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

zarazara

weed and feed sprinkled onto the lawn yesterday,and some discarded plants found and given safe-haven in my garden.

lutink

wow, your photos are amazing!
i'm dying to put stuff outside.....

heynonnynonny

GarnetLady wrote: »

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.

Welcome to the Midlands thread!! :A

I didn't see your post til after I went in, but got 70 litres for about £3.40 in JTF, which is better value

katholicos

I sowed some seed today. Some outdoors; swede, turnip, beetroot, cabbage, cauliflower and parsley. Some in propogators; tomato and something else but i can't remember what LOL! I also made 2 wasp traps.

GarnetLady

heynonnynonny wrote: »

Welcome to the Midlands thread!! :A

I didn't see your post til after I went in, but got 70 litres for about £3.40 in JTF, which is better value

Thanks, but I feel like an interloper! :rotfl:

Glad you managed to get a good deal elsewhere.

elsien

I planted some cut and come again salad leaves and spinach in pots outdoors today. Possibly a bit early, but as they're in a sheltered spot, I decided to take the chance.
Still waiting to put the courgettes and peas out though, probably give them another couple of weeks.
I also found another shrub which has turned up its toes after the cold winter.:( And did a mega prune of a huge bushy thing that I've been ignoring for a couple of years. It's looking seriously bare at the moment, and the birds are scratching their heads and looking baffled at their shelter having disappeared (no nests, I did check first), but it's one of those that springs back overnight. I hope.

heynonnynonny

I also did salad leaves and spinach this weekend too albeit in container trays. Ran out of seed now so need to stock myself up for a continuous sowing. Goodness me courgette seedlings are right beefy things aren't they, they are looking very fit and healthy 4 of them are so have done another 6 to give away to people.

covlass

Thank goodness the rain has not come yet ! I have managed to put my Bamboo in a new pot ! Potted on my sugar snap peas and pepper plants and have also done another hanging basket. I am now about to split some nepeta's hopefully they will be ok and may have a go at some lavender cuttings just need to look in shed for rooting powder.

elsien

I've had to plant my salad outside because I've run out of room! :rotfl: My window sills are full of seed trays, I only have a plastic 3 tier greenhouse which has my veggies, busy lizzies, snapdragons etc hardening off in.
I want to get my basket plants and fuschias/geraniums as smaller plants while they're cheaper, to grow on, but I've nowhere to put them. I think I'll have to curb my enthusiasm slightly next year, or plan a bit better.

katholicos

It rained here today and i'm actually pleased about that! LOL, because my water butts needed filling. Well the rain filled one of them and then i used it to make some fertiliser. I've been reading online about weeds making an excellent free fertiliser so i gathered up me weeds and then put them in a massive empty pot and covered them with water and stirrred it all up. Apparantly you have to stir the mixture every day for a week or so and then leave it for a month and it can then be water down and used as a fertiliser. I'll report back on here if it works! The mixture is said to stink to high heaven though...