my Garden

[andrewo]

Oooh an acre! Oh what I wouldn't give. Gradens from scratch are great fun, mine used to be car parking spot. I do hate how we are uprooting our gardens and concreting them over for the car.

we did start this garden from scratch 20 years ago and some of it is very lovely and much of what's in it has been grown from seed or cuttings.

Mine is only five years old and this version only in its second season. Hope you get a hang of the pics, would love to see what you've done.

[sewer rat]

Andrewo
Cheers for the photos - you amaze me with how much you cram into your garden. Was it sunny down your way today, or had you forgotten where you'd left the camera, cause you seem to have been on a mission with it today! Good work mate !

[dni_dave]

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Oooh an acre! Oh what I wouldn't give. Gradens from scratch are great fun, mine used to be car parking spot. I do hate how we are uprooting our gardens and concreting them over for the car.

Andrewo
There was a item on the telly about the number of driveways causing flooding as the rain hits them and drains immediately into drains. If it was grass/soil etc, it would slow down the rate that it runs off and allow the storm drains to cope much easier.

How such seemingly small individual changes can have such a far reaching effect....... not that I need to tell the 'vine.

[andrewo]

Andrewo
Cheers for the photos - you amaze me with how much you cram into your garden. Was it sunny down your way today, or had you forgotten where you'd left the camera, cause you seem to have been on a mission with it today! Good work mate !

Yes, it was sunny! But today absolutely chucking it down, I got batteries for my camera at last and wanted to record the garden through the year.

[JennieAtkinson]

Andrewo - have you got flowers ! (I've just discovered how to make the pictures bigger ) I might manage to get a picture on by the end of the summer ..

Jaxom that's some raised bed - what do you grow in it?

[Jaxom]

Currently I have three types of bulb onions, Red Baron, Sutton’s and Bedfordshire Champions. Two types of spring onions, Salad leafs, beetroot, three types of carrots, Parsnips, Radish, Sugar-Anne peas, Klevden wonder peas, Garlic, marigolds, nasturtiums, spinach, Nice and Spicy Mix, a few strawberries and then about six blank squares that are waiting for this months sowings.
All are under fleece and growing nicely. On the other side of the garden I have two dozen lettuces growing where my annuals will go later in the year. They are not under fleece but seem to be doing well.
Jax

[Nicos]

gosh Jax....lettuce outdoors already?? The only lettuce we are able to grow at this time of year is lambs lettuce!

[SueA]

Andrewo, your garden seems as packed as mine. I've only been gardening properly for about 6 years & the garden is about 27ftx17ft & I've just squeezed in eveything I can & only have a tiny greenhouse like you.

[andrewo]

Andrewo - have you got flowers ! (I've just discovered how to make the pictures bigger ) I might manage to get a picture on by the end of the summer ..

Jaxom that's some raised bed - what do you grow in it?

Oh yes, have flowers, grow annuals too and go for the potagers style, will show you later in the year with more pics. Love flowers, they bring in the bees. I have daffs underplanting my rhubarb and raspberries as these beds are never disturbed and few perennials at the end of two of the beds and in the midst of the herb bed. If I can get it in I get a crowbar to it and wedge it in. Doing pint pot peas this year.

[Jaxom]

gosh Jax....lettuce outdoors already?? The only lettuce we are able to grow at this time of year is lambs lettuce!

They are the Autumn King seeds that came free with the magazine a few months ago. I have been potting on in the greenhouse for months but now space is at a premium so out they went. So far they are fine.
Jax

[poultrychat]

SueA, nice pictures - I see you have a potato barrel as well, have you every had any luck with it, I have never had a good crop out of mine, I even tried pots. for last Christmas and only got about 6 the size of a 50p piece and it was in the greenhouse! Also what's the polythene that's over the hoops, it seems to have holes?

[SueA]

Hi poultrychat,
I've only had the barrel since last year & the first crop I got out of it was O.K. but not as big as I got from a normal large plastic tub.This year I'm trying 5 'Harlequin' tubers in it to see if they do any better, last year I tried 'Anya' I only usually grow first or second earlies.The polythene does have holes in it, it was from Lidl a couple of years ago & was only about £3 including the hoops, it was a lot longer so I cut it to fit.Lidl have had it on offer again this year, you just have to catch the right time.I put it on to warm the ground up & leave it over the first seeds & plants I put in for a while until the weather warms up.

[andrewo]

I only use big barrels, always get a good crop but have discovered through trial and error that some love to be in pots and others just hate it.

[SueA]

I've grown 'Concorde' & 'Rocket' in large tubs in the past & they've both produced nice crops.

[GardenFan]

I have a barrel as well. Lats year it grew pretty well but I ended up loosing the lot to blight. I suspect that while the depth gives you space to get a good crop it also can also be harder to keep watered and that lead to my problems. This year I am throwing in a lot of course grit into the compost as I build it up, hopefully this will make it very free draining and prevent any dry spots in the barrel. I am growing second earlies this year rather than main crop, the shorter growing period will hopefully mean I can get a crop and avoid any problems.