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over a year ago
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"So with the weather on the change is there any gardeners on fab......or like me are you have a go and see what grows.....  "
I haven't got a garden but got some flowers for my balcony. Some are blooming now so I can classify myself as greenfingerd |
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I don't enjoy gardening at all but I also don't like my garden to look like a shit tip so I make fairly frequent effort to keep it looking cared for. Grass cut, hedges cut or shaped, borders tidy etc  |
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By *a LunaWoman
over a year ago
South Wales |
Plant pot garden potterer here. Fairly new to it. Got into it over lockdown last year. Large garden with different areas for different things, but I’m concentrating my efforts on the bits my mum can get too (poor mobility) so she can sit out in the Summer and see some flowers. |
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Sun is shining here. Been out in the garden. Planted all my onion sets, that have been pre-sprouted. Got 8 runner bean seedlings sunbathing happily with the ickle cabbage seedlings. Chillies being stubborn.
New potatoes in their bags already. Maincrop spuds chitting away nicely. Bag time for them soon
Good luck fellow gardeners |
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By *ady LickWoman
over a year ago
Northampton Somewhere |
I guess I could be called green fingered. I love my garden but it's big and hard work, worth it though.
A recent addition is a couple of white camelias and a new patch dug out for some more vegetables |
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"I guess I could be called green fingered. I love my garden but it's big and hard work, worth it though.
A recent addition is a couple of white camelias and a new patch dug out for some more vegetables "
I bought a hybrid camellia that is supposed to have both red & white flowers. Need to wait a few years for it to grow and flower properly, but if it does should look wonderful |
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I have a habit of planting things in the wrong place....ie... I planted a eucalyptus tree at the end of the garden and the roots undermined the brick wall and put a crack in it. I also planted a budlea bush by my rotary washing line and now it no longer rotates due to the big bush!  |
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By (user no longer on site)
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I'm a big gardener but unfortunately because I'm ill, I won't be growing as much this year. I will have to pay someone to help me to keep it looking beautiful.  |
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"So with the weather on the change is there any gardeners on fab......or like me are you have a go and see what grows.....
What are you hoping to grow? "
Anything that takes my fancy if I see a plant I tend to buy one and find a space and plant it up and see what happens..... sporadic I guess...always enjoy growing runner beans.... |
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"Enjoyed doing a bit of gardening during lockdown. Not a big or knowledgeable gardener, but good escapism from home-working "
Yes I am not really a knowledgeable one trial and error but it really helped in lockdown almost a therapy....and lucky to have a small garden as I know some don't have one.... |
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"And thou it is a garden it is all concrete so all my growing is done in various pots containers made up things etc....."
Cool. My veg patch/raised beds and planters are all made of recycled pallets and site waste wood. Even made the picket fencing out of pallets  |
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"And thou it is a garden it is all concrete so all my growing is done in various pots containers made up things etc.....
Cool. My veg patch/raised beds and planters are all made of recycled pallets and site waste wood. Even made the picket fencing out of pallets "
Yea I have things rigged up from pallets recycling gardening.... |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"My mint isn't growing ... roll on the Mojitos
Mine looks dead atm but I'm going to cut it right down, it should grow back. Mint is very w33d like! Lovely in mojitos or on potatoes! "
Try spiking the earth around it with a garden fork. Mint likes airy roots and the soil will have settled and compacted over winter. |
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"And thou it is a garden it is all concrete so all my growing is done in various pots containers made up things etc.....
Cool. My veg patch/raised beds and planters are all made of recycled pallets and site waste wood. Even made the picket fencing out of pallets
Yea I have things rigged up from pallets recycling gardening...."
Nice work .. saves a bloody fortune |
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"So with the weather on the change is there any gardeners on fab......or like me are you have a go and see what grows..... "
I got really into gardening in the first lockdown. Now I have an allotment. I still have no idea but I made potatoes last year. Lol |
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"So with the weather on the change is there any gardeners on fab......or like me are you have a go and see what grows..... "
Have a go and see what happens, I've hot chilli plants and tomatoes sorted now.
Well known for helping mum out and removing flowers and leaving s ! |
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By *renzMan
over a year ago
Between Chichester and Havant |
"I have a habit of planting things in the wrong place....ie... I planted a eucalyptus tree at the end of the garden and the roots undermined the brick wall and put a crack in it. I also planted a budlea bush by my rotary washing line and now it no longer rotates due to the big bush! "
My fingers are quite green at present, until I get home and wash them!
Eucalyptus are well known for that, you should have pollarded it to keep it small.
Buddleia should also be pruned annually, otherwise they get too big and break out. Save having your smalls with bush growing out of them too! |
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Im not bad... I have learnt a lot from a club at work I've been volunteering at for the last 8 years. We have exhibited and won awards as a team at Rhs Wisley, Rhs Hampton Court and even a gold at Chelsea.
I started to have more success when I realised things generally want to grow. |
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By *ady LickWoman
over a year ago
Northampton Somewhere |
"My mint isn't growing ... roll on the Mojitos
Mine looks dead atm but I'm going to cut it right down, it should grow back. Mint is very w33d like! Lovely in mojitos or on potatoes!
Try spiking the earth around it with a garden fork. Mint likes airy roots and the soil will have settled and compacted over winter. "
I'm on it |
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"I have a habit of planting things in the wrong place....ie... I planted a eucalyptus tree at the end of the garden and the roots undermined the brick wall and put a crack in it. I also planted a budlea bush by my rotary washing line and now it no longer rotates due to the big bush!
My fingers are quite green at present, until I get home and wash them!
Eucalyptus are well known for that, you should have pollarded it to keep it small.
Buddleia should also be pruned annually, otherwise they get too big and break out. Save having your smalls with bush growing out of them too! "
I've just trimmed my bush! |
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By *renzMan
over a year ago
Between Chichester and Havant |
"I have a habit of planting things in the wrong place....ie... I planted a eucalyptus tree at the end of the garden and the roots undermined the brick wall and put a crack in it. I also planted a budlea bush by my rotary washing line and now it no longer rotates due to the big bush!
My fingers are quite green at present, until I get home and wash them!
Eucalyptus are well known for that, you should have pollarded it to keep it small.
Buddleia should also be pruned annually, otherwise they get too big and break out. Save having your smalls with bush growing out of them too!
I've just trimmed my bush! "
Can't beat a trimmed bush! All neat and tidy. |
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"I lose hours pootling in the garden. When the weather is nice, I faff around from dawn to dusk.
Great to faff about in them"
I haven't got a competitive bone in my body, nor do I formally exercise.
If 'faffing' became an olympic sport, I would get a gold  |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"Peppers and tomatoes all we grow. Ghost
Reaper
Jalapeno
Scotch bonnet.
Make our own hotsauce.
Very nice "
Fun to experiment with different fruits ect... Made a blueberry scotch bonnet one that is my favorite for pork. |
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