Help MBE grow his dinner 2012

Lotus-eater

aliasojo wrote: »

I'm sure yours will be fine, they've been used to a bit of heat and sun before going out.

Btw, the way you're going, you'll have a small bed at the side to grow 'lawn' and the rest of the garden will be given over to veg! :rotfl:

Just as it should be

My lawn is getting smaller and smaller, to an extent the kids have started complaining

Angelfeathers

Had a bit of luck on Freecycle today - someone in my village getting rid of a selection of pots, including two nice big bucket and a wide, shallow pot thing kind of like a plastic basket. Plus a few small growbags and a hanging growbag for tomatoes that you apparently grow tomatoes out of the bottom! I assume that's for trailing cherry tomatoes or something, or would a normal one work upside down???

mrbadexample

Angelfeathers wrote: »

Plus a few small growbags and a hanging growbag for tomatoes that you apparently grow tomatoes out of the bottom! I assume that's for trailing cherry tomatoes or something, or would a normal one work upside down???

We like Freecycle.

I've heard of the growing-tomatoes-upside-down thing, but I wouldn't personally bother unless I was seriously pushed for space.

mrbadexample

aliasojo wrote: »

Btw, the way you're going, you'll have a small bed at the side to grow 'lawn' and the rest of the garden will be given over to veg! :rotfl:

I should do that. I really should. I could have a nice patch about 6' square, with posh lawn in it. You know, the sort that's just grass. :rotfl:

Angelfeathers

Just grass? What, you mean you're not supposed to have loads of dandelions and daisies and clover in it???? :-P

Sambucus_Nigra

mrbadexample wrote: »

I should do that. I really should. I could have a nice patch about 6' square, with posh lawn in it. You know, the sort that's just grass. :rotfl:

The only use for grass IMHO is to use the clippings for mulch. We moved here on the Thursday, and the weekend after it was a bank hol so we hired a rotavator and rotavated the grass, put weed fabric down, wood around to make beds around the edges, and put 5 x 2m square beds in for the veg. Then covered the paths with bark which we have just upgraded to purple slate. Nobody really needs grass do they?

Little_Vics

I'm going to spend some time pottering outside today. Might even take my toms and pepper plant off the window sill and outside for a bit of an adventure.

Loving this weather!!

Sambucus_Nigra

I'm in the middle of potting all my toms up - I am growing about 40 varieties this year so one of each is going up the lottie in a pot and lots are going in the ground. I am only growing a couple in the greenhouse, that is being saved for chillis, peppers and cukes and rare beans.

mrbadexample

Sambucus_Nigra wrote: »

I'm in the middle of potting all my toms up - I am growing about 40 varieties this year so one of each is going up the lottie in a pot and lots are going in the ground. I am only growing a couple in the greenhouse, that is being saved for chillis, peppers and cukes and rare beans.

Me too - ish. I'll have around 20 varieties - no more than 4 in the greenhouse. Plenty of peppers and chillies though.

Tell me more about rare beans please, they sound quite exciting.

Sambucus_Nigra

mrbadexample wrote: »

Me too - ish. I'll have around 20 varieties - no more than 4 in the greenhouse. Plenty of peppers and chillies though.

Tell me more about rare beans please, they sound quite exciting.

43 - I just got given 3 more by my chum.

Rare beans - Lablab beans, Hopi Yellow and Gigandes - I grow lots of different varieties and once bulked up, give them away or swap with people who want to grow them themselves. Usually around 40-50 different varieties on the plots and the above 3 indoors to get a decent harvest as they are quite rare and don't particularly like the UK weather. Blog is in my sig on the Vine, for more info on the Bean Project.