The potting shed

angelavdavis

Benidormqueen wrote:

OH, Sorry angelavdavis to hear your hanging baskets have been a disaster,
mine have been fantastic this year, apart from Saturday when the wind sent them quite giddy, had to take them down overnight to give them a rest. they look lovley again today, I feed them every three days with tomato feed.
My grass was terrible a few weeks ago, never seen it looking so tatty and almost dead with all the sun and heat, We are on a water meter so I could not water it often, but I gave it a good rake all over and feed it with Asda's own brand of lawn food, and it now looks great, and really thick and lush and no weeds.
Rest of garden doing fine all my plants, most I did myself from seeds are still looking good, and I'm very proud of them still got, marigolds,buzy lizzies,
asters,bergonias,cornflower. taggetts, and 3ft long Surfina's.and lovley rudbeckias which will last untill the frost kills them, they are beautiful. all lovley rustic shades.

It all sounds great.

I planted up an annuals section in the garden - used a lovely variety of cosmos called seashells (see http://www.burpee.com/shopping/product/detailmain.jsp?itemID=2399&itemType=PRODUCT&iMainCat=9&iSubCat=25&iProductID=2399&iSubSubCat=25 - really pretty plus feathery foliage). I planted a scented arbour at the back of the border. I had some old sleepers in the garden which I laid into the soil, surrounded by gravel and then at the back of the annuals border I planted a scented arbour with sweet peas, clematis and roses - this did a lot better than I expected to be honest. I also planted 15 roses that I had been collecting over some time whenever they were on special offer (6 for £10 - that sort of thing). Most of these did really well too.

This was my first year of being able to plant up many of my plants - I moved quite a lot from my old garden and I am guessing they have been dying to stretch their roots into the soil so they have really taken off (my tree fern has produced 20 fronds this year - best ever!).

It has been so great to actually plant stuff now - I have spent the last 18 months landscaping - building patios, retaining walls, mostly on my own. If anyone is interested in my design - I have pictures up until April this year - see http://groups.msn.com/AngelasPhotographicEmporium/gardenproject2005.msnw.

Great to have a chat about gardening!!!

angelavdavis

Hi Foxybabe,

You can grow veg in containers. BBC Gardeners World did a feature Container Vegetable Garden this year (http://www.bbc.co.uk/gardening/tv_and_radio/gardeners_world/berryfields_containerveg.shtml). If you are quick, you can watch them harvesting the produce online before 8th September(http://www.bbc.co.uk/bbctwo/programmes/?id=gardeners_world). They grew veg in all sorts of containers - including dustbins and old olive oil cans, stacks of old tyres, even wellington boots!

Just make sure you don't make the same mistake as me and ensure you have adequate drainage holes(!)

pickledtink

Pink-winged wrote:

Hi everyone,

Just a quick reminder that Martin has asked us not to exchange things via MSE. Please see here for more details.

On the Old Style board some members asked about seed exchange, the team said it was not permitted on the forum so some users set up a group not connected to MSE and as far as I know it has been successful. Here's the thread with more details: Could we have a Seed Exchange??

Pink

OK. Rules are rules. However most gardening forums have seed / plant swap so perhaps we could simply channel it through one of them.
Pity though. Personally I can't see why consenting adults can't share their seed needs and excesses on a message board without causing offence.

But what do I know? The corrupting influence of French breakfast Radish seeds on a vulnerable mind may indeed be the route to the dark side.
I never knew gardening could be so exciting! :rotfl:

pickledtink

angelavdavis wrote:

It all sounds great.

I planted up an annuals section in the garden - used a lovely variety of cosmos called seashells (see http://www.burpee.com/shopping/product/detailmain.jsp?itemID=2399&itemType=PRODUCT&iMainCat=9&iSubCat=25&iProductID=2399&iSubSubCat=25 - really pretty plus feathery foliage). I planted a scented arbour at the back of the border. I had some old sleepers in the garden which I laid into the soil, surrounded by gravel and then at the back of the annuals border I planted a scented arbour with sweet peas, clematis and roses - this did a lot better than I expected to be honest. I also planted 15 roses that I had been collecting over some time whenever they were on special offer (6 for £10 - that sort of thing). Most of these did really well too.

This was my first year of being able to plant up many of my plants - I moved quite a lot from my old garden and I am guessing they have been dying to stretch their roots into the soil so they have really taken off (my tree fern has produced 20 fronds this year - best ever!).

It has been so great to actually plant stuff now - I have spent the last 18 months landscaping - building patios, retaining walls, mostly on my own. If anyone is interested in my design - I have pictures up until April this year - see http://groups.msn.com/AngelasPhotographicEmporium/gardenproject2005.msnw.

Great to have a chat about gardening!!!

Great project! I'd love to see some more when it's leafed out a bit. Pity our noses can't take an online stroll through that scented arbour. Sounds gorgeous.

Benidormqueen

angelavdavis wrote:

It all sounds great.

I planted up an annuals section in the garden - used a lovely variety of cosmos called seashells (see http://www.burpee.com/shopping/product/detailmain.jsp?itemID=2399&itemType=PRODUCT&iMainCat=9&iSubCat=25&iProductID=2399&iSubSubCat=25 - really pretty plus feathery foliage). I planted a scented arbour at the back of the border. I had some old sleepers in the garden which I laid into the soil, surrounded by gravel and then at the back of the annuals border I planted a scented arbour with sweet peas, clematis and roses - this did a lot better than I expected to be honest. I also planted 15 roses that I had been collecting over some time whenever they were on special offer (6 for £10 - that sort of thing). Most of these did really well too.

This was my first year of being able to plant up many of my plants - I moved quite a lot from my old garden and I am guessing they have been dying to stretch their roots into the soil so they have really taken off (my tree fern has produced 20 fronds this year - best ever!).

It has been so great to actually plant stuff now - I have spent the last 18 months landscaping - building patios, retaining walls, mostly on my own. If anyone is interested in my design - I have pictures up until April this year - see http://groups.msn.com/AngelasPhotographicEmporium/gardenproject2005.msnw.

Great to have a chat about gardening!!!

Looking good,Don't forget to post more piccy's, done a great job there,
I looked at the Cosmos sea shells i'm going to get some for next spring. keep up the good work.:D

angelavdavis

Thanks everyone for the kind words. Its been hard but worth it! I will try to get some pics done this weekend of the arbour. We are laying slabs around the compost heaps and veg borders, so I will take some pics of that too for you all! Enjoy the fab weather this weekend everyone!!! x

Benidormqueen

Come on everybody, we all need gardening tips,
pass them on, or any advice what we should be doing in our gardens, to prepare for the Autumn,winter, etc,
Enjoy this fine weekend.

Ciara111

Hi all... I stumbled across this post in my thirst for gardening knowledge. I have quite a bare area of my garden that I would like to plant some flowers and shrubs but I have absolutely no idea what to get. I would like to have year round interest. The available space is approximately 1.5m X 1m. As you will see in the photo I have 2 plants growing in it at the moment... The runner/climbing plant has orange flowers at the moment but it is spreading out quite fast over the lawn.The white flowers are another plant.Can you pls give this newbie guidance?
http://img528.imageshack.us/img528/1510/pictureyk6.jpg

Lord_Gardener

Hi Ciara111 - did you take your photo at night? It's very dark! Could you post another image. Think about types of plants you like and colours. Also, what aspect/ environment does your garden (bare patch) have - north/south/east/west facing and soil type/condition? Check out what your neighbours are growing - and are growing well - a good way to make friends! Post as much info as possible and I'm sure we'll be able to help!!

bazz

Hya. Can anyone help me with my apple tree, please?. We have had it for a number of years. This year it has had an unbelievable amount of apples on it. Only thing is they all tend to go black. Perfect shaped, huge apples. They have a blight type thing on them. (I`m not a brilliant gardener, so excuse my descriptions!!)
Start off with little black marks, and the marks get bigger. They go quite mouldy looking. The tree grows close to a conifer hedge. Wondering, is this a pest thing, or a plant disease? Do you think it can be sorted with something? I`m one of these ones. I hate chopping trees and plants down, if they can be rescued. Thanks:huh: