Fruitcake, you certainly work hard on getting your plots sorted
I know what you mean about growing flowers and space is at a premium on most plots. However, I'm looking to edge my beds with herbs and flowers to encourage pollinators and have a cutting bed for the same reason. Be a bit of a squash and a squeeze but will give it a go
Wow you've all been very busy! You can tell from the pics how well you've done BizzieB
Gardening girl, it was seed catalogues I ordered, not any seeds yet, I'm a bit behind
BizzieB...planning a complete overhaul of the veggie garden area. Have only been growing in about 3 beds for the last couple of years....the garden had been left to go wild somewhat when we bought it. We've just been keeping it tidy for the last couple of years but know hoping to completely restructure it. Lots if ideas but really need to get it all down on paper but we now have 2/3rds of it cleared of weeds and grass. Hoping to buy a new greenhouse as the old one is falling apart, also going to change its location so planning to get a base in over the next couple of weeks.
We have a few pallets to create a composting area and also want to get some bark down for the first of the pathways.
Hoping to get outside tomorrow if I feel up to it, have a good day peeps!
There will be lots of multi-headed sunflowers on one of the plots next year as they're being grown for a wedding (not mine!) we had a mulit-headed one in the garden this year and it was gorgeous- probably about 20 heads on it at its peak
Good morning just back from an early recce of the plot to measure place for a shed.
The ground needs levelling so it will mean more digging to get rid of the clumpy grass and, I think, where plants had been taken up by previous holders. The best place wil be top left corner near neighbours compost area. Which means I'll have to sort out the back fence and the mound of, now, weedy soil.
Pootled about looking at the planned pathways between the beds. All looking good could do with a birds eye view then the grass wouldn't look so long!
Light rain at the moment but high cloud so hopefully not too wet a day.
Me not ordered any had a Suttons, T&M, Dobies and Mr Fothergill's come though automatically though the post as I have signed up to there catalogues before
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Some fab pics there Bizzie
Thank you both
Fruitcake, you certainly work hard on getting your plots sorted
I know what you mean about growing flowers and space is at a premium on most plots. However, I'm looking to edge my beds with herbs and flowers to encourage pollinators and have a cutting bed for the same reason. Be a bit of a squash and a squeeze but will give it a go
I can always find room for some flowers , a bit of diversity helps in my opion
Put clematis against water butts , one gone great other not so , think a mole got it
Also put some lavenders in , the bees love them
tried growing sweet peas at the allotment , they where hopeless
a couple of sun flowers by the beans looks nice as well , in fact most people on our site grow some flowers but everybody to there own
happy gardening
Wow you've all been very busy! You can tell from the pics how well you've done BizzieB
Gardening girl, it was seed catalogues I ordered, not any seeds yet, I'm a bit behind
BizzieB...planning a complete overhaul of the veggie garden area. Have only been growing in about 3 beds for the last couple of years....the garden had been left to go wild somewhat when we bought it. We've just been keeping it tidy for the last couple of years but know hoping to completely restructure it. Lots if ideas but really need to get it all down on paper but we now have 2/3rds of it cleared of weeds and grass. Hoping to buy a new greenhouse as the old one is falling apart, also going to change its location so planning to get a base in over the next couple of weeks.
We have a few pallets to create a composting area and also want to get some bark down for the first of the pathways.
Hoping to get outside tomorrow if I feel up to it, have a good day peeps!
There will be lots of multi-headed sunflowers on one of the plots next year as they're being grown for a wedding (not mine!) we had a mulit-headed one in the garden this year and it was gorgeous- probably about 20 heads on it at its peak
Good morning
just back from an early recce of the plot to measure place for a shed.
The ground needs levelling so it will mean more digging to get rid of the clumpy grass and, I think, where plants had been taken up by previous holders. The best place wil be top left corner near neighbours compost area. Which means I'll have to sort out the back fence and the mound of, now, weedy soil.
Pootled about looking at the planned pathways between the beds. All looking good
could do with a birds eye view then the grass wouldn't look so long!
Light rain at the moment but high cloud so hopefully not too wet a day.
Enjoy the gardening
Woo2 what seed catalogues did you order?
Me not ordered any had a Suttons, T&M, Dobies and Mr Fothergill's come though automatically though the post as I have signed up to there catalogues before
BizzieB that looks a good place for a shed
T&M have got 20% off everything today only
Hello everybody had a full day on allottment , got loads done
Hoping to spend all day tommrow there and well
Has it was a bit over cast I had a little fire to warm up while I had lunch
top picture is the other half we got earlier in the year , now fully fenced