General Chat

Have you checked the P H of the soil Puss,Camelia like an alkaline soil,no good for putting anywhere where lime has been used,you need an Eridacious potting compost,like you would use for Rhodedendrons. :-)
Arrived down in oxford okay but the dongle signal is shocking
Julia ,if you want stuff to grow better in the spring ,things like Spring onions,start in autumn ,under glass or plastic,garlic ditto,and start Beetroot in a greenhouse in Feb' along with your lettuce . :-)

Jan, i cant wait till mine are ready the taste is much better, hoping my parsnips do better this yr, all my potatos are up

my camelia palnt is 3 yrs ild its very slow growing some leaves seem unhealthy and it didnt flower this year, should i change to compost, well get specky to do it xx

I shall soon be potting up my 'Living Salad Bar' (AnninGlos).
To put in it I have,
Garlic
Rainbow Chard (for young Leaves
Spring Onions,
Round Radish
Round Carrots.
Red and Green Lettuce
Orange Peppers
Orange/Yellow Tomatoes.
and Beetroot (for small leaves
We do not like cucumber, so I do not grow it.
I would just like some of the things to plant, to be abit bigger.
Oh, I have hanging baskets of strawberries, and more tomatoes, and this year, put new herbs in pots. I even managed to get a Horseradish Plant.
So, I shall be looking forward to my salads this year, more than ever.
Been outdoors gardening all day, and hope so tomorrow as well, weather permitting. We have had nice sunshine today, but it is bitter cold when not in the sun.
Happy gardening each and all
Julia in Derbyshire

PS. Forgot to mention that I managed to get a couple of packets of the Paris Silverskin Onions, and have set only one packet, as there are such alot of seeds per packet. So, one left for next year.

Been so busy in the garden haven't had time to come on this thread !!! Those daffodils that we "found"in the greenhouse. well they have mostly about 90% flowered so we are quite pleased. Pulled our first leeks today, having them for dinner tonite, only baby ones, but frankly I prefer them

Have a lovely weekend, whatever the weather !

Jan

Lol!!!

Ann they love it
mind they do cheat with the maze
one the skinny one puts her head in the top and steals the food

instead of working for a reward lol

Aah sounds interesting and does puss like what you have so far?

Thank you I will look at the site.

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Edit how clever is that.
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Ann its just Canadian rye grass on its own you grow it
in a special fancy three part pot for my cats as they don't go out
its part of a sensory toy set i have been buying them by catit

Anita showed me the starter kit and i have bought two parts every week since
there's a snake track with a ball
luminous balls sound balls
a feeding maze a sensory massager
and next week a special circular scratch pad then its complete

lesley its for cats to eat :-)

http://www.hagen.com/uk/cats/addinfo/catit_design_senses.cfm

ive had some beautiful lupin plants come ive grown from seed, strawberries are about to flower, lots of mallow plants,and the weeds in my pollytunnel are doing great x :-D

Merlin, sorry if it sounded as though I was knocking purple sprouting water, I wasn't, I was just saying it's not for me.

Lesley, don,t knock,it, years ago Hot Cabbage Water with Pepper in it was all the go to help cure a cold,didnt taste to bad either, as for plants, I,ve got loads of seedlings ready to plant but the ground is far to wet ,hope it dries out a bit soon. :-S

do you mean various grasses Joy or a part of the garden put to rye grass with wild flowers?

JoyBoroAngel.

What is a grass garden?
:-S :-S :-S

i am so excited my grass gardens come and i have put it together
and its in the green house germinating

Canadian rye grass the best for what i am using it for :-)

ahh fred i lurve parsnips with honey on, then i add sugar so it caramalises it, thats my only norty fatty thing i eat xx

my back gardens coming on nice now
though i havent got round to spraying my decking yet
i have bought some tumbling toms to go in my hanging pots

and my pumpkins have germinated really nicely now
my onions are as big as a tangerine now so looking good
i was going to put the hanging baskets of flowers out
but its threatening night frost here still :-D :-D

thanku all for info, think i will wait a bit longer, ive got cauliflowers under a cold frame atm, i believe they are dsifficult, mum has given me some corgette and new runner beans as specky murderd my others with salt. :-0

Not too keen on the sprouting and prefer the Calabrese ,the variety that gives a big main head ,then produces side shoots until mid November ,so i could ,and will substitute that for the tart making ,lol.
Parsnips are a must in this house ,used for many dishes ,including parsnip and curried Swede soup [a real belter].
Just put my Brussel and Calabrese plants out today ,and all my Tomato are well away ,with enough Sugar plum left for putting out in the garden in big buckets ,head cut out to produce bushes
Looks like my cabbages will be ready to transplant as soon as i get back from my week in Oxfordshire.oh ,and i have just had my wrist slapped for nicking one of the Asparagus heads from the garden ,caught by God ,eating it raw .slurp . ;-) :-D

I won't foreget Fred, I planted 5 of the Dolmio seeds only 1 has germinated and it does look a strong plant.

Purple sprouting K know your talking I love it, one of my friends drinks the water that the sprouting has been cooked in, uhg.

:-) :-) :-)