I found two lovely stout hanging baskets with coconut fi re lining in Aldi today and couldn't resist. I'm planning on trying your suggestions for strawberries.
I have some vouchers burning a hole in my pocket and thought about getting one of those wooden trugs on legs (about six feet long from the looks of them) so I can grow some salad stuff and chard. Has anyone had experience of them as I am wondering about rotting?
Secondly, if I don't get said trug, would chard be happy in the greenhouse for the summer? I have put chard seeds in pots in there and they are about 2 inches high now.
No room in my fairly small garden as it is chokka with flowers/shrubs.
Good morning all , just having breakfast , looks a bit grey out there today
Plantmaiden , sorry don't known answers to your questions , we have a small wooden trug that we grew lettuce in at home but there is plastic tubs in it to stop it rotting
I grow chard at the allotment out doors , you could just give it a try in the g/h ?You will have to let us known what you decided
I suspect chard might get too hot and run to seed in a greenhouse - but it's certainly worth a try if there's no alternative - just keep the greenhouse open as much as possible & keep the chard really well watered.
Don't forget chard can be planted into the ornamental border as single leafy plants if you have a few small spaces - it doesn't have to be grown in a row or block.
I would also have thought a large pot outside might be more successful than the greenhouse - if you can find space for one or two pots.
Never used the wooden troughs. If you buy one make sure it's pressure treated to resist rot and I would line the inside with black plastic so the damp soil isn't in constant contact with the wood. Make sure you punch lots of holes in the bottom for drainage though!
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Heaven is ... sitting in the garden with a G&T and a cat while watching the sun go down
Not done too much yet today in the garden although I have potted on some yellow courgettes. I was given a collection of colourful veg seeds. Purple sprouts and carrots, rainbow chard, stripy toms and the courgettes.
I have a liriodendron tree. I planted it about 15 years ago. It flowered for the first time in 2015 but didn't have one flower on last year. I was hoping once it started flowering it would do so every year but it has beautiful leaves so the flowers are a bonus anyway. I tried to grow the seeds. I put them in the fridge to stratisfy (is that the right word?) but they didn't germinate. Not sure if they are self pollinating.
Must get outside soon. It's a bit dull today so don't have so much enthusiasm after the lovely weather in the last few days
I grow "Bright Lights" (the multi-coloured chard) in with my ornamentals. Saves space in the veg plots and looks pretty too. I think I'd agree with Topbird about growing it outdoors in a big pot if you don't have room in the borders, because it's quite prone to running to seed if stressed, and it's hard to keep temperatures constant in the greenhouse.
Punkdoc, I've admired "Spotty Dotty" every year at the Harrogate show. Enjoy!
Horizontal drizzle here but I must re-fill the bird feeders. It was a delight to see the nest of baby robins at the garden centre yesterday - on a shelf in the houseplant office. The maintenance man has removed a little pane from the greenhouse to allow the parents easier access, and several of the staff buy mealworms and hand-feed adults and babies each year. They've reared 2 broods most years.
I'm trying to think of something tempting but bland for OH's lunch. He's got another choir rehearsal this evening but still doesn't really feel much like eating...
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Lovely plants Pdoc
too dry for most of them here. L'enclume has a great reputation .. deep envy 
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
I found two lovely stout hanging baskets with coconut fi re lining in Aldi today and couldn't resist.
I'm planning on trying your suggestions for strawberries.
Hi everyone,
I have a couple of questions:
I have some vouchers burning a hole in my pocket and thought about getting one of those wooden trugs on legs (about six feet long from the looks of them) so I can grow some salad stuff and chard. Has anyone had experience of them as I am wondering about rotting?
Secondly, if I don't get said trug, would chard be happy in the greenhouse for the summer? I have put chard seeds in pots in there and they are about 2 inches high now.
No room in my fairly small garden as it is chokka with flowers/shrubs.
Good morning all , just having breakfast , looks a bit grey out there today
Plantmaiden , sorry don't known answers to your questions , we have a small wooden trug that we grew lettuce in at home but there is plastic tubs in it to stop it rotting
I grow chard at the allotment out doors , you could just give it a try in the g/h ?You will have to let us known what you decided
Have a nice day everybody
I grow chard outside too ... never tried it indoors ... I've seen it growing in a polytunnel in the winter ... but that's a bit different.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
I grow it outside too.(well, I mean Silverbeet - fordhook giant) I think we are talking about the sample thing.
Same thing! Dratted spellchecker.
I suspect chard might get too hot and run to seed in a greenhouse - but it's certainly worth a try if there's no alternative - just keep the greenhouse open as much as possible & keep the chard really well watered.
Don't forget chard can be planted into the ornamental border as single leafy plants if you have a few small spaces - it doesn't have to be grown in a row or block.
I would also have thought a large pot outside might be more successful than the greenhouse - if you can find space for one or two pots.
Never used the wooden troughs. If you buy one make sure it's pressure treated to resist rot and I would line the inside with black plastic so the damp soil isn't in constant contact with the wood. Make sure you punch lots of holes in the bottom for drainage though!
Last edited: 12 April 2017 10:28:59
Good morning all,
Not done too much yet today in the garden although I have potted on some yellow courgettes. I was given a collection of colourful veg seeds. Purple sprouts and carrots, rainbow chard, stripy toms and the courgettes.
I have a liriodendron tree. I planted it about 15 years ago. It flowered for the first time in 2015 but didn't have one flower on last year. I was hoping once it started flowering it would do so every year but it has beautiful leaves so the flowers are a bonus anyway. I tried to grow the seeds. I put them in the fridge to stratisfy (is that the right word?) but they didn't germinate. Not sure if they are self pollinating.
Must get outside soon. It's a bit dull today so don't have so much enthusiasm after the lovely weather in the last few days
.Have a good day everyone.
Morning all.
I grow "Bright Lights" (the multi-coloured chard) in with my ornamentals. Saves space in the veg plots and looks pretty too. I think I'd agree with Topbird about growing it outdoors in a big pot if you don't have room in the borders, because it's quite prone to running to seed if stressed, and it's hard to keep temperatures constant in the greenhouse.
Punkdoc, I've admired "Spotty Dotty" every year at the Harrogate show. Enjoy!
Horizontal drizzle here but I must re-fill the bird feeders. It was a delight to see the nest of baby robins at the garden centre yesterday - on a shelf in the houseplant office. The maintenance man has removed a little pane from the greenhouse to allow the parents easier access, and several of the staff buy mealworms and hand-feed adults and babies each year. They've reared 2 broods most years.
I'm trying to think of something tempting but bland for OH's lunch. He's got another choir rehearsal this evening but still doesn't really feel much like eating...