Gardening/Allotmenting

[T4tomo]

Next doors climber is creeping along my fence but I don’t want to cut it. Do you think he’ll mind us enjoying his flowers?

Why on earth would he?

 

[Dogtrousers]

So this year I've decided not to do courgettes, which take over all of my small veg patch. I went a bit mad in the garden centre and bought some seedlings. Unplanned and in retrospect, not really well thought out.

Lettuces (slugs will probably eat them); carrots (wtf? If they don't die they will hate my heavy clay soil); Leeks (maybe OK); radishes - they should be good, they are easy.

I grew jerusalem artichokes last year on the other side of the veg patch and they grew ENORMOUS. I also got a lot of nice tubers off them. But I'm going for sunflowers in that patch this year, although I'm expecting a whole load of jerusalem artichokes to come up.

Should be first harvestable year for my rhubarb (planted autumn '24) but it's not looking great. One of the plants bolted spectacularly about a month ago. I cut it off when I noticed. There are some stalks that I may be able to harvest soon. I'll go easy on it harvest-wise.

Plus various peppers, and little yellow salad tomatoes called "gold nugget" that have done well in the past.

 

[Elybazza61]

Had a delivery of plants yesterday from Edulis nursery;

Fillipendula (red leaved ones),Cardamine (green ones) and Zingiber (ginger-the spiky ones).

Also did some labels for the above and other plants as it will hopefully mean I won't accidentally dig anything up at some point.

 

[Milzy]

Why on earth would he?

It’s his plant. It will travel many feet through my garden. It will bloom soon

 

[Electric_Andy]

My partner has planted some veg for the first time this year. We have a raised bed which we were going to get rid of, but thought we'd try it for a year and see. We have 6 x tomato plants, beetroot, potatoes, sweet peas and sugar snap peas. And some sort of companion plants which apparently help keep pests away

 

[Alex321]

My partner has planted some veg for the first time this year. We have a raised bed which we were going to get rid of, but thought we'd try it for a year and see. We have 6 x tomato plants, beetroot, potatoes, sweet peas and sugar snap peas. And some sort of companion plants which apparently help keep pests away

What are normally called sweet peas aren't vegetables
https://www.rhs.org.uk/plants/lathyrus/sweet-peas

 

[Dogtrousers]

It’s his plant. It will travel many feet through my garden. It will bloom soon

Just don't let him catch you enjoying them. If you notice him outside, make loud cutting remarks about how poor you think they are.

 

[postman]

Now i am on top of my neighbours garden it's just a visit once every three weeks,Friday i went round back front in ten mins,the hoe did the few small weeds,the driveway block,has serious weed roots running under the brick but a battered screwdriver and a wire brush made short work of it,it looks lovely to look out on.

 

[biggs682]

Our Beans are starting to come through

 

[Jameshow]

My partner has planted some veg for the first time this year. We have a raised bed which we were going to get rid of, but thought we'd try it for a year and see. We have 6 x tomato plants, beetroot, potatoes, sweet peas and sugar snap peas. And some sort of companion plants which apparently help keep pests away

I've planted some veg in supermarket crates. Potatoes, beans, onions, tomatoes and courgettes planned.

 

[biggs682]

Veg and fruit plants watered as is my nightly regime.

Whilst waiting for the watering can to fill up I inspected the lily's and removed another 4 lilly beetles.

Tomorrow's job is to soil up the potatoes and pot up tumbling toms into hanging baskets.

 

[Elybazza61]

Yesterday afternoon got the Squash and Courgettes in and this morning some of the Ricinus and Cannas;still got some of those to get in plus cosmos, Tithonia and Zinnia.

Also have some Cabbage, Beetroot and Leeks to get out but it's going to be way too hot until later this afternoon for that.

 

[postman]

I am laying/making a raised bed,8, 9' x 4"x 4" lengths of timber four bottom four on top so 8" high.Now i was going to bed first row on a concrete bed,but handy hints say sharp sand you can mess with levelling longer,then mix what is left with pea gravel to back fill to help drainage.I like the idea better than rushing with drying concrete/mortar and i will be long gone before the timber rots.

 

[PaulSB]

I am laying/making a raised bed,8, 9' x 4"x 4" lengths of timber four bottom four on top so 8" high.Now i was going to bed first row on a concrete bed,but handy hints say sharp sand you can mess with levelling longer,then mix what is left with pea gravel to back fill to help drainage.I like the idea better than rushing with drying concrete/mortar and i will be long gone before the timber rots.

My raised beds are 12 years old. I simply leveled the soil, laid a strip of Mypex and placed the timbers on this. That's it, job done. Over the years as I've added more and more organic matter the soil level in the beds has risen.

Unless you have very heavy garden soil which you're building on top of there's no real need for adding drainage materials. As the depth of soil improves and increases the drainage will continue to improve.

 

[postman]

After laying out yesterday,and looking ok,i did a bit more this morning after the rain.Today i have been told it is too long,by about four foot.it's too close to the house and ,shock the patio might need extending,news to me.So all laying out was a waste of time,well i am going to get a local lad in,he gets great reviews,it's not worth the headache.