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"Not sure that you'd get away with this but in the 60s when my dad worked in a hospital, he'd bring home bags of blood and feed it to our tomatoe plants " | |||
"My sister does and seems not to have too many problems. She uses a lot of huge pots for things like peppers,green beans and chillis. My friend on here grows lots of veg,I'll ask her "Thanks | |||
"Yes we do, and nothing better than home grown. Can supply a county with green beans lol." I'm thinking green beans, mushrooms, spring onions , butternut squash | |||
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"This year my husband and I grew potatoes, pumpkins for Halloween. Tomatoes, strawberries, pea pods, and have different fruit trees planted. We have a herb garden too so don't need to buy them. I made jam with the strawberries, pies and chutney with the apples and ate the rest as you would normally. Our neighbour grows fruit and veg too so we swapped some things with them and got lovely Victoria plums. The taste is well worth the effort. " Oh sounds delish | |||
"Just checks down pants Yip still there " xxxx | |||
"I grew potatoes once. Just chucked a couple of red roosters in a pot and left them to it. Was chuffed with what i got. Lettuce and spring onion too. Also have rhubarb and chives growing with absolutely no help from me. " | |||
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"It's a pain in the bum Fruit are much more satisfying " Is that a euphemism, Joe? | |||
"I grew loads about 5 years ago - was very satisfying considering I just chucked seeds in compost & crossed my fingers " | |||
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"I used to grow all kinds of things when I was with my X bf. Chillies, peppers, courgettes, carrots, tomatoes, strawberries, potatoes, herbs, lettuce. All in various pots on the patio. Had to be quick if any were OK to pick because my bulldog would quite happily go outside and pick his own. He was a bugger for the strawberries " | |||
"Grow your own vegetables?? If so is it easy peasy or hard work..any tips ???" I'm not wonderful but yes, I do. Sorry if I'm repeating previous advice. It depends what you grow and how much space you have but even a windowsill can be used to grow rocket. | |||
"This year my husband and I grew potatoes, pumpkins for Halloween. Tomatoes, strawberries, pea pods, and have different fruit trees planted. We have a herb garden too so don't need to buy them. I made jam with the strawberries, pies and chutney with the apples and ate the rest as you would normally. Our neighbour grows fruit and veg too so we swapped some things with them and got lovely Victoria plums. The taste is well worth the effort. Oh sounds delish " It is as long as we get to them before the dogs and birds. Greedy buggers | |||
"Grow your own vegetables?? If so is it easy peasy or hard work..any tips ??? I'm not wonderful but yes, I do. Sorry if I'm repeating previous advice. It depends what you grow and how much space you have but even a windowsill can be used to grow rocket. "Have a huge garden...and a conservatory too..but two cats who like to nibble ..so tips and advice welcome | |||
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"Grow your own vegetables?? If so is it easy peasy or hard work..any tips ??? I'm not wonderful but yes, I do. Sorry if I'm repeating previous advice. It depends what you grow and how much space you have but even a windowsill can be used to grow rocket.
Have a huge garden...and a conservatory too..but two cats who like to nibble ..so tips and advice welcome"What kind of soil have you got and what do you eat most of? If you eat a lot of salad I recommend rocket, pea shoots etc. the stuff that costs the most to buy but is really cheap and easy to grow in pots. Cats cause the most damage by digging stuff up and weeing and pooing we put short but visible sticks in the ground close enough together to prevent ours doing it. As your garden is big you could grow the more expensive greens like cavolo nero or have lovely new potatoes and broad beans in early summer and don't forget runner beans. My favourite gardening book is a Dorling Kindersley "Grow All You Can Eat in Three Square Feet" it's really well laid out. | |||
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"I grew some grass for my cat this week and given I've almost killed every plant I've ever had I'm feeling abut smug that the grass is green and she's chomping on it. "She'll be wanting pizza next... | |||
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"I grew some grass for my cat this week and given I've almost killed every plant I've ever had I'm feeling abut smug that the grass is green and she's chomping on it.
She'll be wanting pizza next..."Haha! Stop it now! When she starts nicking my fags I'll start to worry! | |||
"Grow your own vegetables?? If so is it easy peasy or hard work..any tips ??? I'm not wonderful but yes, I do. Sorry if I'm repeating previous advice. It depends what you grow and how much space you have but even a windowsill can be used to grow rocket.
Have a huge garden...and a conservatory too..but two cats who like to nibble ..so tips and advice welcome
What kind of soil have you got and what do you eat most of?
If you eat a lot of salad I recommend rocket, pea shoots etc. the stuff that costs the most to buy but is really cheap and easy to grow in pots. Cats cause the most damage by digging stuff up and weeing and pooing we put short but visible sticks in the ground close enough together to prevent ours doing it.
As your garden is big you could grow the more expensive greens like cavolo nero or have lovely new potatoes and broad beans in early summer and don't forget runner beans.
My favourite gardening book is a Dorling Kindersley "Grow All You Can Eat in Three Square Feet" it's really well laid out."Good god my cats don't pee n poo outside..they have litter trays and always use them..i was thinking more them nibbling em. Thinking spring onions, mushrooms, butternut squash , green beans..rocket parsley chillis.Not a potato eater . | |||
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"I grew mini leeks, courgettes, radish, tomatoes, spring onions & others I can't remember. I grew them in old pots I had lying around & an old water tank we had. They tasted great & I plan to try again next year " I need to get planning..best buy a few books..and pots and the rest hahah | |||
"tried&failed miserably in future il stick to what i know im good at "And that is madam | |||
"tried&failed miserably in future il stick to what i know im good at
And that is madam "sex hahaha | |||
"Yes we do, and nothing better than home grown. Can supply a county with green beans lol. I'm thinking green beans, mushrooms, spring onions , butternut squash " Green beans and spring onions ar easy to grow. Never grown butter nut squash and failed with mushrooms every time I tried . If your going to do it work out where your going to plant , and get the killer down now to make sure ground is good, mark out the area with a. Piece of string I would not even turn the soil first for the first season Plant potatoes first next year , just dig a hole best you can in rock hard soil, and plant it . Don't worry about how it looks if worse comes to the worse dig a hole with a tent peg This year just do potatoes , as s come up around them quick spray with killer. When you dig the potatoes up , you will have lovely loose sexy soil for next season . When you dig them up remove all the roots of you can get some horse shit , make sure it's well rotted and not full of seeds, otherwise you will be ing all next year . Don't put horse shit down If you want to grow carrots Tomatoes you bung in a grow bag, strawberries can go in a trough . If you get some raspberry, black currant red currant , Logan berry ( best thing ever to go in your mouth) they can be grown in a big pot, but maintenance free in the ground space them out nicely , can mix in with your flower border very nicely . Put down a blanket ,and then stones . Looks very effective . And practically maintenance free It's a bit of a bodge way to start your veggie patch , but will make life easy in the long run. I would avoid pots, I won't be doing loads of pots this year Best thing you can ever do is invest in decent gardening tools , killer , and a couple of water butts , if you don't have an outside tap , saves a lot of walking . I would get a garden waste bin rather than a compost heap as if you decide to stop gardening , you will have a compost heap still You can get loads of gardening stuff tools water butts even plants etc from free cycle or other type of place I will ask people if they are splitting plants and can I have some, also I will buy the reduced plants from the stores . remember gardening can get out of control, and turn into a very expensive hobby , along with looking rubbish . See if you know someone who is a professional gardener , who can give you advice , and not take on too much . And make sure you do your gardening little and often , or go for non maintenance planting | |||
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"look up permaculture techniques efficient even for a small space and companion planting is also something to look into.. bill morrison does excellent books on the subject.. a net cage is the best, keeps all the birds and butterflies and rabbits out.. grown food since i was a kid..its easy as long as you keep your seedlings and plants safe from those that like to eat them too.." "Safe from those that like to eat them" like us you mean? | |||
"Not sure that you'd get away with this but in the 60s when my dad worked in a hospital, he'd bring home bags of blood and feed it to our tomatoe plants "It is not allowed now in case you catch h-ivy. | |||
"Not sure that you'd get away with this but in the 60s when my dad worked in a hospital, he'd bring home bags of blood and feed it to our tomatoe plants
It is not allowed now in case you catch h-ivy."Groan! | |||
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"hubby grew runnerbeans.. tomatoes.. potatoes..strawberries....leeks...twas luvly " Careful with the runner beans, each bean can produce a kilo of runner beans. Only discovered this when I planted the whole pack of 20. | |||
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