Gardening

[Cloverlady]

Originally Posted by aqualiv

I had success with salad leaves, carrots and mini cucumbers my first year in a raised bed
I found the second year was a disaster, I think it’s something to do with the nutrients in the soil

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I'd love to have a supply of salad leaves!
If I can get a mini cucumber or two that would be beyond fab!

Originally Posted by mrs rcch

Don’t forget to feed your soil.
Peas and beans grow well in raised beds, as do tomatoes, onions, all different types of salad. Try interplanting some marigolds with whatever you decide to grow, keeps some of the bugs away (google will tell you others)
Try infusing boiling water with garlic, leave to cool, then use it as a bug spray... just don’t get it on yourself, else you’ll stink 😀

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good tips! I did wonder about bugs i must say, or squirrels etc? We've made some waist high raised beds as we have 2 dogs.
Would a fine net screen over stuff help?

Originally Posted by ERICSMUM

Another gardener here. I belong to our local gardening group on Facebook, for answering questions and exchanging plants, cuttings etc.

I also like the Gardeners World forum - some people have encyclopaedic knowledge of plants and growing and very generously share with the rest of us.

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Might look for and join that forum, thanks for telling about it!

Originally Posted by pinkbelle

Very novice gardeners here, I bought my DH a Vegtrug for Christmas 2018, so this will be his third year. Our favourites have been salad leaves and spinach, pak Choi, Kohlrabi and shallots. Things we like to cook with and so convenient to have a fresh supply throughout the summer.
We also have some potato pots, I love our little crop of potatoes. We made a mistake with carrots, (fancy variety) we tried to grow them in the trug, but the compost was too soft, apparently carrots like proper garden soil. So ours were a bit spindly, but tasted nice. We have a little bed planned for them this year.
Last year I bought DH a seed pantry subscription we tried some nice variety’s of different things because of that.
Looking forward to seeing the garden come to life again this year.

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It is my ultimate goal to have a supply of simple salad veg at hand as we buy a lot of that stuff, and shallots etc would be a great addition too!

Because of the dogs we'd have to cordon off a little area to plant into the ground but that is not out of the realms of possibility!

Can't wait to get started!
(About when can we start? )

[ERICSMUM]

Originally Posted by Cloverlady

I'd love to have a supply of salad leaves!
If I can get a mini cucumber or two that would be beyond fab!

Would a fine net screen over stuff help?




Might look for and join that forum, thanks for telling about it!

Can't wait to get started!
(About when can we start? )

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Fine net could be a danger to birds - they like to peck soil for bugs but could get their feet entangled in net.

This is the GW forum:
forum.gardenersworld/

[Guest]

Just seen the Chelsea flower show has been moved to September 😭
Such a shame as may is still a while off and the others are going ahead as normal .
Just waiting for my email .

[aqualiv]

Originally Posted by FizzyWhip

Just seen the Chelsea flower show has been moved to September 😭
Such a shame as may is still a while off and the others are going ahead as normal .
Just waiting for my email .

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Oh no! Will our tickets get moved to September? 😟

What’s going ahead as normal?

I did think it might as whenever I did a search there was very little online about it

[Guest]

Originally Posted by aqualiv

Oh no! Will our tickets get moved to September? 😟

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Yeah I think we’ll get emails to ask if we are happy to have them moved to the new date or a refund .

[aqualiv]

Originally Posted by FizzyWhip

Yeah I think we’ll get emails to ask if we are happy to have them moved to the new date or a refund .

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Thanks
Do you know what the virtual show is like?
It says that’s going ahead online in may

[Guest]

Originally Posted by aqualiv

Thanks
Do you know what the virtual show is like?
It says that’s going ahead online in may

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I’m not too sure .
We watched one similar last year with the gardeners making displays at their homes and reflecting on past shows but don’t know if this would be similar .

[aqualiv]

Just got my email from RHS
said they will be in contact in the next few weeks about moving or cancelling
Will be good to be amongst the first to see an autumn show

[Guest]

I haven’t had mine yet but I agree , will be a great memory to have .
Getting ideas for autumn will be handy!
-literally just got it!