Economy gardening tips for this year please

[veggiechicken]

1. ? parsnip or feverfew
2. bluebell
3. Same as 1
4. London pride
5. Not sure what to look at except your feet?
6. primula/primrose/cowslip on the left and ?Stachys/lambs' ears on the right.

[hamamelis]

Not sure on 1 and 3 (I know #3, just can't for the life of me remember the name)
2. looks like bluebells, probably Spanish,
4. Can't really tell which plant you mean? Might need a closer picture.
5. Some kind of primula on the left, looks like lychnis on the right?

I'm sure other people will be along to correct me and fill in the gaps!

[veggiechicken]

5. Lychnis - of course! The name eluded me.

I'm like you with 1&3 - so familiar but............Don't think its a "weed" though.

[nickdub]

4 are strawberries mixed up with what are probably hardy geraniums aka cranes-bill - agree with the other people on the rest.

[Baldy]

How big / small is the saucepan?

[rary]

I know you no longer have the urgent need for growing space at home, just putting these suggestions forward for other Grapes who may have the need for space on a budget, a shoe pouches mat from Ikea for growing salad leaf etc. against a wall or fence, blocks of wood to support M.F.B.s. secured to a fence, for growing trailing tomatoes, peas or beans, or any other veg that doesn't grow too tall

[self-contained]

This year, building on the toilet roll idea, I've been sowing things in egg boxes and cardboard boxes. As long as they will get transplanted or give me a crop (e.g. pea-shoots) before making the cardboard completely mushy, then I reckon it's a good way to free up pots while softening up cardboard that can later be added to my wormery.

I've only used quite sturdy boxes so far, but I think I'm going to start using thinner boxes too and see how I go.

[Lumpy]

I had a similar problem when we moved in here 2 years ago at the end of November. Come March/April things started popping up all over the place.

I left all of them alone until they got bigger so i.d was easier. Some were left and others moved.

Our front grass is mowed by the council which is due to start it’s monthly massacre this week. Out the front I’ve spotted a struggling daffodil, a clump of primroses and a patch of a plant that has flowers similar to a nettle but is very low growing. I shall be out tomorrow digging them up to transplant into the back so they survive the council.

Do you have any space not allocated where you could shove them to see what they do? You might be surprised.

[Rapscallion]

Thanks all - have updated the post with the names provided.

Looks like the previous allotment tenant had a flower area to attract pollinating insects. Glad i didn't pull them up as i thought they may have been weeds!

[Rapscallion]

Hi - i have bought some cucumber plants on the weekend and potted in large pots in my Walks greenhouse.

Now i have read the instructions on RHS (yes, i know, i should have done this first...!) and i see that i should wait until end of may to grow them in an unheated greenhouse. Any chance they will be fine, or shall i put them back in smaller pots and give them to a relative with a proper glass (but still unheated) greenhouse.
I possibly could bring them to my work office, but they may not get watered every day as i am often not there...

[Lumpy]

Please don’t take my word for it but I think its a bit too early for Q’s to be outside even in greenhouse. They can be fickle little beggars who love heat.

Any chance of taking them home for a few weeks till the cold nights have passed?

[veggiechicken]

Mine have been in an unheated GH for a week or two - you know how sunshiny it is in Cardiff.

[SarrissUK]

Could you get a paraffin heater for your greenhouse to have on over night?

[nickdub]

I vote leave them in the greenhouse - if the weather forecast for night time is cold, put a polythene bag over each one, like a mini-cloche.

[Baldy]

My cukes germinated in an unheated GH and are doing fine.
... Must be the Devon air