Hi all… My fingers aren’t green but I do love pottering about in the garden so wondered if anyone out there wanted to share successes and failures of gardening? Hints and tips… Pics? Just would be lovely to share some ideas etc.
So yesterday, after 3 hours of chemo (proud of myself as felt knackered!) I got out and with the help of my boyfriend and my dad, & we got some runner beans planted, 6 tomato plants, I put some cucumber seeds in pots in my little propergator (cucumbers were my best thing last year which was the first time I’d ever grown veggies) and we sowed some spinach into the ground too.
Rather excited! Anyone else got any veggies going?
You sound like you have it all under control in your garden. I grew potatoes and carrots in tubs last year, very easy and tasted lovely. Butternut squash is also an easy grow if you like them. Happy gardening?Xx
Feb last year my lovely uncle had a stroke and asked me to take on his garden. It was huge and I had a lovely summer under his watchful eye and gained loads of good advice.
This is year he sadly passed away and my garden is more a flower garden. Just planted a jasmine that smells amazing evert time I open the back door.
Not sure how much you want to plant but courgettes are easy and very plentiful. I grew garlic last year but a bit late now. Beetroot was a good one too and the good old salad is easy. Cucumbers and peppers but they were in a greenhouse.
You will love it Helen and I can’t wait to read all about your summer produce ? Xxxx
Hi I’m hopeless at gardening but I’m thinking of getting one of those pop up greenhouses and doing some herbs and tomatoes is it still early enough to do these ? X x
Hi Helen, wow you sound very fit if you could be gardening straight after chemo!!
I used to have a shady border at our last house and I grew hostas (beware slugs) hellebores, cyclamen and lily of the valley from memory. Some geraniums are shade tolerant too, maybe just google for ideas? Sometimes the soil in deep shade can be dry, worth checking.
I used to love gardening but now we live in a remote lane I only have a small bed and lots of pots because of rabbits and deer! Country living for you!!
I do my tomatoes in pots, last year they were amazing, but have had a few years where not enough sunshine and they never ripened. Suppose I could have used them for chutney but didn’t!
Never grown butternut squash, but love it. How easy is it to grow, is it too late tho year and can I do it in a pot? So many questions ! ?
Two years ago we got rid of our patch of grass, you couldn’t call it a lawn. We had a few really bad winters and no matter what we did just couldn’t get rid of the water. Clay soil. So now its a little border and stones, so I have pots.
I’ve never done it but have seen it where people put lettuce and cherry tomatoes in their hanging baskets, they look good and you can eat it ?
Gotta get my act together with herbs this year. I too don’t have much success with basil.
I have a shady garden and l like bleeding heart flowers and lovely chocolate colour geraniums. I decided to make a stumpery with lots of ferns but the ivy l planted to grow up the wall completely covered it all. Ah well less wearing.
Helen and EJ81 your gardens both look lovely:) I have been on a flower buying frenzy and potting them all up. Had homegrown radishes yesterday which were lovely. Helen did you get a Jasmine ? I am so glad I did as the smell is so nice. I have sweet peas and clematis near it which are all spreading their way up and looking very pretty. Now all I need is sun in east Anglian and it will be perfect !! Xxxx
Lovely gardens ladies, I’ve just set up my lounger as it’s such a nice day, here is mine, I would love to have done more this year to it but cannot due to my arm and shoulder pain, I managed to pull a few weeds before getting tired xx
Thanks ladies, I do love my garden and its been terrible not being able to prep it in spring, but all in all its not been too bad, the mushrooms are called forest fungus, your supposed to leave them to rot down but I put preservative on as I really want them to last xx
Ellie
It seems you need a trip to “plants galore” to replace your jasmine and get into your gardening !
Says me that never does anything more than sit in mine !!
Wish I was more green fingered but hubby is!!
Hugs xx
Hiya Ellie
My gardens doing fine …I sat it in .drank my coffee and ate my cream donut this morning !! Thank goodness hubs does it.
We have a mouse though …he feeds off all the Bird seed droppings …the neighbours cat is too fat and pampered …not interested in doing what a cat should do.
Hugs xxx
Hi I’m new to this group. I love gardening hence my name bonariensis which, if you put Verbena in front of it, gives the name of one of my favourite plants. Until the end of last year I cultivated the communal flower plot on our allotment site where members could gather what flowers they wanted. Now my own garden is becoming a bit wild. Not having enough time has been replaced with not having enough energy but I’m still doing something. Have made blackcurrant jam and am presently making runner bean and courgette surfit chutney (husband does the allotment). Here are some pics of my garden in July
this is a bit of my garden. Hubs is the gardener.I prefer the decking area to enjoy my coffee.xxx
Thanks Barton …Will pass on comments to hubs. So u all know what a lousy gardener I am …here is my bit !! Just nice for coffee and cake !! Ha ha xx