New Month Quick update

Well June has rolled in and it's time for another garden show we are off to Gardeners World Live 2007 at the NEC Birmingham on Wednedsay 13th June 2007.

Right the veg are growing there socks of apart from the sweetcorn and the cucumbers when we had a little frost the other night and it has knocked sideways you live and you learn. The tomatoes have been terrible this year this due the crappy weather one minute lovely and sunny next monsoon rains and chilly temps have upset the apple cart his year

Here's some pictures what's flowering in my gardening click on the link to start a slideshow.

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Bloody Rain

What a day rain rain and more rain, Nearly flooded had to call for reforcements ie sandbags i had nearly 6" water in my garden 1 more inch and i would have been flooded, My veg are swimming i think they need armbands to survive this.

Chelsea Day

Today is Chelsea day i am really looking forward to it, Well what a day packed and very very hot but a great day out i am really tired but well worth it joined the RHS so i will perhaps go to Chelesa on a members day.

Going Rosey

My 10 new rose bushes arrived today so i dug out my new rose bed and planted them and long with my Aquilegia i purchased on ebay i got Green Apples, Black Barlow, Tequila Sunrise, William Guiness, Also purchased some mixed. I also added to the new bed some more plants like Green Wizzard and some poppys and i going to make a wild flower boarder as well.

I had a quick count of the roses today i have nearly 40 but on completion of the new rose bed i will have 50.

Going Blue

Quick update on how things are doing, Veg growing well and really taking off.

Today's the day everthing is going blue i painted my shed blue and i striped the deck it's like a seaside.

I purchase a Red Gooseberry & a Redcurrant from Wilkinsons for 25p each.

Quick update

It has stopped raining here since my log, So not much done the grass is about 3" taller and the weeks are growing,

Today I planted my 4 wall planters with Petunias,Lobelia,Surfenia's, Pansys & Sweet Williams and also purchased a 3 tier basket fountain planted with all my Fuchsia collection from Daily Mail Offer and some Pansy's & Sweet Williams, Also finally managed to put the canes in for my Peas, First sign of rumblings in my Potato pots and freezer.

Ordered the timber for the back garden make-over going to order the greenhouse shortly,

So Year 3 is in progress and and on track roll on summer.

More Plants........

The postie is doing overtime with the plant delivery's another lot turned up yesterday and today yesterday was 12 fuchsias some looked and bit unwell rang Thompson & Morgan up and they are replacing them and today more petunia's

The weather is unsettled looks like rain again, Just check on veg 45 out of 50 onions are up my potatoes are getting there first green leaves, Beetroot is looking good pea's are romping away Beans are also looking good, My Greyhound cabbage and Broccoli are doing well in the brassica house, In the lean too the Chinese cabbage & Swedes are also doing well. The Tomatoes & Cucumber's doubling in size and finally plenty of fruit in my garden.

Still raining and windy

We have a lot of rain during the night and now the wind has picked up so had a quick look around the garden, Gave a few spare seedlings away on freecycle everyone was happy.

I had some seeds turn up in the post today from "Mikey" on the allotments 4 all site as a seed swap he gave Onward Pea, Sugar Snap Pea & Runner Bean White Lady.

Just nipped out and purchased 3rd edition of the Grow It Mag full of handy tips and a good read.

It's raining at last

At last some rain this will do plants & Veg nicely, Doing nothing in garden today as it's wet and everything is up to date, I was given some cucumbers plants yesterday "Marketmore" they are a outdoor type so that will interesting also my indoor "Petina" cucumbers is doing well.

Also having some ideas on the veggie plot area there will be some trellis panels added and a new greenhouse also a redesign on the entrance into the veggie plot from the back gate.

I am in year 3 of a 5 year plan to redesign of my back garden so my disabled mum can enjoy the garden more, I do this as and when the budget allow this.

Year 1 was clear & tidy garden and declare war on the Bramble & Bindweed
Year 2 build the decking and lay top grade weed fabric down and then woodchip also did the front garden as well also planted rose bed 1 for my mothers 70th birthday started growing some veg. Planted Melo Cherry, Conference Pear, Bramley Seedling Apple, Also put in place some fence posts for the garden sails that I had made there will be 2 of these one for the patio and the other over the deck near the lean too.
Year 3 so far bulit my new shed slight redesign of the veggie plot and planted 3 more fruit trees Opal Plumm Stanley Plum, Red Heaven Peach
Year 4 at the moment in the pipeline is to remove other shed and replace with polytunnel and complete redesign of the veggie plot also plant some more fruit. Also to replace lawn by rasing 3 to 4" to the level of the deck for my disabled mum.
Year 5 I have no idea yet but hopefully sit back and enjoy my hardwork.

What's Growing & Flowering - Front Garden

Here's Some Pictures of my Front Garden:

What's Growing & Flowering - Back Garden

Quick update on whats growing & flower in my garden:My seedlings Runner Beans, French Beans, Chinese Cabbage, Swede & Sweetcorn

One of many Carrot pots i m growing 2 types Nantes 2 &a round carrot Parmex

My heritage Tomato plants i have 4 different ones

1) MORTGAGE LIFTER: Beefsteak tomato, named after a 1930's farmer whose bumper crop of this tomato saved him from repossession
2) NYAGOUS: Rare black variety. Smooth round globes with an amoratic flavour
3) AMISH PASTE : Plum tomatoes with an outstandingly good, sweet flavour
4) RED OXHEART: This is the original nineteenth century tomato that made other early Italian Tomatoes famous. Smooth red heart-shaped fruits.

Welcome to Strawberry Towers this old water butt holds around 60 strawberry plants (Cambridge Favorite).

This is my Fruit Garden i have 5 Raspberrys, Redcurrant,Blackcurrant,Sunberry,Gooseberry, Rhubarb along with my 6 fruit trees a Bramley,Chery,Pear,Peach & 2 Plums

And Finally my new additions to back garden.

1stly My old frezzer is now my potato bed this will be cladded in timber so it looks like a large planter

2ndly I planted my new Tayberry plant

Hello & Welcome to my Veggie Plot

I only started growning veg last year and had some good results which spurred me on to have a go this year, The only problem i have is that i live in a chalky area so this year i am growing my veg in car tyres, trugs, bins basically anything thar i can turn in into a pot even our old frezzer didn't escape this it's my potato bed this year.

Cheers
Jay

Busy Today

Hello

Today i planted out my Greyhound cabbages and my Purple sprouting brocolli and my Sweetcorn, Checked on my Chinese cabbage and Swede's which s coming on a treat still too small to plant out.

Checked on my fruit bushes and Cherry tree is forming its fruit also my Gooseberry, Blackcurrant,Redcurrant are showing signs of fruit some of my raspberry's and my sunberry are starting to flower.

In the plot my Peas, Beetroot & Onions are growing away, No signs of Potato's 2nd Early International Kidney and maincrop Sarpo Mira & Garlic.