How Does Your Garden Grow?

[Craig-SM]

My new lawn from seed is growing. It mIght only be measured in millimetres but it’s growing!

 

[gaz1]

My new lawn from seed is growing. It mIght only be measured in millimetres but it’s growing!

i watered mine at dusk when it was sunny weather it grew like crazy that way and when it was long enough i did a cut and left the grass cuttings on the grass

it grows fast thats how i ended up with a good bed of grass fast

 

[gaz1]

Do you think I would be sodding around with pumps if I had a roof to collect water from on higher ground?

for what it costs in ibc tanks and a bit of roof id have built its own collection system up there

but thats me

for the outlay its worth it I did the same on the alotment extended the roof so it collected alot of water like building her her own potting greenhouse up there has its own roof collection system

 

[Craig-SM]

Cheers. I’ve been lightly watering to keep the soil damp usually twice a day. It was seeded last Saturday so has germinated in 9 days. I was starting to doubt if anything was going to happen.
I’ve been following the advice of LawnRight Lawn Care on YouTube, which has been straight forward.

 

[RaceDiagnostics]

That's us self sufficient now.

I'll put up some wires and train the fig up the wall. Not sure what the triffid behind the fig is.

 

[RichardM]

Another photo of her working! Good to see she's bending her knees.

 

[Kram]

Local park has some interesting huge beech trees. Climbed one to remove some big hanging branches

I took a baby sapling, as there are hundreds fighting for light below.

Also tried planting a wiggly willow branch. It seems willow is very good at growing roots from any part.

 

[Onoff]

OK so about 13 days since planting and we have life! A little longer than last year but it's been colder / less sunny. Got half a dozen green shoots appearing and more little swellings under the soil! Here's hoping for 50 out of 50.

 

[Onoff]

Green shoots!

https://flic.kr/p/2oCjmdA

 

[mrsbruce]

Bit of bad news yesterday.

My carrot seeds were all starting to pop up quite nicely, when my raised bed (which I keep netted) was somehow infiltrated by a gang of snails. Found them lying there yesterday, burping away, and muttering their compliments to the chef.

Emergency run for more carrot seeds, slug pellets, and a very small machine gun.

 

[Onoff]

About half, so circa 25/50 of the runner beans have sprouted today including the 3 beans saved from last year.

I need "soil" for my salad enclosure made from an old bath. I have a load of top soil from the patio excavation. I can sieve this but is there some way of "sterilising" it?

 

[DanZac]

I can sieve this but is there some way of "sterilising" it?

I wouldn't bother even trying, I'm pretty sure farmers don't steralise their fields before planting and they seem to be pretty successful.

If your worried about weeds then I would use what you've got to fill your bath 3/4 full, then add a layer or 2 of cardboard and fill the remainder with shop bought compost (which should be weed free).

Salad crops don't have deep roots so as long as its kept moist they should do OK.

 

[aesmith]

I took a baby sapling,

Ash?

 

[droopsnoot]

I made a start on weeding my cold frame so the few lettuce that are actually growing can have a bit of space. Gave up after doing a bit of one half. The other half has onion and chive seeds in it, and there's too much chance of me pulling those up, if they're actually growing - I tried some in a seed tray on the windowsill and got nowhere. Ironically I have chives (or onions - a purple flower on the end) growing up between some paving stones every year, but the seeds I plant and look after do nothing.

 

[Onoff]

Looking like I'll get all 50 beans sprouting here.

 

[premmington]

Sad day today - was at my 92yr old Fathers house - cut/edged his lawns - helped him in his greenhouse.

Dug and raked over abit of his "prized veg patch" over - planted a few rows of low French beans.

Dad declared he too old for it now - asked me to spray the rest of it over - he too tired to to do it this year! Just told me to just keep weeds down!

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Lifetime of veg growing over now - now my Father only content with a few tomato plants and cucumbers in his greenhouse.

Very sad (did as I was told). Did as my Father asked me to...

 

[Anguz]

my mums 88, she has been cutting down on what she grows as well.... greenhouse and a small plot for onions

 

[premmington]

my mums 88, she has been cutting down on what she grows as well.... greenhouse and a small plot for onions

It is sad - I spent a lot of time with my two Grandads and Uncle (long passed) - as a child growing veg - helped them on their allotments when they were old - now my Dad's time has come.

From swapping trays of seedlings to giving each other gluts of produce.

My Dad was not a "good gardener" - my Grandad (Mother's Father was the master at it). But it was something my Father stuck at - never gave up at - until now.

 

[Onoff]

3 stragglers. One I think might not come to anything:

https://flic.kr/p/2oDERkG

 

[droopsnoot]

^ Similarly, most of the stuff I do in the garden is to try to not let it get terribly overgrown after my parents spent years getting it nice. Fighting a losing battle against a lot of grass in the flower borders at the moment.