The 2013 'Growing' Chat Thread

Captain_Bluebear

OOH! videos? Yes please! Katholicos!

I think I May have one or two photos knocking about on my ipod...I'll see what I can do!

By the way...just call me Becs. x x

katholicos

Aww bless, just went to try and find a link and saw my dear little doggie on the front of some of the videos. She died a couple of momths ago bless her still, though bittersweet, it is nice to have captured her quirkiness on video over the years

We have a collie dog as well, so she may feature in this years videos if i make any. I would love to see anyones photies or videos. The more the better i say

Lets see if this link works...

Gardening and random vidz by katholicos

Captain_Bluebear

Ok...Found some photos....Here's my 'hopefully' "before" photos
http://pinterest.com/pin/36521446949966080/

http://pinterest.com/pin/36521446949966125/

and http://pinterest.com/pin/36521446949966113/

Oh my goodness! And that's just my back garden!
Looking forward to seeing everyone elses...I hope!

Captain_Bluebear

Oh Katholicos! I need to download a new version of 'whatever my computer told me to' but your garden looks lovely! and your dog looks sooo sweet!

Am looking forward to meeting your collie dog...over the internet obv!

katholicos

Wow you have so much space! There is a lot of wonderful growing potential there Becs!


Agh...pinterest...it has become something of an addiction for me...its like, once you pop (or pin!) you cant stop!

Love some of the things you have pinned....i shall shamelessy repin some of them on my own board LOL!!!

Love the idea for making paper pots in a different way to what i am used to.

katholicos

And you have a greenhouse!!!!

So, so much potential indeed!

Captain_Bluebear

You re-pin away hun.(That's how I've got most of them!) Pinterest...such a time suck! I could spend hours on that site. love it though.

A greenhouse! I know! Never had one before. I'm going to have to make that work this year.
If I get anything to work in that thing I'll send you some! x x

coldcazzie

1derwoman wrote: »

Phew Coldcazzie! I'm so glad I didn't offend you. it sounds like you've got a bit of work on your hands there!

Heh yeah...

1derwoman wrote: »

Ok...Found some photos....Here's my 'hopefully' "before" photos
http://pinterest.com/pin/36521446949966080/

http://pinterest.com/pin/36521446949966125/

and http://pinterest.com/pin/36521446949966113/

Oh my goodness! And that's just my back garden!
Looking forward to seeing everyone elses...I hope!

Oh what a good idea! Before and after pictures! I'm definitely going to do some of those! Been pricing up skips today. Basically at the end of the garden, there's a deck. It's about 2 foot above ground level, and underneath is mountains of rubble, rocks, debris etc. Hoping to use the wood to make raised beds and the fence to fence between the front gardens. The raised beds, along with (hopefully) a greenhouse and a chicken house will go where the deck is currently once it's been cleared. I'm not expecting miracles from the land - aside from anything else it's got a Scot's pine (or something similar) on it, along with the stump of another conifer which one of our neighbours very kindly (!!) cut down for us without our permission :mad: all that will need clearing. I think building and filling beds would make sense and I'm thinking weed material and bark chippings between them. I was hoping to be able to fit a honeybee hive in somewhere too, but not sure where it'd fit tbh - bees need space round them and they wouldn't get that. I may have to just get our honey/beeswax from my parents (they have 3 hives!)

Oh I've waffled a bit there, sorry lol

Captain_Bluebear

You've not waffled on at all coldcazzie! (I'm sure Katholicos had this sort of thing in mind when she started the thread!)

Gosh...It sound's like you have some amazing plans! And you're parents have bee hives?! that's amazing!

Helen2k8

sammyroser wrote: »

This year I plant to expand my growing space and have some more structure to it.

Plus grow some really unusual things.

I will start sowing mid to late February for carrots and tomatoes but everything else will be sown from March onwards.

I seem to have more luck with fruit and veg rather then pretty stuff. Still trying to grow/keep lavender alive.

Ooo, do tell