Yes, of course. It's a self watering system with a reservoir tank and then two, four, or in my case six pots in little stands. Bit pricey to set up but once you've got them you've got them! An absolute boon for an erratic waterer like me
I had, note past tense, an egg so now no more chocolate of mine in the house. OH's pieces still in fridge, but I shall be good.....
Sciatica hit big time as I got out of bath/shower on Friday morning. I'm now on regular painkillers again & totally fed up with it. Have done a whole load of pricking out though- Saturday afternoon. Today have spent most of the day outside- moving things around, some intentional, some by accident. Also potted on/up all my nursery/baby plants some of which will be used eventually. I also did a good re-edge of the lawn, now just need some chipped bark. So any aches & pains are totally self-inflicted this time. The soil is soo dry that things are struggling. I need to mulch, but no chance until had several good downpours. It even tried to snow again this morning......
Ooh, what's this? It may warm up to more normal temperatures this next w/end......pleeeze & some rain as well, ta. J.
Bjay, certainly toms and peppers, probably aubergines too. I tried butternut squash last year and got as far as small green ones but lack of warmth and sun did for them in the end. I filled 5 yesterday from one standard growbag.
Hello Jo, sounds as if you have achieved a lot today.
Yep got a lot done. Am resisting more p/killers but know I shall have to give in later.
I found that the Polygonatum is retrying, despite being totally eaten by sawfly last yr. Rather messed up my plan to fill the gap with a moved Hellebore, oops, so moved that further to one side & replanted the Solomons seal. Rescued another struggling hellebore from beneath the Viburnum & put it into the hole left by the removal of the first- I wanted the one colour in another bed.
Still not sure what space I have in my back bed for my new Ashwood hellebore, so it's still in a pot. I just have a feeling that some herbaceous plant is already in the gap that's there. Shall wait a bit until it's rained & things really got going.
OH thinks his 'neighbours from hell' have left. Let's hope any replacements are better......
Off to flop soon, didnt sleep brilliantly last night. J.
I need to get back into hellebores - I had a couple of lovely ones many years ago - I've picked up a couple in pots from the garden centre over the winter, but poor things then got covered with snow and although I know they're still alive I've not really looked at them since due to lurgy - but with the promise of warmer weather next week maybe I can get outside and plant them
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
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Would you mind explaining to me what autopots are please Flo?
Yes, of course. It's a self watering system with a reservoir tank and then two, four, or in my case six pots in little stands. Bit pricey to set up but once you've got them you've got them! An absolute boon for an erratic waterer like me
Thanks - and are they big enough to take toms, aubergines, prppers?
Evening all. Belated Happy Easter.
I had, note past tense, an egg
so now no more chocolate of mine in the house. OH's pieces still in fridge, but I shall be good.....
Sciatica hit big time as I got out of bath/shower on Friday morning. I'm now on regular painkillers again & totally fed up with it. Have done a whole load of pricking out though- Saturday afternoon. Today have spent most of the day outside- moving things around, some intentional, some by accident. Also potted on/up all my nursery/baby plants some of which will be used eventually. I also did a good re-edge of the lawn, now just need some chipped bark. So any aches & pains are totally self-inflicted this time.
The soil is soo dry that things are struggling. I need to mulch, but no chance until had several good downpours. It even tried to snow again this morning......
Ooh, what's this? It may warm up to more normal temperatures this next w/end......pleeeze & some rain as well, ta. J.
Bjay, certainly toms and peppers, probably aubergines too. I tried butternut squash last year and got as far as small green ones but lack of warmth and sun did for them in the end. I filled 5 yesterday from one standard growbag.
Hello Jo, sounds as if you have achieved a lot today.
Will look into it.
Hi Jo a busy day
Yep got a lot done. Am resisting more p/killers but know I shall have to give in later.
I found that the Polygonatum is retrying, despite being totally eaten by sawfly last yr. Rather messed up my plan to fill the gap with a moved Hellebore, oops, so moved that further to one side & replanted the Solomons seal. Rescued another struggling hellebore from beneath the Viburnum & put it into the hole left by the removal of the first- I wanted the one colour in another bed.
Still not sure what space I have in my back bed for my new Ashwood hellebore, so it's still in a pot. I just have a feeling that some herbaceous plant is already in the gap that's there. Shall wait a bit until it's rained & things really got going.
OH thinks his 'neighbours from hell' have left. Let's hope any replacements are better......
Off to flop soon, didnt sleep brilliantly last night. J.
I need to get back into hellebores - I had a couple of lovely ones many years ago - I've picked up a couple in pots from the garden centre over the winter, but poor things then got covered with snow and although I know they're still alive I've not really looked at them since due to lurgy - but with the promise of warmer weather next week maybe I can get outside and plant them
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Ow Jo, that hurts, I get it sometimes. OH got it once on the first day of our holiday to N Ireland, really limited what we could do during the week
I have been looking for the very dark coloured hellebore, but can't find one. Might go over to RHS on the weekend to see if I can find one there.
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