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  • michael57
    michael57 Online Community Member Posts: 1,297 Championing
    edited March 4
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    And another one for the garden humble pie tonight with my dawnie

  • Teigr
    Teigr Online Community Member Posts: 4,889 Championing
    edited March 4

    Dry and sunny here today,I'm going to tidy up the rockery.

  • Sandy_123
    Sandy_123 Scope Member Posts: 62,576 Championing
    edited March 4

    Ill wait till Saturday it's going to be at least 13 then

  • Mary_Scope
    Mary_Scope Posts: 1,146 Scope Online Community Children and Family Specialists
    edited March 4

    I'm hoping to go to the garden centre this weekend to pick up some new seeds ready to plant. for the warmer weather

    Does anybody have good recommends for a gardening newbie? The only thing I have managed to grow really with success is runner beans!

  • michael57
    michael57 Online Community Member Posts: 1,297 Championing
    edited March 4
    https://forum.scope.org.uk/discussion/comment/986362#Comment_986362

    its all trial and error try to grow what you like and learn by the mistakes you will make i am an old man and i still make them i have a competition with the tackers next door with sunflowers i grow them pot them up give them to them so they can look after them and learn winner gets a pound costs me 3 pound every year haha but they ask questions and thats how they learn better than having them playing computer games all the time

  • JW77
    JW77 Online Community Member Posts: 181 Empowering
    edited March 4

    A busy day in the garden today, got a tray of primroses & wallflowers planted & watered in. Although frosty this morning they'll be fine. 2 lovely thornless blackberries in the garden also got new growth tied back to the trellis. Surprisingly easy to grow if you just get the pruning right. And delicious

    Best tool/aid I bought recently is a folding kneeling stool, doubles as kneeling pad or a perch. Got plenty of use today..

    Although, so sunny I actually went and put sunblock on to prevent getting burnt!

    Potatoes are chitting. I was gonna do more but I've run out of grit.. I've go cuttings to take, seeds to sow, plants to pot on, and repot!
    So a trip to the nursery on Tuesday.. More mulch needed as well.

    I'm waiting for a new mini greenhouse cover to arrive, although if its a really bad fit (I hope not) its a new greenhouse.

    I have more seeds than I know what to do with, and also hold a stock (bags full) for a local charity, so if anyone needs anything. let me know & I'll see what I can do.. We always have too many.

    Anyway enough of my ramblings.. A few dry days but some rain will turn up!!!

  • JW77
    JW77 Online Community Member Posts: 181 Empowering
    edited March 4
    https://forum.scope.org.uk/discussion/comment/986362#Comment_986362

    Hi Mary
    I can recommend subscribing to the Thrive newsletter. https://www.thrive.org.uk/get-gardening

    Peas & beans are pretty easy, although as a rule grow stuff you want to eat:) And salad crops.

    I have a fantastic perennial kale plant, but there's only so much kale a person can eat.

    If you have space you could consider some fruit bushes, or dwarf trees.. Or 'stopover' fruit trees.
    Rhubarb is pretty foolproof as well..

  • Sandy_123
    Sandy_123 Scope Member Posts: 62,576 Championing
    edited March 4

    Been a great day for the garden, sadly my mower decided not to join me for this season, so on the hunt for another one.

  • michael57
    michael57 Online Community Member Posts: 1,297 Championing

    Back up to the top should be a sticky for spring and summer

  • michael57
    michael57 Online Community Member Posts: 1,297 Championing
    edited March 4
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    One more for the collection

  • Bluebell21
    Bluebell21 Online Community Member, Scope Member Posts: 10,140 Championing
    edited March 4

    Beautiful flower @michael57

  • michael57
    michael57 Online Community Member Posts: 1,297 Championing
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    Not dawnies cup of tea but I like it

  • Bluebell21
    Bluebell21 Online Community Member, Scope Member Posts: 10,140 Championing

    Not sure what has happened here there was a pink flower seems to have disappeared.

  • Holly_Scope
    Holly_Scope Posts: 1,694 Scope Online Community Coordinator
    edited March 4

    Gorgeous flower @michael57. What flower is it?

  • Albus_Scope
    Albus_Scope Posts: 9,376 Scope Online Community Coordinator
    edited March 4

    Oh that's pretty! It looks a bit like a strawflower?


    I should have a bundle of seeds arriving today. Lots of wildflowers, then some veggies to get in the ground at the weekend. And of course, I'll need to plant the 4th generation of giant sunflowers, aka "The Children of Gigantor" 😁

  • michael57
    michael57 Online Community Member Posts: 1,297 Championing
    edited March 4
    https://forum.scope.org.uk/discussion/comment/991354#Comment_991354

    one of 3 new dahlias for the collection i tell dawnie when they turn up haha she buys wool to crochet for the hospitals i buy plants for the wildlife

  • Bluebell21
    Bluebell21 Online Community Member, Scope Member Posts: 10,140 Championing
    edited March 4

    What is happening on this thread there was a pink flower that I commented on by Michael then it went then it came back now it has gone again? @Holly_Scope

  • Albus_Scope
    Albus_Scope Posts: 9,376 Scope Online Community Coordinator

    Everything's fine @Bluebell21 there's also this gardening discussion.

  • Holly_Scope
    Holly_Scope Posts: 1,694 Scope Online Community Coordinator
    edited March 4

    That's really lovely of you both. I bet the hospital really appreciates the crochet work dawnie does! ☺️

  • michael57
    michael57 Online Community Member Posts: 1,297 Championing
    https://forum.scope.org.uk/discussion/comment/991374#Comment_991374

    could you perhaps join the 2 threads together and make it a sticky

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