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  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,099

     

    John Harding wrote (see)

     PS It would have been a long way to come to collect the roller!

    True! image

    East Ren is south of Renfrewshire, and south of Glasgow- it is  a bit misleading isn't it! We're just trying to confuse the English invaders...image

    I usually have cordon type toms and I don't grow many. Usually just buy a few plants but decided to try a few from seed this year as I'd just moved and had no greenhouse or conservatory. Will definitely do it again though.  I have 3 Moneymaker plants which I've just potted on. They were a 20p bargain from B&Q so they will do fine for later on. Are yours cherry/plum types or are they bigger salad type varieties John?

    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
  • artjakartjak Posts: 4,167

    John Harding, metric measurements are really very easy; just remember, a litre's like a metre only wetterimage

  • John HardingJohn Harding Posts: 541

    Hi Fairygirl,  Apero is a small plum type, Red Alert is a bush variety, round, slightly larger fruits than say Gardeners Delight. Country Taste is a Beef type, large and reputedly the finest tasting tomato available. I say reputedly as I tried to grow them last year but the weather was very unkind and I only got 1 tomato from 6 plants as the cold & wet virtually destroyed the whole crop. Many other plants suffered the same fate too: Capsicum, Aubergine, Courgettes, Beetroot, Swiss Chard & more. In fact the only crops that were successfull were the Runner Beans, Carrots and Parsnips.

  • wWhen I say I don't really have a garden I'm not jokeing. The back is 7m by 4.6m and totally paved. Everything goes in pots. The front really can't be called a garden at all- but where there's a will there's a way. My baskets haven't done as well as usual this year but thought I'd post some pics so you can see .

     

    http://i1300.photobucket.com/albums/ag97/Bev_Pounsett-Krynauw/2005-06-13_zps8e8684e1.jpg

     It took ages to line up the pot at the front with the hanging basket so it looked as if violas were growing in pot.

    http://i1300.photobucket.com/albums/ag97/Bev_Pounsett-Krynauw/2105-06-13_zps5ec5acb2.jpg

     Up to front door ( which I hate) the mud on path is left over from digging up primroses yesterday.

     

    http://i1300.photobucket.com/albums/ag97/Bev_Pounsett-Krynauw/2205-06-13_zps5cba8658.jpg

     You can appreciate how large it is image. It also shows how winter jasmin has folded down stopping the poor clematis.

     

    http://i1300.photobucket.com/albums/ag97/Bev_Pounsett-Krynauw/2305-06-13_zps06802dc1.jpg

     You can see how I desguise my wheely bin.

     

    http://i1300.photobucket.com/albums/ag97/Bev_Pounsett-Krynauw/2405-06-13_zps72077ed4.jpg

     The ladder was supposed to be picked up by someone on Freegle image

     

    http://i1300.photobucket.com/albums/ag97/Bev_Pounsett-Krynauw/2505-06-13_zps9300d1bd.jpg

     Gerbera and Pelargoniums planted up by front door- thought I'd see if they grew more quickly planted up or in pots.

     

    http://i1300.photobucket.com/albums/ag97/Bev_Pounsett-Krynauw/2705-06-13_zps772a461a.jpg

     Pelargoniums replace primroses I dug up yesterday.

     

    http://i1300.photobucket.com/albums/ag97/Bev_Pounsett-Krynauw/3205-06-13_zps995e689e.jpg

     

     

     

  • Bev! If it has flowers in it! It's a garden! image

    and a very nice good looking one it is too! image

  • WintersongWintersong Posts: 2,436

    What a fantastic effort you make with such a small space. There is a lot of challenge in that!

  • Lupin 1Lupin 1 Posts: 8,916

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    Smelling lovely & the spuds are doing ok.

     

  • artjakartjak Posts: 4,167

    Bev, am really impressed; it looks lovely and what hard work doing it all in potsimage

  • Thank you Dean, Wintersong and Artjak. I always think it is easier as very little weeding. Mind you just had a lovely peaceful hour watering.

    KEF thatis a beautiful yellow, mine has got lost behind something, think it may have to be moved.

     

  • Lupin 1Lupin 1 Posts: 8,916

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    Past it's best now but took a pic to look back at in the winter months. Such a shame it doesn't have perfume.

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