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It’s finished & I love it!

FlinsterFlinster Posts: 883
in Fruit & veg
This veg garden has been a long time coming and gone through various phases, but it’s finished, it’s working and I love it! I will get a permanent greenhouse where the blowaway is and I’m thinking of constructing a tall cold frame/greenhouse on side of the shed, but still under consideration. Will put in step over apples along black fence in the autumn. Growing small amounts of different things this year to see what works and lots of cut flowers mixed in- harvested 3 vases of sweet peas before I took these picks. Anyway though it might give someone else ideas. 😍

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  • Hostafan1Hostafan1 Posts: 34,889
    lovely mix of food and flowers.
    Devon.
  • PurpleRosePurpleRose Posts: 538
    Well done. Looks fab.

    In your last picture, there are tall purple flowers. I have admired them in peoples gardens that i have walked past but i have no idea what they are called. 
  • FlinsterFlinster Posts: 883
    Thank you! The only thing that hasn’t done well are salad crops. Not sure why as last year they thrived, but I think a combination of bad timing/cold weather resulted in poor germination, or perhaps the seed is old.. anyway have resown and may pick up a couple of plugs from garden centre to fill the gap.
  • FlinsterFlinster Posts: 883
    @PurpleRose they are Verbena bonariensis... brilliant plants! Bees and butterflies love them. They will seed around when happy, in fact the one you refer to self seeded into my blueberry pot!
  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,117
    Looks brilliant - great job. I hope you enjoy it all @Flinster :)

    V.bonariensis is also very easy from cuttings. Just chop bits off, trim below a joint, remove bottom  leaves,  cut the upper ones in half, pinch out the tops and put round the edges of pots with some gritty compost. Even bog standard multi purpose compost is fine, especially at this time of year. They'll be decent little plants by next year.
    I find that better as they don't reliably self seed here.  :)
    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
  • TopbirdTopbird Posts: 8,355
    Just goes to show a garden can be highly productive without compromising on looks and colour - very cottage garden.
    Judging by the football and trampoline I'm guessing it all works well with little people running around too? Great job!
    Heaven is ... sitting in the garden with a G&T and a cat while watching the sun go down
  • FlinsterFlinster Posts: 883
    thanks. Yes little people around, but not too little and in a few years, that area of lawn will not be needed and can transform into something else..... I have plans! I’m thinking of landing an apple espalier between the lawn and the veg garden.... still thinking about it though.....
  • BigladBiglad Posts: 3,265
    Teeming!!! :)
    East Lancs
  • FlinsterFlinster Posts: 883
    It is!
    Edibles- strawberries, courgette, Squash- Turks turban, Uchi kuri, trombocino, Harlequin, sweetcorn, carrots, french bean- dwarf and climbing, lettuce, spinach, mizuna, radish, spring onion, cucumbers, Padron peppers, tomatoes- bush/cordon (6 varieties), chillies (3 varieties), aubergine, cavolo Nero kale, basil, coriander, rosemary, thyme, chives, blueberries, raspberries, beetroot and Swiss chard
    also had Charlotte potatoes and sugar snap peas (but got rid of those as poor flavour)

    Not bad lol!! 😀
  • Lizzie27Lizzie27 Posts: 12,494
    That's a very interesting list there @Flinster - I feel quite inadequate!:'(
    North East Somerset - Clay soil over limestone
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