wow the thougt of starting sowing again next week after such a let down this year !! I don't think I can face it - the mess on all the window sills in my flat for the best part of a year to have a load of depressing scratty plants looking so scruffy and miserable
grai for a pick me up buy some dried peas in the supermarket and grow lots of them as a quick salad crop, it takes less than a week to make a crop indoors and has cheered me up no end.
but yes I know what youre getting at Kate - I have to motivate myself somehow
when I couldn't be bothered to do my flowers and the summer comes and everything is blooming I regretted being lazy - altho it IS a lot of palaver at the time its so rewarding when youre sitting among all the beauty and you forget all the work and mess
I've yet to actually sit out on my balcony this year! the few days we've had I've been busy
so I got myself into gear and did all the work all winter / spring for nothing really - I have to say my flowers this year have been totally UN-inspiring so where I'll get the drive from for next year goodness knows
plants in the garden have suffered in the awful weather we have had but my wall baskets have been really beautiful - even though I do say so myself I grew all the plants except for the Calibroachas from cuttings taken at the end of last summer
grai I am sorry it was just a suggestion, the speed at which they are growing is restoring my faith. The hope is that after Christmas the smell of spring will inspire us again.
Pam do you fancy running a masterclass for us mere mortals?
grai - don't get disheartened - next year WILL be better I am sure
Kate - cuttings are so easy I wouldn't be able to afford to buy all the plants I need so have to take cuttings It will soon be time to start taking them
1jct I just pop them in a wide half depth pot of compost, barely below the surface, they seem to grow the first 4 inches without any effort at all. If you are only growing them for a week a north facing window should be fine. You can get at least 20 in a 6 inch pot.
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wow the thougt of starting sowing again next week after such a let down this year !! I don't think I can face it - the mess on all the window sills in my flat for the best part of a year to have a load of depressing scratty plants looking so scruffy and miserable
hmmm
I'll have to psyche myself up for that I think!
grai for a pick me up buy some dried peas in the supermarket and grow lots of them as a quick salad crop, it takes less than a week to make a crop indoors and has cheered me up no end.
PEAS? I want FLOWERS!
but yes I know what youre getting at Kate - I have to motivate myself somehow
when I couldn't be bothered to do my flowers and the summer comes and everything is blooming I regretted being lazy - altho it IS a lot of palaver at the time its so rewarding when youre sitting among all the beauty and you forget all the work and mess
I've yet to actually sit out on my balcony this year! the few days we've had I've been busy
so I got myself into gear and did all the work all winter / spring for nothing really - I have to say my flowers this year have been totally UN-inspiring so where I'll get the drive from for next year goodness knows
plants in the garden have suffered in the awful weather we have had but my wall baskets have been really beautiful - even though I do say so myself
I grew all the plants except for the Calibroachas from cuttings taken at the end of last summer 
Pam x
grai I am sorry
it was just a suggestion, the speed at which they are growing is restoring my faith. The hope is that after Christmas the smell of spring will inspire us again.
Pam do you fancy running a masterclass for us mere mortals?
grai - don't get disheartened - next year WILL be better I am sure
Kate - cuttings are so easy
I wouldn't be able to afford to buy all the plants I need so have to take cuttings 
It will soon be time to start taking them 
Pam I have already started on the cuttings for next year but I cannot resist the packets of seeds.
Hi,
I hadn't thought of getting peas from the supermarket Kate1123, how do you grow them? I have north facing windows only, can I still do it?
1jct I just pop them in a wide half depth pot of compost, barely below the surface, they seem to grow the first 4 inches without any effort at all. If you are only growing them for a week a north facing window should be fine. You can get at least 20 in a 6 inch pot.