General Chat

just went out side to check my garden
and my broad beans i put at the back of my boarders
are over 7 inches tall

i only put them in about 4 weeks ago :-D

Joy, the OH put in 56 seeds down the allotment about a month ago, and all but 1 have germinated. I will be knee deep in them, when it is picking time. Set my tomato seeds in kitchen window sill, about 24th March, and they are over an inch high, and ready to produce their first pair of true leaves.
Aint it nice when you start to see seeds come through.

Julia in Derbyshire

none of mine have germinated yet :-( im loosing patients, iv been singing to them n everything :-S

Are you sure you or little man haven't dug them up to see if theya re growing Stray :-D :-D

Just recieved David Autins online newsletter on Roses,looks good,and have put in tomato plants,also I,ve bought a "Grafted Tomato" curious to see what they are like. drizzling today so the garden will get a nice wet.

Stray you only planted them last week give them time

Julia thats a very good amount to grow with only one none show
i hope it shows later

lol, fred, well were heading to sheffield end of june so will be with you in a day or so from then, i will bring you a tomato from my seeds, ive staggerd some, there in spare bedroom window sill where the sun shines, i have my bedroom window open so its to cold in my room

my runer beans are doing great up the canes, strawberry plants looking very healthy, peas are through carrots going feathery , potatoes growing in my sprout tub and pea tub, dont know how thats happened !! :-D

At last we have rain (but why Easter weekend) and we really did need it as we haven't had any for weeks one of my water butts is already empty.

JoyBoroAngel and Julia Mmmmmmmm broad beans, delicious in a salad when they are very young.

StrayKitten don't worry I'll bet by next week you'll see your radish, lettuce, beans and more showing signs of life

Merlin I have read about the grafted tomatoes, they sound pretty good but a tad expensive

Lorraine your doing well runner beans already up the canes are they in your tunnel

:-) :-) :-)

no Ann, honest we havent, altho iv wanted to but i wont lol,
x

Stop singing to them Stray - poor little things are frightened ;-) :-D

yes lesley i let them out if the sun is shining and back in at night, i suppose they can stay out once the danger of frost has gone.

sadley the frost had my peach blossom, guess it will harden for next spring. xx

morning all ,wow what a chilly weekend with no forays outside with my perishing sniffles,but it looks like today i may at least get out to put my Red Baron onions into the boxes,the other onions i will pick up from the disabled nursury on the way home from the sons.
Bummer about the loss of your peach blooms Lorr' ,but at least the tree is still hanging in there,maybe by next year there will be a better start to the growing season.
You can get your Broad bean off to a fling start ,in the open yet ,if you plant an early crop in late October,so that they show their heads before Christmas they usually harden off with the winter and shoot away in early March.ideal for the Midlands and the South :-).
It looks like i may have been lucky with the two trees in bloom ,no sign of the dreaded drop ,so i may have gotten away with it .
Hope everyone is having a great Easter ,and managing to relax a little ,even those poor people who are working over the holidays :-D.Fred.

haha you could be right Wend, they be thinking im not gon any closer to that awful noise, n staying under the compost lol,

My tomato seeds have been in for 4 weeks ,straight into the greenhouse buckets ,Stray ,and so far ,1 is showing it's pretty Italian head ,lol,so you have plenty of time yet.
Must admit though that i have put some spares in cups ,just in case ,if they all germinate ,i will put some in the garden as well.Fred. :-)

hello our fred, hope you are feeling a bit better , wish you to feel a lot better, i had the flu jab earlier in the year after a bout of supposedly swine flu last year , anyway you get better and get some northen sup a tea in ya strang enuf to blow your trousers off lol :-0

i have some tomato seeds germinating in front of my opened hot water tank in the airing cupboard, and about 5 that are getting there first pair of leaves in spare room window sill.

get well soon our fred xxx

hello gardeners, im going to do some potting off in me tunnel, in a bit, got some night scented stock needing thinning xxx :-D

i will stop worrying for now then, i planted enough for some to grow so ill just have to wait :-)

Yes stop worrying Stray, I planted carrots 3/4 weeks ago and they are just starting to germinate. The weather has them all of a dither. :-D No gardening here today, it hasn't stopped raining since we got up. Just popped to a new store called What? Apparently they have stores in Bristol and one other place. A bit like a cross between Dunelm, The range and a pound shop. They have taken over a Focus store. But the world and his wife were in there today, the car park was heaving, I would guess the combination of a new store, a wet day and people not being able to go anywhere yesterday. They were doing well though. Bought Nasturtium seed for 79p, 10 large plant labels for 90p, a seeded coconut half for the birds for 79p, four lots of craft stickers two for £1 so not bad really.

Lesley, I only bought one just to see how it goes, they are a bit pricey,but its just a one off.And Stray , can you please stop your catawalling to the plants, its affecting them down here in Sussex. :-D :-D

Stray, I meant to ask you before, but do you put hats on them at night. I do with mine.

Julia in Derbyshire

:-S no just a blanket :-D