houndzrus Posted April 10, 2012 Author Report Share Posted April 10, 2012 Marge, I loved your photos last year of your harvests and I look forward to them again this year. I hope I'll have some pics this year too.....but on a smaller scale than yours Thank you, I spend the summer battling against weeds, vermin and diseases, so anything I get, however small is a bonus. Looking forward to your pics too. I've just popped up to the allotment and transplanted some broad beans that were getting too big for their pots. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
houndzrus Posted April 10, 2012 Author Report Share Posted April 10, 2012 potting on all done, hopefully these plants will stay in these rootrainers until they're ready to plant out. Belive it or not, there are almost a hundred plants here. The big one is a volunteer "something" that I allowed to grow. Should have sent it to the lotty weeks ago, but I keep forgetting! B&Q were selling some net tunnels for £10.99 which I almost bought for a couple of containers round the side of the house. Glad I didn't now, because I made my own today for free. OK, it's not much to look at, but it does the job and uses up a few odds and ends. I will be putting rainbow chard and perpetual spinach in here. Don't know about the small container yet. I am also trying a little experiment, mingling flowers and veg in tubs. So far, little violas and lettuce. ( I had some lettuce left over from transplanting, but can't remember what they are) Need something taller for the middle. (veg) maybe spring onions or something like that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackmagic Posted April 10, 2012 Report Share Posted April 10, 2012 I think your net tunnel looks great. You are very resourceful. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mags Posted April 10, 2012 Report Share Posted April 10, 2012 Very clever is our Marge 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
murtle Posted April 10, 2012 Report Share Posted April 10, 2012 loving it 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
houndzrus Posted April 13, 2012 Author Report Share Posted April 13, 2012 Awww, thanks all. Got caught out as last night there was a frost. The cucumbers looked a bit frazzled, so they are now in ICU and perking up again. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
houndzrus Posted April 15, 2012 Author Report Share Posted April 15, 2012 Frost forecast again, so we've made a bubble wrap cover for the seed trays in the tomato houses. fingers crossed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
merledogs Posted April 16, 2012 Report Share Posted April 16, 2012 Hope they do ok Marge We've had a frost overnight which I wasn't expecting so haven't covered any of my tender plants. Hope they are going to survive. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
houndzrus Posted April 21, 2012 Author Report Share Posted April 21, 2012 Quick trip to the lotty today, took the fleece off the shallots and onions and got a lovely surprise. All of them growing well! shallots onions They are looking a bit squished, because I couldn't get there earlier and the fleece was on at least a couple of weeks longer than I intended, but considering it didn't rain for a fortnight after I put them in, I am pleased so many are up now. The elephant garlic is growing at a pace now and overtaking the normal garlic. this pic was taken before I weeded. The Elephant garlic is the nearest two rows. Unfortunately the weeds grow faster than my plants Keith finally got round to putting the guttering on the shed so that the water butt will collect water. He was so inspired that we ended up at B&Q getting a bit more for the other side, as we have a smaller butt that never seems to fill. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackmagic Posted April 21, 2012 Report Share Posted April 21, 2012 Quick trip to the lotty today, took the fleece off the shallots and onions and got a lovely surprise. All of them growing well! shallots onions They are looking a bit squished, because I couldn't get there earlier and the fleece was on at least a couple of weeks longer than I intended, but considering it didn't rain for a fortnight after I put them in, I am pleased so many are up now. The elephant garlic is growing at a pace now and overtaking the normal garlic. this pic was taken before I weeded. The Elephant garlic is the nearest two rows. Unfortunately the weeds grow faster than my plants Keith finally got round to putting the guttering on the shed so that the water butt will collect water. He was so inspired that we ended up at B&Q getting a bit more for the other side, as we have a smaller butt that never seems to fill. WOW that is one serious wate rbutt. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
houndzrus Posted April 21, 2012 Author Report Share Posted April 21, 2012 I know and the worst of it is, we have had it a year and never hooked the guttering up, so it has never even filled a little bit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
merledogs Posted April 22, 2012 Report Share Posted April 22, 2012 That is a mega water butt! I have a good sized one on the garage which collects water from one side of the garage roof only and you'd be surprised at how quickly it fills up. I need to get another butt to take the overflow, especially with this weather we're having at the moment 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sanrossscot Posted April 22, 2012 Report Share Posted April 22, 2012 My cherry tree has leaves on it and it looks like one of the other is starting to bud up a bit 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
houndzrus Posted April 22, 2012 Author Report Share Posted April 22, 2012 That's great Sandra. Well, we have surprised ourselves this weekend, by how much we have got done,. We were quite lucky this morning and got a lot done before the heavens opened, so we finished the last bit of path in about 7 minutes flat! We will have to finish it properly, but here's some more pics. The guttering done on the other side of shed, so now that butt can fill up too. The spare bit of decking will do for Cherry to have her bed on. Weed membrane on the path. and the last bit that took 7 minutes in a heavy shower. And one just for fun, it works! Will need more than this drop though 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
griff Posted April 22, 2012 Report Share Posted April 22, 2012 ooooo you have been busy!!!! did you get the hail too???? had some really bad weather today but great for you gardeners! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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