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Post by SueA on Mar 11, 2016 21:01:19 GMT
ladybird I don't know if you have anywhere near you that sells plastic 'hula hoops' but you can get them for a pound or two in some toy shops, I bought a couple years ago at the seaside & used them in the garden. You could cut them in half, space them out, put double sided tape along the edge & stick the bubblewrap to it draping it over like you did with the tablecloth, you could then put this over all the trays & just push it all to one end or lift it off to water. It would depend on the width of your shelving & size of the hoops though but may be worth a try?
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Post by ladybird on Mar 12, 2016 6:05:06 GMT
Never thought of hula hoops sue , thats an idea and I could possibly use my home made cover with that . I do want the whole thing to be removable and to take up little space in storage, so dismantling it fully is a must as well.
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Post by daisy on Mar 14, 2016 22:52:09 GMT
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Post by ladybird on Mar 15, 2016 6:34:14 GMT
Thankyou daisy, lovely ideas.
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Post by daisy on Mar 15, 2016 7:53:01 GMT
ladybird When I see things I like I cut them out and stick them in my scrap books - always good to look back on - I like the water feature - simple but nice! :-))
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Post by ladybird on Mar 19, 2016 13:41:51 GMT
I have quite a few laurentia seeds germinated this year , very pleased with that . still no camera  |
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Post by Moonlight on Mar 21, 2016 17:31:35 GMT
I have quite a few laurentia seeds germinated this year , very pleased with that . still no camera
daisy I like your scrapbook to. |
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Post by daisy on Mar 21, 2016 22:01:02 GMT
I have quite a few laurentia seeds germinated this year , very pleased with that . still no camera
daisy I like your scrapbook to. Thanks Moonlight - it's good to look at them from time to time, especially if I need an idea - I just tweak it to suit  |
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Post by ladybird on May 16, 2016 14:20:59 GMT
I have quite a few laurentia seeds germinated this year , very pleased with that . still no camera
daisy I like your scrapbook to. my kodak easyshare camera broke so I bought a similar one on ebay for just £5 but lost it in my "horders " craft room . i have luckely found it so here are a few pics of my garden as it is now. The raised patio area, problem with weeds between the slabs and the slab steps sitting on wood are dangerous . just planted sweet peas all along the back of the fence . A neighbour gave me this hardwood table with 4 chairs, she was going to dump them   Here is my hooped bed , I plan to use this as a hardening off with plastic cover, then cover with mesh to protect the cabbages ect later . The hoops are removable and I plan to add short tubes to the sides of all the beds this year so I can rotate the hoops easily. I kept it covered over winter so very few weeds, and I will deslug it , putting pellets on the plastic covered with news paper or rhubarb leaves that works a treat before.  This is rather a messy area,  The plastic wheel barrow is my " nursery" untill I decide where to plant things there is a bramble apple tree, 3 hawthorne trees , a goose berry bush and a Japanese anemone rosie sent me years ago . time to plant out I think.  |
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Post by roofgardener on May 16, 2016 14:28:05 GMT
An apple tree in a wheelbarrow ?
What an excellent concept.
Presumably when the fruits are ready, you can just wheel it down to the house for harvesting ?
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Post by ladybird on May 16, 2016 14:49:43 GMT
As you can see my garen is sloping in all directions which makes it difficult to design. I am posting these to shame myself into getting it sorted Here are a few more from a different angle . I`m wondering what to do with the area between the patio and the greenhouse . As you can see my cheap greenhouse polycarb is yellowing and cracking but I have replacement panels ( behind the living room sofa ) the side was replaced 2014 so I need to finish it this year .    I am now wondering where to place my new 4 X6 greenhouse  I have cold frames in front of the greenhouse i could put it there OR perhaps use one of the 4x8 raised beds they already have a wooden base. |
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Post by ladybird on May 16, 2016 14:50:40 GMT
An apple tree in a wheelbarrow ? What an excellent concept. Presumably when the fruits are ready, you can just wheel it down to the house for harvesting ?  i did have 3 apples in 2014 , none last year . |
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Post by ladybird on May 16, 2016 14:58:19 GMT
The small area in front of my 4 "raised" beds in the last picture is my herb area though I stick a few flowers in to brighten it up. It has been filled with a sandy soil. There is parsly, thyme, chives and wild garlic there . the large rosmary bush will have to go though  way too big. |
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Post by grindle on May 16, 2016 16:13:38 GMT
could you make a colourful shrub border between the patio and raised beds?
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Post by ladybird on May 16, 2016 16:31:00 GMT
could you make a colourful shrub border between the patio and raised beds? perhaps grindle . I have several fruit bushes that need a home as well black currant, blackberry, raspberry.ansd that apple tree . I will need to link a path through all 3 areas as sugested by monty. I`d love him to come and sort me out so if your listening monty don ...... well you never know he could be one of our "guests" |
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i did have 3 apples in 2014 , none last year .
way too big.
