2014 Calendar

[Penellype]

Near the back door
June
Peas and broccoli in amongst the flowers, and the garden seat turned into a salad bar (bottom left).

Grow light garden
May


June
Still doing sterling service protecting seedlings from slugs etc until they are big enough to go outside.

Sitting room windowsill
May


June
Some of the new season tomatoes are turning red. I ate one of them for lunch The plant on the left is Totem (a bush variety), the others are Shirley.

[Bren In Pots]

Mays photos

bed 1, 2, 3 and 4

[Bren In Pots]

Junes photos

Bed 1 Chard, kohlrabi, sweet peas then brassicas under netting.
Bed 2 spinach, lettuce, Telephone and Purple podded peas and broad beans at the back
Bed 3 parsnips, beetroot and leeks waiting to be dibbed in.
Bed 4 Scarlet Emperor and Serbian pole beans

[Bigmallly]

What a difference a month makes.........looking great...........

[Bren In Pots]

What a difference a month makes.........looking great...........

Thanks BM I tried to get all the photos on one post but 'it' wouldn't let me.

[johnjohn]

I love your plot . Can I ask how you created your raised beds net cover and are they expensive ? Thanks mark

I'm sure JJ will be along to answer you vegboi but are you talking about the white or green structure?

The black and white structure along the back of the picture

Thanks Mark, we got the wood from the local timber merchant, original quote was over £200 which I couldn't justify. They had a pile of old timber stacked to one side and I asked about it and after some huffing said that if I wanted it I would have to take the lot, broken bits as well- they charged me £66. There was enough to do the raised beds in the new tunnel as well

The wood is 5" deep, so shallow for a raised bed but I'm happy, I screwed a 10" long x 2" square batten at each corner to attach the sides and did the same at the middle. The middle lengths of wood are to stop the weight of the soil bowing the bed and I attached these as above, then knocked them in the ground with a lump hammer.

BM's right, the frame that you see at the back is our original blowaway tunnel frame, I think £90 ish from ebay. It used to live where the new tunnel is. It was so successful that we decided to get a larger proper tunnel. We removed the cover from the blowaway then covered the original frame with netting to use as a walk in brassica cage. Example below.
Kenley Garden Greenhouse Polytunnel - Strong Stainless Steel Frame 25mm

Frame only (bargain I think):
3m x 2m x 2m FULLY GALVANISED FRAME POLYTUNNEL GREENHOUSE POLLYTUNNEL TUNNEL + | eBay

Oh, and I made the right hand beds to be the same size as the inside of the blowaway frame so that I can move it on each year.

Hope that helps

[Deano's "Diggin It"]

JJ! Just wanna say thanks for the link! Won the bid! Cost me knocking on 60 sheets! But I'm happy!

My first ever EBay purchase!

[brownfingers]

This is the view from my back window (pic 1). Much nicer and more to see than the back garden (pic 2).

[Bigmallly]

Nice views BF................

[Bigmallly]

Well another month over...........will soon be christmad.................

May1:........

Thought I'd have a change and show Mangetout doing well from the other side of the Brassicage..
June1:.......

May2:........

From a different angle.
June2:........

[brownfingers]

Nice and orderly. "That's the way to do it"

[Bill HH]

June 6th.

[brownfingers]

You posh sod!

[Bill HH]

And 1 more...........




I keep eyeing all that space on the two flat rooves!! But before I can colonise them they will need improving (maybe fibre glass)

[Scarlet]

Bill, that looks fantastic!