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Post by grindle on Feb 11, 2019 10:45:10 GMT
you could put some hanging baskets or troughs on the black wall and grow some strawberries  I would plant some low growing cannas behind the pond with some iris and/or alliums for early spring  |
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Post by SueA on Feb 12, 2019 8:38:28 GMT
Have you by any chance got a lot of onions Roofy? I love the black wooden cladding but suspect that the owners wouldn't like you fixing anything to it to grow a climber over it so I think something like a 'standard' type small tree in a large pot would look good against it, maybe a lollipop shaped bay tree, you could use the leaves in cooking as well as it looking good, or maybe a small olive tree? |
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Post by roofgardener on Feb 12, 2019 15:33:45 GMT
Have you by any chance got a lot of onions Roofy? I love the black wooden cladding but suspect that the owners wouldn't like you fixing anything to it to grow a climber over it so I think something like a 'standard' type small tree in a large pot would look good against it, maybe a lollipop shaped bay tree, you could use the leaves in cooking as well as it looking good, or maybe a small olive tree? You're reading my mind, SueA. I was toying with the idea of putting Boris the Bay Tree there ! |
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Post by roofgardener on Feb 12, 2019 16:20:10 GMT
you could put some hanging baskets or troughs on the black wall and grow some strawberries I would plant some low growing cannas behind the pond with some iris and/or alliums for early spring I've just been looking at Cannas on t'internet grindle. WOW.. they look really spectacular !!! |
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Post by roofgardener on Feb 20, 2019 9:29:21 GMT
The First Planting !
Well, I guess everything has to start SOMEWHERE. My first actual activity in my new garden was to clear out a small bed adjacent to the pond. It was full of tangled bracken and roogs n' tha. I dug it all out, discovering a huge amount of bulbs/corms/rhizones. I saved about 12 of these just in case they are actually desirable plants. As ever, you can click on the pictures to see a full-screen version. This should open in a new window or tab, so you won't lose your place in Garden Friends.
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Before.... |
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Afterwards.... Having planted 10 Hyacinths that I got on special offer from Liddle, attractively priced at £0.59 each ! |
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| Now, THIS amused me. At first I thought it was a concrete plinth with lichen on. Then I realised it is a really small hedge. But I discovered on Sunday that it is actaully.. heather. It's going to look amazing when the blossom blooms. |
| In fact... I think it has started already ? |
| Say hello to Mr Spade, a very welcome present from my Father. I asked him if I could borrow HIS spade over the weekend, and then when I went to visit... there it was... a new spade. It's got a very narrow blade, which is perfect for borders ! It's also REALLY sturdy. |
Well, that's all for the moment. Next weekend... planting seeds in my Polytunnel ! Oh the excitement ! |
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Post by grindle on Feb 21, 2019 6:23:13 GMT
good work roofy I take it your landlady is under the newly planted hyacinths then |
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Post by roofgardener on Feb 22, 2019 14:13:51 GMT
good work roofy I take it your landlady is under the newly planted hyacinths then Don't be RIDICULOUS, grindle. You can't go around burying landladies under the Hyacinths. It would cause a public outrage !! No, she's under the Daffodils ! |
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Post by ladybird on Feb 22, 2019 17:20:29 GMT
I`m looking forward to seeing what you do with the new space roofy.
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Post by grindle on Feb 23, 2019 6:23:52 GMT
good work roofy I take it your landlady is under the newly planted hyacinths then Don't be RIDICULOUS, grindle. You can't go around burying landladies under the Hyacinths. It would cause a public outrage !! No, she's under the Daffodils !  even better |
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Post by roofgardener on Feb 28, 2019 8:11:45 GMT
Have you by any chance got a lot of onions Roofy? I love the black wooden cladding but suspect that the owners wouldn't like you fixing anything to it to grow a climber over it so I think something like a 'standard' type small tree in a large pot would look good against it, maybe a lollipop shaped bay tree, you could use the leaves in cooking as well as it looking good, or maybe a small olive tree? Here is a lollipop shaped bay tree that I prepared a little earlier (it came from my previous roofgarden). (click on the picture to see a larger lollipop).  Mind you, it's not particularly lollipop shaped at the moment. Some work with the secateurs required, methinks ? |
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Post by SueA on Feb 28, 2019 8:33:06 GMT
It does show up nicely against the black wood Roofy. |
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Post by roofgardener on Feb 28, 2019 14:54:56 GMT
It does show up nicely against the black wood Roofy. Indeed it does, SueA ... as you predicted |
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Post by roofgardener on Mar 5, 2019 12:08:20 GMT
Gravel Gardening.
You know, all these years I've been buying "gravel trays" to cluster my little 1" seed pots together. I've also wondered why they have a dimpled, uneven base. (causing my seed pots to tilt over). I was starting to plant seeds into aforementioned pots, so I grabbed one of my newer gravel trays, and noticed a photograph on the label that was still stuck to the tray. And... it showed a bed of gravel in the gravel tray !! This was a revelation. All these years, I'd been using ungravelled gravel trays. A grave gravelly ommission !! Well, I leapt into my car, and sped off to the local garden centre (Timmermans), and bought a bag of gravel !!
| It was rather heavy, so I only took it as far as my patio rather than hauling it into the polytunnel, and brought the gravel trays out to IT for filling !
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| I've cleared a LOT of clutter out into my garden storage bins, leaving the shelving unit (mostly) free for seed trays !! These have seed pots in filled with compost, but no actual seeds sown yet. I'll be clearing up more space to put another 4 trays in !
Each seed tray holds 12 seed pots... so there will be 144 seed pots on the three shelves !
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| Six trays are out on my workbench.. these have actually got SEEDS sowed (as opposed to just seed pots filled with compost). They are Cosmos (two trays), Nigella (two trays), and Malcomus Maritimus (night scented stock)..... |
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Egads... my tools are just slouching around... 
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TeeeeeeenHUT... stand to attention, you ORRIBLE little tools !
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Well, thats all for now. This coming weekend I shall be Planting The Honesty (honestly, I really will). |
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Post by grindle on Mar 6, 2019 5:03:35 GMT
it's all looking very tidy and productive now roofie I like your hanging tools, I do this with mine using an old shelf from a greenhouse and some s hooks  they are so much easier to find than languishing in a drawer |
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Post by SueA on Mar 6, 2019 9:03:45 GMT
I'm much less organised, my hand tools all just tend to be stuffed into a bucket in the greenhouse. Watch you don't take your eye out with those dangling scissors Roofy1 |
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I would plant some low growing cannas behind the pond with some iris and/or alliums for early spring 
even better 
