🌷🌸🌷Gardening Corner🌷🌸🌷

Have you tried the cucamelons yet @Albus_Scope ?

They look like little alien pods.

I reckon my dog would eat them @Albus_Scope ,she's a big fan of cucumber and melon.

Tomato plants in hanging baskets reminded me of my experiment of growing tomatoes upside down in pots👍 You cut a hole in bottom of pot and insert young plant, hang it up and it grows hanging down. It frees up space but only works with certain varieties. Not the type I tried 😂 because it continually struggled to grow upwards and ended up like a grotesque tomato chandelier!! I've experimented with all sorts of veg growing with varies results over the years and I blame Pinterest!!

Love the idea of a fairy garden! I'm planning on a more sensory garden next year, I love the wildlife type garden because you can get away with a lot of disorganised chaos out there 😂 But as my old dog gets less able to go for walks, I thought I'd plan to make it a little more interesting out there for him next summer. He ate the wildlife pond I used to have when we got him. It was a 3ft deep, 10ft wide, lined with pond lining and with a lovely gentle pebbles slope (all thanks to my son) After plunging in it to keep cool during the summer, doggo discovered the edge of the lining and proceeded to eat/pull/dig his way through it 😂😂 Now I've a couple of raised troughs filled with water and reeds that attract dragonflies.

So I'm looking into more dog friendly plants, creating little pathways, little nooks and adding gently noises and smells. So it's back to Pinterest for ideas 👍

That sounds amazing @onebigvoice !!! Have you grown in ploytunnels before? I recommend a book called The Polytunnel Book by Joyce Russell 👍 As a "have a go' gardener, I got a copy with future intentions of setting up something to grow all year. It sounds like such a lovely garden full of potential!