BristolEcho
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Since we got a fence the cats have come back and love using our bed as a litter tray! Put some stakes in my bog garden so they are avoiding that. Do any of the powders or gimicky alarm things work?
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TopCat
Putin fanboy
Piss around the bed.
gentlegreen
I hummus, therefore I am ...
I'm knackered already !
Calamity1971
If Mr Peanut says It's okay, then it is.
You must be down sarf are you. My scabious hasn't even got buds on.
gentlegreen
I hummus, therefore I am ...
We did four 4 foot panels down the sides and have made up the difference with 6 foot feather-edge near the houses.
Now that I have a surfeit of linear references, I'm starting to be able to see what soil needs moving where. The fence has been set a little above the bit of garden path and level with the neighbour on the left's deck and there are gaps down the right hand side a small person could get through - never mind cats and foxes ...
Hopefully I can get it roughly level this weekend. I know it's late, but I still feel inclined to plant most of the area with peas - if only to get some nitrogen and structure - and I might at least get some shoots - though once the fence was up the whole area filled with cock-sure pigeons so I may well need to net the whole lot or find a hungry non-vegan with a .22 rifle
Then it will be squashes, beans, hydro greens and tomatoes in the sunny bit on the right and purple sprouting broccoli at the shady end .from summer into winter.
This isn't driven by any expectation of saving money at Aldi, but I'm tempted to put in maincrop carrots... somewhere.
I'm undecided what style to deploy. I will hopefully have lots of nasturtiums and tagetes to brighten things up ...
The area looks suspiciously like a dance floor now - and with my WIFI reaching to the end and a whole load of mains cable going spare, I am very tempted to deploy some WIFI controlled lighting ... I'm going to need a mains supply for the hydro pump ...
Now that I have a surfeit of linear references, I'm starting to be able to see what soil needs moving where. The fence has been set a little above the bit of garden path and level with the neighbour on the left's deck and there are gaps down the right hand side a small person could get through - never mind cats and foxes ...
Hopefully I can get it roughly level this weekend. I know it's late, but I still feel inclined to plant most of the area with peas - if only to get some nitrogen and structure - and I might at least get some shoots - though once the fence was up the whole area filled with cock-sure pigeons so I may well need to net the whole lot or find a hungry non-vegan with a .22 rifle
Then it will be squashes, beans, hydro greens and tomatoes in the sunny bit on the right and purple sprouting broccoli at the shady end .from summer into winter.
This isn't driven by any expectation of saving money at Aldi, but I'm tempted to put in maincrop carrots... somewhere.
I'm undecided what style to deploy. I will hopefully have lots of nasturtiums and tagetes to brighten things up ...
The area looks suspiciously like a dance floor now - and with my WIFI reaching to the end and a whole load of mains cable going spare, I am very tempted to deploy some WIFI controlled lighting ... I'm going to need a mains supply for the hydro pump ...
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Is the white shrub second down a camellia?
Calamity1971
If Mr Peanut says It's okay, then it is.
Looks likely this one.
Camellia japonica 'Brushfields Yellow' - Warners Nurseries
Camellia japonica 'Brushfields Yellow'
www.warners.com.au
clicker
nanook rubs it....
Yes, first time it's bloomed .
clicker
nanook rubs it....
It's Jury's Yellow I think, but I've lost the label.Looks likely this one.
Camellia japonica 'Brushfields Yellow' - Warners Nurseries
Camellia japonica 'Brushfields Yellow'
Calamity1971
If Mr Peanut says It's okay, then it is.
It's lovely. I like the subtle ones.
TopCat
Putin fanboy
My kind of thinking
Callie
Pivoting
I'm just gonna spam some garden pics
Have a lot more tulips out too and the apple is coming into leaf and the blue tits are chomping on the blossom buds
Yes I'm in London!
Have a lot more tulips out too and the apple is coming into leaf and the blue tits are chomping on the blossom buds
Yes I'm in London!
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gentlegreen
I hummus, therefore I am ...
My gardens are mostly in embryo form at the moment ...
I'm off to Screwfix in a bit to collect a cheap (£29) S&J fork and spade - having destroyed all mine recently extracting giant grasses.
My soil is sandy, and I only need to get a year or two out of them and if they turn out to be useless I will walk around the corner and get a refund. My usual digging implement is a long-handled pointy shovel, but for the first time a spade may be the correct tool for levelling my bombsite of a garden. I will make amends for the soil disturbance by using as much as possible of my huge green waste pile as mulch once I have veggies in the ground ...
Can anyone please wean me off using only nasturtiums to cover my brand new fences ?
I suppose I have the tech to get morning glories off to a late start ...
I was slightly loathe to grow runner beans, but they will do for the sunny side since I'm perhaps sort of doing a "dig for victory" thing - helped by the neighbour's corrugated shed that sits on top of an actual Anderson shelter ... though that is morning sun only ... I suppose I ought to try to completely screen off the concrete shed ... I doubt they will care if I hang up netting ...
Since I'm sowing giant sunflowers, perhaps I could grow beans up them ...
I'm off to Screwfix in a bit to collect a cheap (£29) S&J fork and spade - having destroyed all mine recently extracting giant grasses.
My soil is sandy, and I only need to get a year or two out of them and if they turn out to be useless I will walk around the corner and get a refund. My usual digging implement is a long-handled pointy shovel, but for the first time a spade may be the correct tool for levelling my bombsite of a garden. I will make amends for the soil disturbance by using as much as possible of my huge green waste pile as mulch once I have veggies in the ground ...
Can anyone please wean me off using only nasturtiums to cover my brand new fences ?
I suppose I have the tech to get morning glories off to a late start ...
I was slightly loathe to grow runner beans, but they will do for the sunny side since I'm perhaps sort of doing a "dig for victory" thing - helped by the neighbour's corrugated shed that sits on top of an actual Anderson shelter ... though that is morning sun only ... I suppose I ought to try to completely screen off the concrete shed ... I doubt they will care if I hang up netting ...
Since I'm sowing giant sunflowers, perhaps I could grow beans up them ...
gentlegreen
I hummus, therefore I am ...
I have a golden one on the back of my neighbour on the left's extension and as it happens my new neighbour on the right showed me the green one she plans to grow up the new fence so I may get some for free
gentlegreen
I hummus, therefore I am ...
I suppose I ought to at least plant a few roots - though it takes a while to get going... it would be good to see my golden hop actually getting some sunshine - perhaps over that concrete block shed ...
Apparently people DO do a "3 sisters" type thing with beans and sunflowers, but I had better grow runners up canes and only grow French beans on the sunflowers ...
Apparently people DO do a "3 sisters" type thing with beans and sunflowers, but I had better grow runners up canes and only grow French beans on the sunflowers ...
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gentlegreen
I hummus, therefore I am ...
Morning sun ...
The LH fence definitely looks like where I will place my path.
The LH fence definitely looks like where I will place my path.
The39thStep
Urban critical thinker
These are good for digging/levellingMy gardens are mostly in embryo form at the moment ...
I'm off to Screwfix in a bit to collect a cheap (£29) S&J fork and spade - having destroyed all mine recently extracting giant grasses.
My soil is sandy, and I only need to get a year or two out of them and if they turn out to be useless I will walk around the corner and get a refund. My usual digging implement is a long-handled pointy shovel, but for the first time a spade may be the correct tool for levelling my bombsite of a garden. I will make amends for the soil disturbance by using as much as possible of my huge green waste pile as mulch once I have veggies in the ground ...
Can anyone please wean me off using only nasturtiums to cover my brand new fences ?
I suppose I have the tech to get morning glories off to a late start ...
I was slightly loathe to grow runner beans, but they will do for the sunny side since I'm perhaps sort of doing a "dig for victory" thing - helped by the neighbour's corrugated shed that sits on top of an actual Anderson shelter ... though that is morning sun only ... I suppose I ought to try to completely screen off the concrete shed ... I doubt they will care if I hang up netting ...
Since I'm sowing giant sunflowers, perhaps I could grow beans up them ...
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Could also try climbing french beans rather than just runner beans , there are some courgette climbers , cucumber climbers, malabar spinach will climb and is worth having a try, there are also some tall peas ie Telephone , Leicester, Champion of England that grown 6-8 foot , there's also the cucumber related Cucamelon and Achocha that climb
gentlegreen
I hummus, therefore I am ...
At the moment it's looking like I will have to step the garden and extend 4 of the panels downwards using gravel boards ...
Large amounts of compost and bark have gone into this garden over the years and there's nothing much to show for it ...
Should Aldi get in any of their horrible compost or soil conditioner (1/10 mile and I have a trolley), I may go for it - or perhaps get a load delivered...
Large amounts of compost and bark have gone into this garden over the years and there's nothing much to show for it ...
Should Aldi get in any of their horrible compost or soil conditioner (1/10 mile and I have a trolley), I may go for it - or perhaps get a load delivered...
gentlegreen
I hummus, therefore I am ...
Arse. Next door chucked out a small wheelbarrow thing a while back and I looked at it for days thinking I would have no need.
I also chucked out all my mini greenhouse shelving last year - though I still have a cover I can bodge up ...
I'm starting to do back of envelope calculations and I may need to raise dozens of broccoli and kale plants somewhere..
The look of the garden is sadly liable to get spoiled by the need for netting against pigeons and other pests ...
I also chucked out all my mini greenhouse shelving last year - though I still have a cover I can bodge up ...
I'm starting to do back of envelope calculations and I may need to raise dozens of broccoli and kale plants somewhere..
The look of the garden is sadly liable to get spoiled by the need for netting against pigeons and other pests ...
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I love this tulip so much. It's not meant to be here, everything else is very tasteful and white or similar colours. It snuck in with a bag of daffs and they mostly come up blind or flower really late, but spring comes along and up pops this bright red tulip in the middle of the border like fuuuck yoouuu
I've grown both beans and peas up everything from dwarf to giant sunflowers gentlegreen, it works well ime as long as you use compatible sized plants.
I've grown both beans and peas up everything from dwarf to giant sunflowers gentlegreen, it works well ime as long as you use compatible sized plants.
clicker
nanook rubs it....
What a lovely place for a swing too.
moonsi til
worked it out now!
Lots of tidying & weeding today plus planted spring onions , beetroot & artichokes which I have never grown before. Some flowers coming through & garden now tidy.
My partner has been on a quest to have a fire pit area that is smokeless & under cover & finally today he believes he has cracked it.
It was fabulous being outside in shorts & t-shirt.
My partner has been on a quest to have a fire pit area that is smokeless & under cover & finally today he believes he has cracked it.
It was fabulous being outside in shorts & t-shirt.
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What, hanging off the willow that massive dead branches keep falling off?
It's a lovely view though, I sit just uphill along that fence to the right of the pic to eat my lunch most Fridays. The sheep come and hang out with me because they like the shade from the tree.
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