Living in the midlands and wondering what you're doing now!!

katskorner

just planted courgette seeds today (very short post)

heynonnynonny

Good luck. Mine came through easily and after about 10 days. First veg I've ever planted!!

lutink

planted my courgette seeds two weeks ago and they are HUGE!

ixwood

Kathilicos, you've obviously been busy.

What's wrong with using the ground by the way? With the pots, raised beds, compost and weed material, it must have cost a fortune.

heynonnynonny

5 of 6 of mine have come through, and one has snapped off but still got 4 healthy seedlings I hear they crop quite heavy too so 4 will maybe be enough?

katholicos

ixwood wrote: »

Kathilicos, you've obviously been busy.

What's wrong with using the ground by the way? With the pots, raised beds, compost and weed material, it must have cost a fortune.

Can't dig, lung problems.


The weed control fabric is actually the plastic bags the compost came in and all the compost was half price from Morrisons. The raised beds were birthday presents (advance, bday is in June). The scaffolding net was £7 for 4 x 2 metres off ebay actually, so not expensive at all. The beds will last for donkeys years, as will all the pots. I'm working on making my own compost for next year so this outlay, such as it has been, has been a one off. I've never gardened in the 10 years i have lived in this house so i consider it money well spent considering i have finally taken an interest in the back garden...what would i have spent over the last 10 years if i had been interedted in gardening before now? A heck of a lot more if you ask me!

heynonnynonny

I'm hoping they have some of the half price 40l compost still, I'm just about to go and get some.

GarnetLady

Just popped into this thread to see katholicos's pics. You've done so much with your garden! It's really amazing to see how much you have going on.

heynonnynonny - offer is off in Morrisons, now 2 for £5. I went to get some on Monday, just left it too late. Ceramic pots are back to £12 having been at £6 too.

ixwood

katholicos wrote: »

Can't dig, lung problems.


The weed control fabric is actually the plastic bags the compost came in and all the compost was half price from Morrisons. The raised beds were birthday presents (advance, bday is in June). The scaffolding net was £7 for 4 x 2 metres off ebay actually, so not expensive at all. The beds will last for donkeys years, as will all the pots. I'm working on making my own compost for next year so this outlay, such as it has been, has been a one off. I've never gardened in the 10 years i have lived in this house so i consider it money well spent considering i have finally taken an interest in the back garden...what would i have spent over the last 10 years if i had been interedted in gardening before now? A heck of a lot more if you ask me!

Sorry, I didn't realise you had health problems.

For future reference, you can still use the ground without digging, using no dig methods. It's supposed to be better for the soil than constantly turning it over.

A layer of cardboard or thick newspaper, covered in a mulch of grass cutting or compost will turn lawn into lovely friable soil after a few months.

katholicos

ixwood wrote: »

Sorry, I didn't realise you had health problems.

For future reference, you can still use the ground without digging, using no dig methods. It's supposed to be better for the soil than constantly turning it over.

A layer of cardboard or thick newspaper, covered in a mulch of grass cutting or compost will turn lawn into lovely friable soil after a few months.

No worries.

Thanks for the info, i didn't realise that there was a no dig method, it's all so new to me!