How does your garden grow?

[TheHowieLama]

[Gruntfuttock]

On 14/04/2024 at 14:46, TheHowieLama said:

He has a nice fence.

Here's another picture of it!

 

[Champ]

On 12/04/2024 at 18:46, Champ said:

 

…but here are my first tulips

The gift that keeps on giving

 

 

[Captain Willard]

1 hour ago, Champ said:

The gift that keeps on giving

 

 

Very nice. 

[AngryOfTuebrook]

On 12/04/2024 at 16:02, AngryOfTuebrook said:

I don't know what's going on with my seeds this year.  I must have sown a million of all different types of plants and about 10 have actually bothered to germinate.

I reckon I overwatered them.  They were in propagators, so the soil never dried out.  I've taken the lids off the propagators and my peppers, sweet peppers and lobelia have sprouted (all a bit late, like).

[Section_31]

Do all planters need holes in the bottom? We got some big ones which needed drilling but we've got some some smaller ones, like glorified big plant pots, but we haven't drilled them. Thoughts? 

[Jennings]

1 hour ago, Section_31 said:

Do all planters need holes in the bottom? We got some big ones which needed drilling but we've got some some smaller ones, like glorified big plant pots, but we haven't drilled them. Thoughts? 

I would say 'yes'. Or else the roots rot. Pots don't need stones at the bottom tho.

 

That's my take - but best stick around for one of the pro's.

[Jennings]

Oh...and sometimes they have places in the bottom where to drill - that are thinner than other areas of the pot and you can poke 'em thru with a screwdriver or something.

[Captain Willard]

1 hour ago, Section_31 said:

Do all planters need holes in the bottom? We got some big ones which needed drilling but we've got some some smaller ones, like glorified big plant pots, but we haven't drilled them. Thoughts? 

Yes else it will fill with water over time and rot the roots. 

[YorkshireRed]

Trying to take a few moments to enjoy the garden in a bit of, all too rare, morning sunshine. 
 

Find myself barely noticing it these days as life gets in the way. 

 

[Babb'sBurstNad]

33 minutes ago, YorkshireRed said:

Trying to take a few moments to enjoy the garden in a bit of, all too rare, morning sunshine. 
 

Find myself barely noticing it these days as life gets in the way. 

 

 

Lovely looking greenhouse.

[VladimirIlyich]

1 hour ago, Babb'sBurstNad said:

 

Lovely looking greenhouse.

It's a Dali.

[A Red]

Nice to get the grass cut 

 

[Bjornebye]

On 05/05/2024 at 12:41, YorkshireRed said:

Trying to take a few moments to enjoy the garden in a bit of, all too rare, morning sunshine. 
 

Find myself barely noticing it these days as life gets in the way. 

 

Everytime I walked out I’d have to shout “can you start the fans please!” 

[Jennings]

1 hour ago, A Red said:

Nice to get the grass cut 

 

Fuck me! @A Red has a golf course for a garden. Being a cunt obviously pays well!!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ahh piss off...I am kidding.

[VladimirIlyich]

1 hour ago, Jennings said:

Fuck me! @A Red has a golf course for a garden. Being a cunt obviously pays well!!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ahh piss off...I am kidding.

Yeah. It's not quite a golf course.

[TheHowieLama]

 

Bhut Jolokia

 

Carolina Reaper

 

Bird Chilies

 

Hot Mini Bells

[Captain Willard]

On 05/05/2024 at 12:41, YorkshireRed said:

Trying to take a few moments to enjoy the garden in a bit of, all too rare, morning sunshine. 
 

Find myself barely noticing it these days as life gets in the way. 

 

Looking lovely in the sun. 

[Champ]

I’d noticed 2 frogs poking their heads out of the water in my mini pond for a few weeks (no sign of frog spawn) but this afternoon when I walked past it there were 4 of them! By the time I went for my phone this was the only to be seen

[Captain Willard]

39 minutes ago, Champ said:

I’d noticed 2 frogs poking their heads out of the water in my mini pond for a few weeks (no sign of frog spawn) but this afternoon when I walked past it there were 4 of them! By the time I went for my phone this was the only to be seen

It’s a bit late for frog sex but maybe you’ll be lucky. My ponds were full of tadpoles last month but I think the newts are eating them. 

[Chip Butty]

54 minutes ago, Captain Willard said:

It’s a bit late for frog sex but maybe you’ll be lucky. My ponds were full of tadpoles last month but I think the newts are eating them. 

Nature, fantastic isn’t it, it’s like one big fuck off restaurant. 

[Captain Willard]

8 hours ago, Chip Butty said:

Nature, fantastic isn’t it, it’s like one big fuck off restaurant. 

It’s relentless and ruthless. One common phenomena on the allotment is the new couple who rent a plot full of enthusiasm, spend a weekend clearing the weeds and planting stuff then don’t come back for a few weekends Nature abhors a vacuum so the weeds just reappear. After a month our couple come back to find their plot covered in weeds and they often give up at that point. Nature never stops trying to be alive.  

[Paulie Dangerously]

Where the fuck are all the bees? My garden is normally full of them this time of year. My bee Bush is flowering but only the hover flies seem to be about 

[YorkshireRed]

15 minutes ago, Paulie Dangerously said:

Where the fuck are all the bees? My garden is normally full of them this time of year. My bee Bush is flowering but only the hover flies seem to be about 

One flew into my bedroom yesterday afternoon, while I was trying to have a nap. 
 

Cunt bee. 

[Skidfingers McGonical]

Just started to do some proper work on mine, after neglecting it really. Started to cut down the trees as I need to make space for an extension and would rather slowly do the work myself to save a bit of money. Also started with some veg growing as I am sick of the waste from The supermarkets as it’s going off within a day or two. 
 

Long way to go, but recycling trees I’ve cut down and working around what I’ve got so it’s far from looking how I want it, but by fucking Jove, it’s ace doing it. 
 

 

And as of this morning, here where I am up to 

And my apple tree after a little pruning. Also got some bags of horseshit coming from my mates stables tomorrow.