2015 Calendar

[Martin H]

What a difference a month makes!

Looking up the plot:

April:





May:

[Bigmallly]

It's starting to fill up now Martin............wait till you get your strength back, there'll be no stopping you.........

[Jungle Jane]

May 2015

A few photos of my garden. Everything in one of the blow-away tents had a sudden growth spurt after I fed them. I took a few tomato plants out,left my cat in there though

[Mushaville]

This is my larger bed as of Sunday afternoon - it took quite a few hours and a few bamboo splinters but im pretty pleased with it!

[Scarlet]

You are brave. You've got your toms outside already!

[jackarmy]

Now THEY are what i call RAISED beds Mushaville

[Mushaville]

Now THEY are what i call RAISED beds Mushaville

Lol all for free too! Made out of old scaffold planks from my wood store shed!

[Bigmallly]

Nice deep raised beds, glad you decided to join the Calendar.

[Deano's "Diggin It"]

Had a couple of days on it!

Grow my "Babies, Grow"











Actually think I'm on top of it this year!

[Taterhead]

Been rather busy up at te plot lately, the weather has been pretty good apart from a freak hailstorm on Wednesday last week.

One of the little tasks that I had set myself was to build a cold frame, it isn't quite finished as I need some decent mesh to finish it off.



We have also been busy planting broad beans and leeks, sown plenty of seeds and done plenty of other little jobs that needed doing.



The Onions are doing well and the spuds are nearly all now showing too.

[skeggijon]

Onions coming along nicely

Atlantic Giant Pumpkin

Broad Beans full of flowers and first beans set - was late with them this year

Shallots and Garlic doing really well

Toms well on their way

[skeggijon]

Oh, Strawberries doing pretty well too. Already had loads

[Bigmallly]

I've got Strawberry & Tomato envy Jon.

[Lumpy]

Strawberries brilliant snuggled in their tyres - I'm sure its because the tyres are black so they keep the heat in.
I also have 4 tom flowers. I only have 5 toms in the porch and each one was cut down yesterday so I can have a go at the 2 truss method - at least it means I can see out of the windows without having to use a machete.

[Penellype]

June, although you wouldn't believe it from the weather. Just after these pictures were taken I removed the begonias from the fence to stop the flowers from being ripped off in the gale.

From the garden door:

The area to the left, just out of shot, is peas, courgettes (under a cloche) and nasturtiums - a homeless bucket of potatoes can be seen lurking under the wiegela.

From the lawn facing south:

Spinach is in full flow, potatoes replaced with tomatoes and beans in the growhouse. Yet another veggiemesh cage for the red cabbages which were already starting to cover up the carrots in the big cage.

From the lawn facing north east:

Peas have grown a bit, and the flower garden is now complete.

With my back to the garage wall:

PSB has gone and potatoes are taking over the assylum!

From the south east corner:

Leeks have been replaced by a tripod for the runner beans. Most of the catch crops are rapidly being eaten, although the kohlrabi is not playing ball. This lot will be replaced by courgettes. The potatoes behind the blueberry bush are nearly ready and will be replaced by tomatoes. Stakes up in the cold frame for growhouse covers, which have been taken down until we are clear of the gales. The empty pot in the foreground housed spinach until yesterday and is waiting for the wind to die down so I can plant courgettes. The small piece of netting is to keep cabbage root fly off the turnips.