How does your garden grow?

[Gruntfuttock]

 

Emptied the spud tub today,nice little haul from the four I stuck in it at the end of May.

[Chip Butty]

Good haul that. Lots of my garden has gone in late, due to the match and the season not ending till June. Good return on spuds, onions, and Chilli's but carrots, leeks, parsnips, cauliflowers, broccoli, fennel, all have gone in late, so not holding out much hope, unless we have a good September. 

 

[Champ]

[Champ]

Am I getting old or just easily turned by the latest fashion?

[Captain Willard]

All home grown. Been a great year for Dahlias. 

[Captain Willard]

More dahlias from the allotment. The elbow to the right is my son eating his Saturday night tea in front of Strictly. 

[Captain Willard]

An uplifting garden analogy seem on the tube on my way to Paris.

 

[A Red]

39 minutes ago, Captain Willard said:

An uplifting garden analogy seem on the tube on my way to Paris.

 

Hippy

[VladimirIlyich]

11 hours ago, A Red said:

Hippy

What do you call a hippy's wife?

 

Mississippi.

[AngryOfTuebrook]

Show us your bloomers.

[Evelyn Tentions]

I'm the archetypical Black Thumb. If I take a cutting from a plant, the plant dies. Over the last 2 years I've had my own (not inconsiderable) body weight in culinary herbs - basil, oregano, rosemary, chillies, parsley - die within a couple of weeks, large healthy plants from local nurseries. This is in central Vietnam where a matchstick dropped on the ground is a tree a month later.

I have a certificate in Horticulture from one of Sydney's top Horticultural colleges and a BSc (Hons) in Biology, I dropped out of my PhD in Botany for financial and work reasons in my first year.

 

[Champ]

On 15/11/2022 at 13:30, Evelyn Tentions said:

I'm the archetypical Black Thumb. If I take a cutting from a plant, the plant dies. Over the last 2 years I've had my own (not inconsiderable) body weight in culinary herbs - basil, oregano, rosemary, chillies, parsley - die within a couple of weeks, large healthy plants from local nurseries. This is in central Vietnam where a matchstick dropped on the ground is a tree a month later.

I have a certificate in Horticulture from one of Sydney's top Horticultural colleges and a BSc (Hons) in Biology, I dropped out of my PhD in Botany for financial and work reasons in my first year.

 

Do you have any explanation?

 

I have a similar one…I have no real difficulty get stuff to grow outside but I joined the bandwagon and bought some houseplants. I can’t really say that any of them look that healthy. What am I doing wrong?

[Captain Willard]

18 minutes ago, Champ said:

Do you have any explanation?

 

I have a similar one…I have no real difficulty get stuff to grow outside but I joined the bandwagon and bought some houseplants. I can’t really say that any of them look that healthy. What am I doing wrong?

Houseplants don't like too much water or draughts. Are you putting them by a cold window ?

[Champ]

13 minutes ago, Captain Willard said:

Houseplants don't like too much water or draughts. Are you putting them by a cold window ?

I suspect it’s more likely to have been a but of over watering when we went away…it’s just that you’re stuck looking at the damage for a long time, if you haven’t actually killed the poor things

[TheHowieLama]

Grabbed a few tubers to make a pie for tomorrow.

 

 

[elvis]

No work on today and I'm very bored, is it too early to cut the grass?

[DalyanPete]

Anyone got any ideas on stopping cats shitting in the flower beds? I blame the owners for not buying litter trays, let someone else have the mess.

[Section_31]

Can anyone recommend anyone in Liverpool who installs composite decking?

 

* when I first joined this site at ages 26, I'd never believe I'd one day be posting that.

[Clem H Fandango]

9 minutes ago, DalyanPete said:

Anyone got any ideas on stopping cats shitting in the flower beds? I blame the owners for not buying litter trays, let someone else have the mess.

 

Citrus peel apparently, or get a water pistol.

[Clem H Fandango]

7 minutes ago, Section_31 said:

Can anyone recommend anyone in Liverpool who installs composite decking?

 

* when I first joined this site at ages 26, I'd never believe I'd one day be posting that.

 

Balls to decking, wont last more than 10 years. My personal prefernce is a nice grey slate chip area for entertaining. i dont have to oil it every year or worry about my foot going through it or being set alight by a guest smoking a ciggie.

 

 

[Harry's Lad]

4 minutes ago, Clem H Fandango said:

 

Citrus peel apparently, or get a water pistol.

Or lightly cover some carpet gripper. That'll sort the fuckers out.

[elvis]

24 minutes ago, Clem H Fandango said:

 

Balls to decking, wont last more than 10 years. My personal prefernce is a nice grey slate chip area for entertaining. i dont have to oil it every year or worry about my foot going through it or being set alight by a guest smoking a ciggie.

 

 

Composite decking lasts years

[A Red]

1 hour ago, elvis said:

No work on today and I'm very bored, is it too early to cut the grass?

I cut mine at the weekend. Fucked up planet.

[Section_31]

45 minutes ago, Clem H Fandango said:

 

Balls to decking, wont last more than 10 years. My personal prefernce is a nice grey slate chip area for entertaining. i dont have to oil it every year or worry about my foot going through it or being set alight by a guest smoking a ciggie.

 

 

 

The composite stuff has a 20 year guarantee some of it, slate/paving is a tough one for us as we've got no back gate (Matron!) and everything has to come through the house, including cement mixers and nefarious trade twats. 

[elvis]

1 hour ago, Section_31 said:

Can anyone recommend anyone in Liverpool who installs composite decking?

 

* when I first joined this site at ages 26, I'd never believe I'd one day be posting that.

Good prices at this place , I'd buy the gear and get someone to lay it on price or day rate

https://www.northwestcompositedeckingsupplies.co.uk/