angelchemuel wrote:

batou wrote:

maybe i take a picture of my garden. but it looks like all i grow are dog shits.

Can't you make a specific dog run? Or plant things in raised beds and pots?

Jane

nah, she's really pretty good about things. digs a lot though. thats the worst. stands on things lol.
i figure its going to be survival of the fittest vegetables.

Best of luck with that then..

Jane

Brilliant stuff Jane!

Lots of potential in those empty plots, I reckon.

I don't have a garden or a balcony, but I did quite well with herbs on the window-sill a couple of years ago. Might have to get that going again.

Thanks for sharing and spreading that good rainbow stuff around.

angelchemuel wrote:

I grow flowery bits between stuff, helps a bit with keeping pests away. I also do companion planting...ie 'sweet 'n' sour'...carrots with chives. Same principal basically as dandelions can always be found within 50ft of nettles.

Jane

Indeed...so many gardeners just don't know to do this, because no one ever told them.

Quote :

Anything that's 'poisonous', the antidote can be found within 50ft.

^Pretty much so. Nature ain't daft

awesome stuff there - really inspiring as well

ab origine wrote:

Brilliant stuff Jane!

Lots of potential in those empty plots, I reckon.

I don't have a garden or a balcony, but I did quite well with herbs on the window-sill a couple of years ago. Might have to get that going again.

Thanks for sharing and spreading that good rainbow stuff around.

You can grow tomatoes indoors and lettuce. You can get small/dwarf tomato plants now. Not sure I would give them a go...all that genetically modified stuff. But tomatoes grown indoors can last up till Christmas if you take care of them. I plan to grow as many tomato plants as I can so I can harvest loads for the winter to make bolognese sauce, tomato soup (nothing like home made tomato soup..mmmmmm), tomatoes on toast etc.

Here's a vid from the Garden Girl series..this one specifically shows indoor gardening. There is a whole series of vids on youtube...enjoy



Jane

i think apples are great. i eat 3 or 4 a day. so that's 4 doctors out of a job..

but
fruit trees in the yard... i've never had a decent apple from anyone with a tree. they are always wormy, small, kinda soft, and sour. not like orchard fruit; crispy and sweet and huge. its like opposite apples.

batou wrote:

i think apples are great. i eat 3 or 4 a day. so that's 4 doctors out of a job..

but
fruit trees in the yard... i've never had a decent apple from anyone with a tree. they are always wormy, small, kinda soft, and sour. not like orchard fruit; crispy and sweet and huge. its like opposite apples.

Anti-apples. It's a conspiracy, I tells ya.

irrepressible wrote:

I love this idea Imagine if everyone did it! I've got a big back garden which is going to waste really, so I should pull my finger out and do some experiments

experiment with your garden or your finger

We have started to plant herbs and root crops in the woods we call the departure lounge, I will explain at a later date as to the name, If we get some place long term we will get what we would class as essential live stock

ps how do you post pics

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peabrain wrote:

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If you want veg..you are going to need to be planting now P...otherwise you will only be left with herbs, tomato plant from garden centre and lettuce! Waiting until May doesn't make much difference even up in Scotland.


Jane

This is partly true, now is an ideal time to be raising stuff, but sowing different veg takes place at different points of the year. Also both at home and on the farms I succession plant. It would be rather silly to sow all your salads at the same time for example. Really the only time that isn't really utilized for sowing is the very depth of winter.

Got all my corriander, chillies and sweet peppers on our window sill comming along a treat

woodstock69 wrote:

experiment with your garden or your finger

We have started to plant herbs and root crops in the woods we call the departure lounge, I will explain at a later date as to the name, If we get some place long term we will get what we would class as essential live stock

ps how do you post pics

Haha

I'm not sure how to post pics. I sent Jane a pic of our garden, she said it has wonderful potential. I'm looking forward to getting started on this very daunting task of transforming it! I haven't got a clue about growing stuff...ah well, we've all had to start somewhere