Mags Posted March 18, 2012 Report Share Posted March 18, 2012 :biggrin: I have growth :biggrin: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
houndzrus Posted March 19, 2012 Author Report Share Posted March 19, 2012 :biggrin: I have growth :biggrin: Well done! what's coming up? Had a fab time at the show yesterday, got more free seeds , some seedlings and some plants, as well as some rootrainer modules and lots of free magazines. It was just a nice size (two halls) and I watched a great cooking demo by John Burton Race who is my new best mate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
houndzrus Posted March 19, 2012 Author Report Share Posted March 19, 2012 I bought these two cucumber plants. I think they are a little early, so I put these lemonade bottles on them to stop the draughts and keep them warm. Hope it works, cukes can be a bit temperamental. I do have some seeds of my own, but they are small ones. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mags Posted March 19, 2012 Report Share Posted March 19, 2012 I have three lettuce, one cucumber and one spring onion. I may have a tomato starting too but I could have just been seeing things Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yantan Posted March 19, 2012 Report Share Posted March 19, 2012 I had great success growing cucumbers in my last house. Our dining rooms windows were floor to ceiling and I put a couple of plants in a tray on the floor in front of them. I got a terrific crop - in fact so much so that I was giving them away left right and centre. They tasted amazing! So much better than any I have bought from the supermarket. I hope you have success with yours Marge Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
merledogs Posted March 19, 2012 Report Share Posted March 19, 2012 How exciting Mags Marge - look at you hobnobbing with the celebs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mags Posted March 19, 2012 Report Share Posted March 19, 2012 I imagined the tomato plant Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
houndzrus Posted March 20, 2012 Author Report Share Posted March 20, 2012 They tasted amazing! So much better than any I have bought from the supermarket. I hope you have success with yours Marge Thank you Marge - look at you hobnobbing with the celebs I know, I imagined the tomato plant that would never happen to me, nope, not a chance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
houndzrus Posted March 20, 2012 Author Report Share Posted March 20, 2012 Spent six hoiurs at the lotty today without even noticing the time! Anyway, six rows of onions planted and fleeced to stop the birds eating them. Planted another rhubarb plant Dug a few beds and weeded ready for whatever is going in next. Only have one more long bit to finish digging, then everthying will be ready for the plants. (just as soon as the grow) Here's some pics View from the shed. Only the bit to the right needs a light dig over, then planting can commence when the frosts are done, or, for the spuds, easter when we will have time off. Garlic bed, parsnip bed and rhubarb bed. ( beyond is another squash bed and an extra potato bed.) Courgette and squash bed. (Manured) Another brassica bed dug. (I use that Chillington hoe, much easier and faster than a traditional spade) Another potato bed Beetroot and swede beds The fleeced up onion bed and the newly dug bed for red onions and leeks. That's it really, not bad for two days work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
merledogs Posted March 20, 2012 Report Share Posted March 20, 2012 (edited) Did you get a compost bin in the end Marge? Or was it a water butt you were after? Either way the Council offer them cheap in partnership with getcomposting.com. There are some on there from £15. Here's the link for your local one. Edited March 20, 2012 by merledogs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
houndzrus Posted March 20, 2012 Author Report Share Posted March 20, 2012 (edited) Did you get a compost bin in the end Marge? Or was it a water butt you were after? Thanks for the link Alex. i didn't check out the council, cos last time I looked they didn't do anything like this. Aldi was sold out, (water butts)so Andrea checked hers and got one. the power of FB eh? I like the look of those composters too. Edited March 20, 2012 by houndzrus Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yantan Posted March 20, 2012 Report Share Posted March 20, 2012 The allotment is looking fab Marge It wears me out just looking at all your hard work Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mags Posted March 20, 2012 Report Share Posted March 20, 2012 God bless your fittedness (that really is a word ) Marge. Marion, I ache all over after reading it Guess what, I didn't imagine the tomato plant just couldn't see it yesterday and I now have a courgette starting too I wish we could get some warmer weather and everything would be flying along. I planted a rhubarb plant in a pot. Will it need a really huge pot as it gets bigger? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
houndzrus Posted March 21, 2012 Author Report Share Posted March 21, 2012 The allotment is looking fab Marge It wears me out just looking at all your hard work I felt great after that yesterday. God bless your fittedness (that really is a word ) Marge. Marion, I ache all over after reading it Guess what, I didn't imagine the tomato plant just couldn't see it yesterday and I now have a courgette starting too I planted a rhubarb plant in a pot. Will it need a really huge pot as it gets bigger? I like the word fittedness Glad the tomato was real after all and yay for the courgette I would think the rhubarb would need a big pot eventually. I have never grown it before and seem to have a knack of killing them off. (3 so far!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
houndzrus Posted March 25, 2012 Author Report Share Posted March 25, 2012 Both Keith and I have been working in the garden, seemingly non stop for the past two days. I have finally got rid of most of the growbags I had. (Don't need them now we use the allotment). Lots of seedlings transplanted and more seed sown. Another tub of carrots is showing itself, so hopefully, we should soon have something to eat! Today I made a net for the door of the polytunnel. I have a destructive magpie and also Jack who is always looking for toilet opportunities in my compost! I made this out of an old net curtain, but because I made it up as I went along, it did take a lot longer than I first thought. Yes it is a bit chintzy, but I am pleased with the result. So far, neither magpie nor dog has ventured in! Stick on velcro for the sides I sewed the velcro to the curtain. bamboo cane along the top. ( I used iron on webbing to make the tab for the pole. ) velcro tieback All works well and very easily, not bad for next to nothing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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