Goal achieved

[endymion]

We did try some spuds in containers, but they haven't done very well. We're wondering if it was either a bad batch of compost or that they were in the wrong place - too shady and cold.

Thinking about planting fruit bushes between the shrubs in the garden too does it work well then?? Not to much compassion for nutrients ?? Good crops?

Our blackcurrants (and herbs) are amongst perennial flowers rather than close to other shrubs. They get a good autumn feed and get mulched etc along with everything else, and seem to do okay. We got about five pounds of fruit off the currant we forgot to prune last year, so the berries were a bit smaller than they should have been.

I'm not sure how well they'd compete with big, well-established, shrubs though.

Don't forget that you could grow cordons or espaliers on walls or fences at the back of your veg or flower beds, or even 'stepover' apples etc at the front.

[Florence Fennel]

Well done Germinater, that's fabulous! I'm pretty sure after such a good harvest your wife will be keen to let you have more space, for even more veg.

[Germinater]

Hope so..well there not so much shrubs more like roses and climbing perennials was thinking about giving them a good prune and then plant some Blueberrys,blackcurrants and redcurrants does any know how they will do if I plant late summer early autum??.have a large cooking apple tree at end of garden that previous owners planted about 18years ago .but that got hit by some kind of bug with blalck with red stripped back this year but apples seem to be doing ok.

[chris]

Apart from the great feeling (which is, awesome by the way - congrats ) the taste is amazing too, hey?

[Flummery]

It'll be the tastiest meal you ever ate too, I bet! Well done. I do think herbs are under-used. Not in your house though eh?

[Germinater]

Last night dinner was great so tasty..amazing too was the fact that the kids ate All there veg .they are so much more engaged when they have taken a active interested in growing it them self and watching it grow ..flummy I love my herbs I am a chef though and..yes I think ppl don't use them so much cos there not sure what they should put them with so are worried about ruining a meal my partner is like that with herbs she didn't realise dill vows great with lots of things just thinks it's for fish ..I am slowly teaching her the multiple uses of herds ..

[BUFFS]

well done you,we managed it last year,but OH wouldnt let me provide the chicken as well,says they are pets now...