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  • Andi66
    Andi66 Community Member Posts: 1,436 Championing

    Really proud of myself, I put together a metal raised bed,I got from amazon, and put some compost in, and planted the green runner beans plants , I grew from seed.had them on my window sill first. Then put them in slightly bigger pots into my small plastic green house and planted them out. Put copper tape round the bed to hopefully stop any slugs

  • Bluebell21
    Bluebell21 Community Member Posts: 3,658 Championing

    That sounds exciting @Andi66 you must feel a great sense of achievement growing things from seed.

    Nothing quite like eating food you have grown yourself.

  • WhatThe
    WhatThe Community Member, Scope Member Posts: 5,844 Championing
    https://forum.scope.org.uk/discussion/comment/1125903#Comment_1125903

    I have fond memories of digging the best new potatoes for tea and picking a few precious blackcurrants and gooseberries each year 😍

  • WhatThe
    WhatThe Community Member, Scope Member Posts: 5,844 Championing
    https://forum.scope.org.uk/discussion/comment/1125902#Comment_1125902

    The best companion plants for runner beans are

    sweet peas (to attract pollinators), nasturtiums (to draw aphids away), and summer savory or marigolds. These companions help maximize harvests by naturally boosting pollination and shielding your beans from common pests.

  • Bluebell21
    Bluebell21 Community Member Posts: 3,658 Championing
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    Rhododendron flowers are coming out now.

  • jennywren35
    jennywren35 Community Member Posts: 7 Listener

    The flowers look lovely

  • jennywren35
    jennywren35 Community Member Posts: 7 Listener

    I'm looking forward to the nice weather

  • Mary_Scope
    Mary_Scope Posts: 4,870 Scope Online Community Children and Family Specialists

    I went to B&M on Friday to get some new plants for the garden. I really love the colour of the pinky/purple ones on the left!

    A ground-level shot of a backyard patio against a wooden fence. On the left is a large, light-orange terracotta pot filled with a vibrant green plant sporting multiple tall, fuzzy, bright magenta plumes. To the right is another terracotta-colored pot containing small, dark green foliage with delicate white and purple flowers, flanked by two small solar panels propped on its rim. In the center, sitting directly on the hexagonal concrete patio stones, are two whimsical garden ornaments: a pair of wide-eyed gray owls on a small log, and a pair of brown squirrels perched together. A string of outdoor fairy lights draped in a loose wave runs across the wooden fence in the background.
  • Bluebell21
    Bluebell21 Community Member Posts: 3,658 Championing

    Your pots look lovely @Mary_Scope I like the purple flowers too.

  • Mary_Scope
    Mary_Scope Posts: 4,870 Scope Online Community Children and Family Specialists

    Thank you @Bluebell21, i thought they would make garden look a bit brighter😄 How is your garden doing in the heat?

  • Bluebell21
    Bluebell21 Community Member Posts: 3,658 Championing

    The established plants are doing ok, the pots I have to water daily @Mary_Scope

    Before the last couple of days of good weather we had quite a lot of rain so that has helped.

  • WhatThe
    WhatThe Community Member, Scope Member Posts: 5,844 Championing

    I'm not enjoying the water jets used for cleaning paving slabs around these parts. So noisy and wasteful.

  • WhatThe
    WhatThe Community Member, Scope Member Posts: 5,844 Championing

    Michael 🐄

    You're missed here and I hope you'll be back when you can 🌺

  • Andi66
    Andi66 Community Member Posts: 1,436 Championing
    https://forum.scope.org.uk/discussion/comment/1125903#Comment_1125903

    Yes, planted them outside, potatoes are growing, two tomato plants from seed are planted out., carrots coming through slowly. Just planted peppers. I also planted flowers, marigolds, I get my flowers from lidi as well

  • michael57
    michael57 Community Member Posts: 2,908 Championing
    https://forum.scope.org.uk/discussion/comment/1127673#Comment_1127673

    Back home now been dog sitting garden is looking good pics to come

  • WhatThe
    WhatThe Community Member, Scope Member Posts: 5,844 Championing
    edited May 26

    It's not just the lovely flowers we miss but your company and good humour too 🤗

  • Mary_Scope
    Mary_Scope Posts: 4,870 Scope Online Community Children and Family Specialists

    Lovely to see you back on the community @michael57!

    Looking forward to seeing your garden photos😄

  • Bluebell21
    Bluebell21 Community Member Posts: 3,658 Championing

    Glad you are back @michael57

  • michael57
    michael57 Community Member Posts: 2,908 Championing
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    Had a change this year petunia and lobelia

  • michael57
    michael57 Community Member Posts: 2,908 Championing
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    And a nice fushia basket in the middle

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