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New Garden! Ideas/Advise Needed!! ^.^
Hello everyone
I moved into my apartment in July 2006 and was told I have a small area of garden at the back. It's not too small it's directly under my kitchen window and at the moment it's kinda neglected.... Now the apartments all decorated I decided with my partner to do it up abit, We also have a fron Garden about 15-16 Inchs width that goes from my bedroom all the way to my living room window that I wanna sort out too. I have started growing some plants already so far we have planted and growin - Salvia(Blaze Of Fire) - Antirrhinum(Monarch Mixed) - Petunia(Bedding Mixed) - Lobelia(Crystal Palace) Now me and my partner and lookin for seeds that we can grow indoors in Januray - Febuary, We have all our plants in door at moment because of the cold but it's warning up outside so we are gonna grow them to a decent size then move them out. Also as for outside planning so far we have decided on some blue slate bits to maybe put around edges or have them near wall to make it blend. Theres a bush/tree type thing out in back garden at moment so might keep it might move it will get some pictures of it tommrow as I don't know what it is. Anyway any advice would be great. Thanks |
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No one then?
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New Garden! Ideas/Advise Needed!! ^.^
"Hotaru" wrote in message ... No one then? Might help if you told us whereabouts in the world you are..... there's a huge difference between the UK and Idaho for instance Jenny |
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Tee hee
I'm I'n UK - Yorkshire - Leeds |
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New Garden! Ideas/Advise Needed!! ^.^
"Hotaru" wrote in message
... Tee hee I'm I'n UK - Yorkshire - Leeds You won't get much response from this purist newsgroup because you post from gardenbanter :-(( To the 'owners' of uk.rec.gardening, that is as welcome as a pork chop in a synagogue. Mike -- .................................................. ......... Royal Naval Electrical Branch Association www.rnshipmates.co.uk www.nsrafa.com |
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New Garden! Ideas/Advise Needed!! ^.^
On 30 Jan, 13:55, Hotaru wrote: Tee hee I'm I'n UK - Yorkshire - Leeds Hullo, neighbour (Manchester). I'm not too sure where to start. I don't want you to think that we are horrible people in here you see. There's so so so so many beautiful flowers and plants that you could have, all depending of soil, sun, rain, drainage etc. and sadly the first plants you have chosen would have never ever be my choice, ever. Sorry to be so direct but that's me ) Second your garden is the most challenging I have ever come across. A 16inch garden is quite amazing. Are you from Liliput and do you live in a shoe? |
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New Garden! Ideas/Advise Needed!! ^.^
On 30/1/07 13:55, in article , "Hotaru"
wrote: Tee hee I'm I'n UK - Yorkshire - Leeds I'm no help to you because I have no experience of gardening that far north but there are people from your area on this group and some of them are very knowledgeable. One thing that is helpful to any new gardener is to look at what neighbours grow, have a chat with them and ask for advice. People who like gardening like to talk about it and to help, if they can. -- Sacha http://www.hillhousenursery.co.uk South Devon http://www.discoverdartmoor.co.uk/ (remove weeds from address) |
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I went to my local garden center today and they had a sale on all seeds! 17p a packet so I bought all the Jan-Feb ones I could see,
Also got many types of Fushcia might be wrong spellin Im getting them all started soon and fushia are already grown abit, I love flowers so much so relaxing |
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Oh tee hee the 16inch is 24 inch and also that like the path lines at the front the back garden is alot larger!
And no I have a large apartment tee hee |
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I managed to egt some more flowers for my garden, Many diffrent Fushias my fave is Dark Eyes but my partner loves SnowGlobe ones.
got more seeds -Verbena -Cosmos -Sweet Pea -Petunia -Nasturitium -Delphininium I went for plants that will go in my back garden area for the sun and flowers that I liked, I love bright and colourful flowers. I have many seeds growin as I type this and doing VERY well happly growing I made sure I got right soil/plantfood for them too, Will post pics very soon of back garden now(I hate it it's a posh area I live in but the last person neglected it big time.) |
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New Garden! Ideas/Advise Needed!! ^.^
On 30 Jan, 21:55, Martin wrote:
When it comes to potatoes? Which reminds me - last night as I was discussing something with my youngest, he disagreed with me and to perhaps to strengthen his argument he said to me : 'You say tomatoes, I say potatoes'. g |
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On Jan 29, 4:01 am, Hotaru wrote:
We also have a fron Garden about 15-16 Inchs width that goes from my bedroom all the way to my living room window that I wanna sort out too. I have started growing some plants already so far we have planted and growin - Salvia(Blaze Of Fire) - Antirrhinum(Monarch Mixed) - Petunia(Bedding Mixed) - Lobelia(Crystal Palace) For the size of small strip that you have at the front, you will need small plants and you seem to have chosen well above. There are some miniature roses that would look very pretty in the strip and would rise above the height of the bedding plants and give a different dimension. You could also put sweet peas in and grow these up a small wigwam which, again, will give you height. I hope that helps a little but well done in trying to make something of a small space. JudithL |
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Gill Matthews writes
In article , says... I went to my local garden center today and they had a sale on all seeds! 17p a packet so I bought all the Jan-Feb ones I could see, Also got many types of Fushcia might be wrong spellin Im getting them all started soon and fushia are already grown abit, I love flowers so much so relaxing I hope this works out for you. The problem with buying seed is that you either get one sad little specimen or enough to fully plant one of the main beds at the Royal Horticultural Society Gardens at Wisely The seeds are probably last season's, and not kept in brilliant conditions. Some seeds are tougher than others, so if any packets don't germinate, don't feel downhearted - it's probably not your fault. Some seeds are tough as old boots, so you've got a good chance of getting some good plants. Gill is right - either you hit exactly the right time for sowing, and every seed germinates, or you don't, and you get hardly anything. But don't let that put you off! I often sow in succession, so that if the seeds from the first sowing don't show, I can try a few more a bit later, and a bit later again. It's very much a matter of luck - you know what the temperatures are today, but you don't know what's going to happen in two weeks time. Any seeds you don't sow, keep in a plastic bag in the fridge. They may still be OK next year. Or not. But there's no harm in trying. If you want fun later in the year, you can try taking cuttings from fuchsias - cut off a non-flowering twig about 4-6inches long. Cut the base just below where two leaves are sprouting. Remove all the leaves except one or two at the top. Then push it into a pot of damp but not wet compost so that at lest 2/3 of it is underground, put the entire pot into a large clear plastic bag, and tie at the top. Put the bag in a shady place. If you try several cuttings, you may find that one or two of them take, giving you new plants. You can tell when they've taken as they'll start pushing roots out of the holes in the bottom of the pot. Most Fuchsias will need to come in in the winter, but a few, mostly smaller flowered ones, are hardy - they'll get cut back to ground level by frosts, but new shoots will appear in spring. If you get good at cuttings, you have spare plants to allow you to experiment. The most important thing in gardening is to look at the results of anything you do, and think about it. Don't worry too much about final results, relax and enjoy it as you go along. The process of growing is where the real enjoyment is. You haven't had many replies to your original question, possibly because it was a bit wide ranging. The answer to what you can grow depends so much on what it is you want to grow. I've learnt a lot by visiting garden centres and nurseries (1), not just in May when everyone's thoughts turn to gardens, but all the year through. You can see plants you like, make a note of them, then browse the web to find out what growing conditions they like and whether they are worth considering. Don't forget to plant one or two things that will be interesting in winter. There are a few winter flowering things, some with strong scents. Otherwise, look at coloured stems, evergreen foliage, berries. (1) If you're in NW Leeds try High Trees up near the airport. -- Kay |
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Thanks Judith ^.^
I also have a indoor Greenhouse now too hehe. And some plants are for the back garden which is MUCH Larger and I mean like 10X the size lol. I have 2 full trays of seeds all doing amazeingly well. And some really nice Star Pansys and Fushsias that are already grown to about 4 inch ish have them in kitchen window growin now with some wonder grow plant plus. |
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