gardening

chocaholicsanon · gardening

I did some gardening today, and im getting all excited about planning my hanging baskets, and getting the veg in....

What sort of veg do you lot grow..

I grow toms, runners, and strawberrys...
and i think im going to try a pot of potatoes...

vickydoodles

my hubby and son planted my new grasses earlier in the week. today i bought some solar powered lights to edge my flower bed, so son hel put them together.

next weekend we will be putting up brushwood fencing between us and the neighbour.

last year we did grow cherry toms.

Guest1

Ill talk to you chocs. I grow cucumbers toms peppers cabage lettuce parsnips peas two sorts of beans leeks and onions. Im skipping the taties this year cos they take too much room.

ps HAD to move this.

chocaholicsanon

do you grow your tatties in a plot or crock..

as i dont have much soil space now we block paved the back garden..
i was going to try them in a pot...
what do you think...

medot

chocs...can i ask ..is it worth growing strawberries....i tried before and they took up loads of room for not many strawberries.

i'll just be growing tomatoes and lettuce....both will be shared out for us and the piggies

Trish

Dottie, try your strawberies in hanging baskets. Takes up less room. Just keep them well watered.
I grow toms, peppers, carrots, spuds, onions,cut & come again salad leaves and raspberries.

Choc I grow spuds in buckets, so they don't take up much room, just tip the bucket out to harvest ..... and best of all, no digging

Guest1

medot

trish...i have tried hanging basket strawberries before but i just didn't get enough strawberries for it to be worthwhile.

i have doen triling toms...and they were lovely

chocaholicsanon

Dotty, you have to give them feed all the time as the baskets only have limited soil..

Make sure you put water retaining crystals in the baskets. plenty of tomorite..
im going to look for a new variety of strawberries next week..
trish, thank too, just a ordinary bucket. and do you fill it up gradually as the plant grow..
thanks guest, might try planting them in a crock pot...

Trish

Chocs, yes, just ordinary buckets. I just use those buliders buckets you get from B&Q ...

Drill some holes in the bottom and around the sides, for drainage. Put a layer of gravel, then some soil. 2 seed potatoes is plenty in these buckets. As the foilage grows, cover with more soil, leaving about an inch or so above the soil. Just keep doing this till you reach the top of the bucket. Once they begin to flowers, water plenty, as the tubers need it to swell. For first earlies, no need to wait till the flowers die back. Just tip the bucket out and you should have lovely spuds. For second and main crops you can wait till the flowers die back and the halums turn brown, before you harvest.

Dotty, chocs is right. You need to feed your fruit, as the compost will only have a certain amount of nutrients. Pick regularly, to encourage it to keep fruiting. The water retaining crystals are a good idea if you forget or don't have time to water a lot. The wind can dry hanging baskets as much as the sun, they really do need regular watering & feeding.

Guest1

Yesterday....i was mostly wearing wellies! And got thru a ton of stuff in the garden.

chocaholicsanon

Today i bought a mega bucket of fence treatment...
so guess what im painting tomorow..
Shed, Bench, Picket fence

, Summer house, 12 fence panels.....

Guest1

Ah...you want the spray stuff chocs...youll have muscles in your spit after that lot.

chocaholicsanon

I have a sprayer i bought last year, but i accidentally covered a car that was parked near my fence

so i had to clean that aswell, before the owners came home..
So i think i will just big brush them...except the picket fence....