How Does our Garden Grow?

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  • onedayatatime
    onedayatatime Online Community Member Posts: 219 Empowering
    Thanks for that tip Rosie, I'll definitely remember that! I'm pretty sure Lidl do some plant events at some point, maybe even now!
    Rubin 16, some lovely plants outside your front door sounds fab! Container gardening is a thing! I've grown veg in buckets before!😂 But space is definitely an issue. Have you heard of the veg growing system you do indoor? Hydroponics? I'm not sure how expensive it is to set up, but a sunny windowsill can harvest lots of fresh herbs! Look out for those reduced pots in the supermarket 👍 and it makes your kitchen look fancy 😂
  • Albus_Scope
    Albus_Scope Posts: 8,327 Scope Online Community Coordinator
    Lidl can be quite good for cheap plants @onedayatatime especially when they've not been taken care of and get put in the clearance section.  I've picked up some big bargains that way. :)

    I used to run a hydroponics system that was fed by my fishtank, it grew things wonderfully and even kept the fish tank looking sparkling clean. <3 

    I've got my mums bf coming over on Monday to help me make the rest of the fruit cage that the previous owners never finished building. It's only taken me 3 years.  Then I can get planting the peas and onions.  We're now setting out an area for pumpkins and courgettes too!  It was a very busy and painful weekend haha. 
  • onedayatatime
    onedayatatime Online Community Member Posts: 219 Empowering
    Very impressed with your fish tank/ hydroponics set up Albus_Scope 👍 I've grown those little summer squash before and little Kuri squash as well as courgette. There was a lot of plant for just a few veg 😂 But I was picking and eating the flowers, (lightly battered and fried.)👍  
    I've thrown down lots of mooli radish seeds earlier this year in an attempt to help break up all the clay soil in preparation for next year when hopefully I'll be able to perhaps do a bit more growing 👍 Got to be strict this year though so I don't get frustrated with not being able to keep up with the plants !


  • Albus_Scope
    Albus_Scope Posts: 8,327 Scope Online Community Coordinator
    Oooh, now that sounds delicious @onedayatatime I've seen people eating them on a few cooking shows. What do they taste like? I'm tempted to try our meganolia flowers if the little plant my sister just bought blooms this year.   

    Ah I didn't know radish was good for clay soil, I may have to look into that myself! I totally get what you mean with the frustration. The mind is willing, but the body is weak as the saying goes. I'm terrible for ordering tonnes of seeds, then being too tired to actually harvest anything.  :D 
  • Sandy_123
    Sandy_123 Scope Member Posts: 59,535 Championing
    Aldi also have some good garden stuff got me eye on some trellises coming out soon for about 7 quid
  • Teigr
    Teigr Online Community Member Posts: 4,621 Championing
    Home Bargains isn't bad for things like compost and small gardening tools;we buy most of our plants from the small nursery just down the road from us.

    Morrisons usually have a good selection too.
  • Sandy_123
    Sandy_123 Scope Member Posts: 59,535 Championing
    That looks gorgeous @teigr and the doggy 
  • Teigr
    Teigr Online Community Member Posts: 4,621 Championing
    It's literally bending under the weight of all the flowers @Sandy_123 and it's been the same since I planted it almost twenty years' ago.
  • Rosie_Scope
    Rosie_Scope Posts: 4,654 Scope Online Community Coordinator
    Gosh, that's a lot of flowers @Teigr! And such a bright colour. Looks great!
  • rubin16
    rubin16 Online Community Member, Scope Member Posts: 852 Championing
    Teigr said:
    One of our azaleas bloomed while we were away.

    Looks lovely, such bright and vibrant colours.
  • Sandy_123
    Sandy_123 Scope Member Posts: 59,535 Championing
    I'm going to look for some of them @teigr there gorgeous 
  • Teigr
    Teigr Online Community Member Posts: 4,621 Championing
    We have others in pots @Sandy_123,but they haven't flowered yet.
  • Sandy_123
    Sandy_123 Scope Member Posts: 59,535 Championing
    I'm going to take a pic of yours when I go looking nearer may to buy some plants
  • Albus_Scope
    Albus_Scope Posts: 8,327 Scope Online Community Coordinator
    Blimey @Teigr those are a tonne of lovely blooms! 
  • Albus_Scope
    Albus_Scope Posts: 8,327 Scope Online Community Coordinator
    I've just had a delivery of lots of carnivorous plant soil, so I can hopefully repot some of my baby Venus flytraps, sundew and pitcher plants in my raised bog garden. That'll keep the flies at bay this summer! 
  • Sandy_123
    Sandy_123 Scope Member Posts: 59,535 Championing
    I've just noticed the rhubarb has a bunch of flowers on I need to pull off or it stops it from growing 
  • stay_positive
    stay_positive Online Community Member Posts: 375 Empowering
    I love blueberries and would love to grow my own , we bought a small polytunnel with the intention of growing own veg etc, but haven't got round to it . I saw some blueberry bushes in B&Q , wondering how they would produce if in a polytunnel. We have a really sunny garden it has sunshine during summer all day . 
  • Albus_Scope
    Albus_Scope Posts: 8,327 Scope Online Community Coordinator
    I'm not sure about how well they'd grow in a polytunnel @stay_positive but by the sounds of things, you wouldn't need one in your garden, they'd love all that sun! 

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