The Scottish Gardeners thread

midnightraven3

:jroom for another?
also from SL

i only have a wee garden but make the most of every inch
concentrating on fruits this year as the veggies take care of themselves
i have bought mini red apple/green apple & pear trees
trying grapes for the 1st time (optimistic i know)
goji berries, rasps, blueberries & redcurrants, and some sort of pear that tastes like a melon
strawberries, hoping fig tree may produce this year as well
have lots of strawberry plants hanging in bags outside already growing away
garlic is coming along nicely

i have 3 beds for veggies which i use the square foot method for
ad i grow lots of herbs, anywhere i can including window boxes & tumble pots

nursing my green babies indoors at the moment
toms


cucumbers & chillies



grape (stick, dont laugh:rotfl:)



i am trying potatoes in veg boxes this year HFW stylie
and i grow my toms upside down to save space
trying corn this year as well,hmmm, its growing but i have no idea where to put it yet:D

when i plan i seem to think my garden is the size of Hampden park:rotfl:

GarnetLady

If it ever stops raining long enough I'm going to go out and extend my front border. It's not looking hopeful on the weather front...

(I've taken pity on next doors cat, who usually 'helps' me garden. It gets left out all day with no shelter and no way of getting indoors. Opened my back door and it shot in. Had to dry it off and it's now sleeping on one of my kitchen chairs!)

GarnetLady

midnightraven - Your plants are looking fab. I know what you mean about the planning. My husband keeps asking if I'm planning to leave any grass!

Grebe

Hi de hoo peeps, looks like there is going to be a wee drop in the temp this weekend so watch out for your tender plants.
I have been stuck in the house trying to shampoo out what looked like ground in dirt on my carpets, couldn't bliddy budge it so I finally put my glasses on to have a closer looksee only to find the loop pile has worn down to canvas backing!!! so I have for the past 3 hours been trying to scrub out canvas instead of dirt. So b*gger it all, I have put the shampooer away and I am off to mess about in some proper garden dirt.
Here's a wee question, how does Tarragon fare in Scottish climes? I know it's supposed to be fairly hardy in the south, but as we all know up here is another question. Anyone had any success.

Midnightraven3 your plants look great.

midnightraven3

they are indoors, all of them
work has stalled on the kitchen extension, so they are in there
it is like a big greenhouse:D

only thing thats stopping me :mad: about lack of progress

sorry but :rotfl:at you scrubbing at the carpet
its good to know we all do things like this:T

never grown tara before, but i always try things whether they fair well here supposedly or not, but if i want to know for sure, i usually look at this site, its a scottish nursery and has a magnificent range, and they have made sure all plants fair well in our scottish climate

http://www.poyntzfieldherbs.co.uk/catalogue1.asp?sortby=engname&colhead=windowbox&req=yes&doctitle=Cooking%20herbs,%20suitable%20for%20window%20box,%20trough%20or%20pot..

says they sell a french tarragon, so it looks like you cold be in luck with yours

jackieglasgow

I grew tarragon from seed last year, and basil, parsley, rosemary, dill, chives and coriander, for some reason I was the only person I knew locally, whose coriander grew? That was a bit odd, I thought. Need to get my herbs done actually, I moved them and they don'y seem to be faring well, so I think I'll reseed this year.

elantan

never tred tarragon myself ... i did have issues wi th my rosemary but thought i had sored them ... looking at them today it appears not ... my tatties are awfy high now and have reached the stage where i no longer have to add any more compost ... do i start harvesting when flowers come out and if so how long do i have to wait for them to be in bloom ...

was away to the clydeside today as i tottered off to work ... i did manage not to buy anything ... it was the first time ever ... and something i hope to repeat lol


and jackie did you eat any cake?

jackieglasgow

No cake today!!!!!!!! Wait til the flowers have died, and they are starting to look as if they are dying back before your harvest your spuds.

Grebe

I think I will have a go at the tarragon, thanks peeps.
Midnightraven3 that nursery site looks great and as you say if they can grow it we can.
I envy you garnetlady with the wee cat.
One of my neighbours had a lovely cheeky wee cat who would occasionally drop in on us, needless to say we called him occasional. He loved a cuddle (and a feed)and would sit with me for ages while I worked in the garden. He got knocked down and died a couple of years ago and I still miss him.
The beetroot seeds I planted a few days ago had sprouted already!! It was the ones the BBC Dig In sent put last year, they only grow to the size of a golf ball so should crop fast.

Chaos_Monkey

Hi All

I'm in Perth & Kinross, also a 'green' gardener. I've got garlic (from Mr T's!) doing rather well in the raised bed, artichokes just peeking through in another raised bed, and various seedlings in the conservatory/kitchen window sill.

Midnightravern, where did you get the lolly stick thingies from, and what are they for?

Thanks
CM