKGardening #FlowerFeed #BloomScrolling
November 15, 2025 at 9:37 AM
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venetiajane.bsky.social
Each month has its own quiet beauty — snowdrops in January’s pale light, sweet peas in June’s warmth, sunflowers glowing through late summer. My 2026 slim wall calendar gathers these moments together, with a plant photograph and a seasonal quotation for every month.

#Calendar2026
A collage showing the cover and three inside pages of the Venetia Jane 2026 slim wall calendar. The cover features autumn maple leaves in shades of red, orange, and gold. The January page shows a close-up photograph of a single white snowdrop against soft green and yellow tones. The June page shows a small vase filled with brightly coloured sweet peas in pink, purple, and white. The September page shows a cluster of vivid yellow sunflowers with dark centres. Each month includes a lined date grid and a short quotation at the bottom.
November 15, 2025 at 9:30 AM
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stuartbourne.bsky.social
This week’s article is out on Saturday and I will be giving some tips on how to plant some spring flowering bulbs.

If you want to read it before anyone else, please subscribe to my newsletter below:

bournetogarden.substack.com

🌱 #Gardening #UKGardening #SpringBulbs #BulbPlanting
November 13, 2025 at 10:51 AM