Nice to get out in the garden!

[everydayupsanddowns]

Much nicer now the temperature has bumped up a bit!

Loving your handiwork @SB2015 - looks great!

 

[eggyg]

I have been busy in the garden too! My ground is so dry I have been having to get the hose pipe out,

We have been watering the raised beds all week. We’ve carrots, onions, garlic, lettuce, spring onions, beetroot, leeks, cauliflower in so far. Some look like they might come to nothing I’m afraid. It’s nice that the Bramley apple has blossomed, was worried the frost had got it.

 

[Billy Bob]

Finished my upcycled pallet planters

 

[everydayupsanddowns]

Finished my upcycled pallet planters

Looks great @Billy Bob

Palettes are great! Inspired by a ‘mining cart‘ occasional table in a quirky holiday cottage we had stayed at, my daughter and I spent a happy afternoon restyling a palette into a little table of our own a few years back. Perfect for drinks!

 

[Ditto]

I used my new from the charity shop Flymo yesterday and I'm ever so pleased with it. Cracking job of the grass. My bro thought we'd need a scythe. Bargain at £40 as it was one I wanted last year and couldn't afford it. I have a Flymo fetish, I could start a museum. 🙂

 

[Clifton]

Some super gardening and great green fingering! Great kudos - far more skilled than me...

I am a recent gardening convert as I find it very cathartic and a great stress reliever as well as a blood glucose leveller...

My long suffering wife has done all the hard work and I just do as I'm told although I'm learning as quickly as I can! (Apparently I complain too much ).

The place was a barren mess when we moved in during 2019 and during our lockdowns it was an absolute god send especially for our 8 year old twins.

Here's to the gardeners and their assistants the country over...

 

[Ditto]

Fab. I likes that. 🙂

 

[Billy Bob]

Finished my upcycled pallet plantersView attachment 16823

So a bit of advice wanted I'm not to good on knowing what plants are are good to go in my planter ?
The Mrs wants roses that climb ? I thought clementis or some other climbers that would go with roses the planter is about 1.5 metres long x 500mm wide and about 300mm deep .
Any Ideas and suggestions

 

[Ditto]

I put my rose pic on the other thread. I fail at forums. Thank you for finding this

 

[Leadinglights]

Anybody recognise what this is the backend of, caught on camera in garden. Is it a rat?

 

[Ditto]

Anybody recognise what this is the backend of, caught on camera in garden. Is it a rat?

Looks like one to me. Cuddly.

 

[Ditto]

So a bit of advice wanted I'm not to good on knowing what plants are are good to go in my planter ?
The Mrs wants roses that climb ? I thought clementis or some other climbers that would go with roses the planter is about 1.5 metres long x 500mm wide and about 300mm deep .
Any Ideas and suggestions

I would go with the Clematis as I luv them. I've got a few.

 

[Robin]

So a bit of advice wanted I'm not to good on knowing what plants are are good to go in my planter ?
The Mrs wants roses that climb ? I thought clementis or some other climbers that would go with roses the planter is about 1.5 metres long x 500mm wide and about 300mm deep .
Any Ideas and suggestions

Clematis like their roots to be cool, and their heads in the sun, so if the base of the planter is in the sun, they may not like it. They can suffer from something called Clematis Wilt if they are stressed, where the whole plant looks lovely one day, and the next suddenly keels over. It’s not dead, and will recover the next year, but you’ve lost the flowers for that year.

 

[Ditto]

I just cover the roots of mine with a big stone, they seem to thrive okay. 🙂 I've got one that is positively rampant and grown in a container with old compost and in the sun so you never know. I will post pics when it flowers.

 

[Deleted member 21371]

Finished my upcycled pallet plantersView attachment 16823

That looks excellent. I'm inspired to copy you. I've a plum tree in a pot that needs moving on, and various plants that need support.
I've a planter/tub garden, so far it's tomatoes, chillies, herbs, blueberries and a plum tree, but it's been a bit hit and miss with the weather and the watering, and running out of space in the small pots. The water is on a timer, but some plants have been over watered with the thunder storms)
@everydayupsanddowns - more inspiration from your tree in the background. I have one getting out of hand, that I intended to chop down. With some selective pruning/surgery, I reckon it could be formed into a shelter/climbing plant support!

 

[Billy Bob]

So I went a bit manic on making planters but I like them and they are beginning to look blooming marvellous

 

[Ditto]

Fabulous, so neat. This is when I wish I had a fella. My garden is always ramshackle and heathrobinson.

 

[Billy Bob]

Fabulous, so neat. This is when I wish I had a fella. My garden is always ramshackle and heathrobinson.

Thanks here are some more pics with clementis

 

[Deleted member 21371]

I like the raised pond.
I feel a water feature coming on!

 

[Ditto]

Gorgeous and all flowering already?! 🙂