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Sillyblog for Sillypics

Announcing the new blog for Sillypics – called Sillyblog Please visit the site, and if you like what you see follow the blog. I’ll be posting my #cartoons and #graphics here are some examples blog images

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A week of Wisteria pruning tips and cartoons

The cartoon reads, When pruning Wisterias; Oil, clean and sharpen your secateurs to prevent disease and make a cleaner cut Two worms are looking at a pruned branch, Both worms have oil on their heads, one worm says, “ A perfectlyy clean cut” The other worm replies, “ If I was to be critical, perhaps a little too much oil.”

The worms have spent some time thinking of pruning tasks in the garden for June this week. There’s quite a few to dos when pruning your Wisteria. Follow our blog to get more daily gardening cartoons, ideas, daily tasks and tips of what you can do now in your #garden The wrigglers are amateur gardeners, […]

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Fancy a bit of Wisteria and Donuts this weekend?

The cartoon reads, Give Wisteria’s a layer of mulch as they are prone to drying out. aim to create a ring donut around its base The cartoon is of two worms sitting in a ring of mulch around the base of a wisteria. One worm says, “ They mean don’t mulch against its stem” The other worm, yellow, says, “doh!”

The worms have spent some time thinking of pruning tasks in the garden for June this week. There’s quite a few to dos, like mulching your Wisteria with a ring donut to help prevent the plant from drying out too easily. Follow our blog to get more daily gardening cartoons, ideas, daily tasks and tips […]

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Hands up and step away from the Wisteria

The cartoon reads, Tie in your Wisteria after pruning. Step back to look at the shape you are creating. A worm is standing next to a wellington boot, standing back from the wisteria and looking at it. looking up at the human, the worm says, “ If it was me, I’d move the stem on the right to fill the gap on the left.”

The worms have spent some time thinking of pruning tasks in the garden for June this week. There’s quite a few to dos, like pruning your Wisteria to create a strong framework. Then standing back and assessing the shape you’re making. Follow our blog to get more daily gardening cartoons, ideas, daily tasks and tips […]

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Look sharp when pruning your Wisteria

The cartoon reads, When pruning Wisterias; Oil, clean and sharpen your secateurs to prevent disease and make a cleaner cut Two worms are looking at a pruned branch, Both worms have oil on their heads, one worm says, “ A perfectlyy clean cut” The other worm replies, “ If I was to be critical, perhaps a little too much oil.”

The worms have spent some time thinking of pruning tasks in the garden for June this week. There’s quite a few to dos, like pruning your Wisteria. For cleaner cuts, it’s important to keep your secateurs oiled, clean and sharp, too. Follow our blog to get more daily gardening cartoons, ideas, daily tasks and tips […]

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Getting to the point, pruning your Wisteria

The cartoon reads, Prune your wisteria now, create a strong framework to improve flowering next year. One worm has one of the pruned pointy bits pointing at it. The other worm says to the worm, “Cut back its pointy, whip stems about four leaves.” The worm with the pointy pruned stem in its face says, “pointy taken”

The worms have spent some time thinking of pruning tasks in the garden for June this week. There’s quite a few to dos, like pruning your Wisteria to create a strong framework. Follow our blog to get more daily gardening cartoons, ideas, daily tasks and tips of what you can do now in your #garden […]

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Keeping healthy with your Wisteria

The cartoon reads, Wisterias need to be pruned twice a year, to produce a healthy spur system of flower buds. Now and in late winter. One worm has climbed up the wisteria to sit on one of the pruned spurs. He shouts down to another worm, “Not sure about the flower buds, but climbing up here will keep me healthy”

The worms have spent some time thinking of pruning tasks in the garden for June this week. There’s quite a few to dos, like pruning your Wisteria, having flowered. Follow our blog to get more daily gardening cartoons, ideas, daily tasks and tips of what you can do now in your #garden The wrigglers are […]

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Thinking about pruning your Wisteria, now it’s flowered

The cartoon reads, Once it finishes flowering, give your Wisteria its June prune. Start with the 3D (dead, diseased and damaged parts of the plant) One worm faces away from the Wisteria, it says’ “I can’t watch this, I get motion sick”

The worms have spent some time thinking of pruning tasks in the garden for June this week. There’s quite a few to dos, like pruning your Wisteria, having flowered. Follow our blog to get more daily gardening cartoons, ideas, daily tasks and tips of what you can do now in your #garden The wrigglers are […]

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We’ve talked pruning all week …

The cartoon reads, Prune now to prevent the darker evergreen leaves from dominating your variegated Elaeagnus The cartoon is of two worms in front of an elaeagnus bush, one of the leaf stems is dark green the others are variegated …. One worm says to the other worm,”I have no proof, but I think Gothic Moths prefer the darker leaves.”

The worms have spent some time thinking of pruning tasks in the garden for June this week. There’s quite a few to dos, like pruning your Geraniums to get a second flowering, and pruning your spring flowering shrubs too. Follow our blog to get more daily gardening cartoons, ideas, daily tasks and tips of what […]

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What plants do pollinating beetles like?

#putpollinatorsfirst poster showing the plants that beetles like to pollinate They like open flowers, where they can land I guess … plants like, Euphorbias, Acacias, Water lilies and Magnolias … Magnolia is an ancient genus. Appearing before bees evolved, the flowers are theorized to have evolved to encourage pollination by beetles.[1] To avoid damage from pollinating beetles, the carpels of Magnolia flowers are extremely tough.[2] Fossilized specimens of plants identifiably belonging to the Magnoliaceae (mag-no-li-aysee) date to 95 million years ago

The worms have spent some time drawing a poster to support the #putpollinatorsfirst campaign. They focussed on pollinating insects. Here’s the beetle, it’s been pollinating for the last 90 odd million years. A few they love are #magnolias #euphorbias #acacia #waterlilies Follow our blog to get more daily gardening cartoons, ideas, daily tasks and tips […]

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What do you call the chelsea chop?

The cartoon reads, After flowering, cut back your geraniums to encourage a second flowering The cartoon is of two worms in front of a geranium that has been cut down to the ground. One worm says to the other, “ they call it a chelsea chop, I call it barbarism.”

The worms have spent some time thinking of pruning tasks in the garden for June this week. There’s quite a few to dos, like pruning your Geraniums to get a second flowering – a chelsea chop some call it. Follow our blog to get more daily gardening cartoons, ideas, daily tasks and tips of what […]