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By *irtydevil666 OP   Man
over a year ago

bristol

So with the weather on the change is there any gardeners on fab......or like me are you have a go and see what grows.....

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"So with the weather on the change is there any gardeners on fab......or like me are you have a go and see what grows..... "

I haven't got a garden but got some flowers for my balcony. Some are blooming now so I can classify myself as greenfingerd

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By *orthern StarsCouple
over a year ago

Durham

I have some pots that I plant up. I have a big garden but it's just grass thankfully. I wouldn't have the time to tend to lots of plants and bushes, and as for ing, no thanks.

Mrs

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By *hatYorkLadMan
over a year ago

York

I don't enjoy gardening at all but I also don't like my garden to look like a shit tip so I make fairly frequent effort to keep it looking cared for. Grass cut, hedges cut or shaped, borders tidy etc

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

yes us cant wait to get garden sorted

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By *a LunaWoman
over a year ago

South Wales

Plant pot garden potterer here. Fairly new to it. Got into it over lockdown last year. Large garden with different areas for different things, but I’m concentrating my efforts on the bits my mum can get too (poor mobility) so she can sit out in the Summer and see some flowers.

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By *ickeyblueeyes7Man
over a year ago

newport

Self employed gardener here if any one in Newport or Cardiff areas needs theirs tended too

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Enjoyed doing a bit of gardening during lockdown. Not a big or knowledgeable gardener, but good escapism from home-working

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By *rambuie100Man
over a year ago

essex/suffolk border

Sun is shining here. Been out in the garden. Planted all my onion sets, that have been pre-sprouted. Got 8 runner bean seedlings sunbathing happily with the ickle cabbage seedlings. Chillies being stubborn.

New potatoes in their bags already. Maincrop spuds chitting away nicely. Bag time for them soon

Good luck fellow gardeners

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By *ady LickWoman
over a year ago

Northampton Somewhere

I guess I could be called green fingered. I love my garden but it's big and hard work, worth it though.

A recent addition is a couple of white camelias and a new patch dug out for some more vegetables

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By *isAdventure69Woman
over a year ago

Hampshire

My mint isn't growing ... roll on the Mojitos

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"I guess I could be called green fingered. I love my garden but it's big and hard work, worth it though.

A recent addition is a couple of white camelias and a new patch dug out for some more vegetables "

I bought a hybrid camellia that is supposed to have both red & white flowers. Need to wait a few years for it to grow and flower properly, but if it does should look wonderful

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By *ampshirehotwifeWoman
over a year ago

Hampshire

I have a habit of planting things in the wrong place....ie... I planted a eucalyptus tree at the end of the garden and the roots undermined the brick wall and put a crack in it. I also planted a budlea bush by my rotary washing line and now it no longer rotates due to the big bush!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I've got a secret garden in my attic under some artifical lights, shush don't tell anybody

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By *olourpurpleMan
over a year ago

Waterford


"So with the weather on the change is there any gardeners on fab......or like me are you have a go and see what grows..... "

What are you hoping to grow?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I'm a big gardener but unfortunately because I'm ill, I won't be growing as much this year. I will have to pay someone to help me to keep it looking beautiful.

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By *irtydevil666 OP   Man
over a year ago

bristol


"So with the weather on the change is there any gardeners on fab......or like me are you have a go and see what grows.....

What are you hoping to grow? "

Anything that takes my fancy if I see a plant I tend to buy one and find a space and plant it up and see what happens..... sporadic I guess...always enjoy growing runner beans....

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By *irtydevil666 OP   Man
over a year ago

bristol


"Enjoyed doing a bit of gardening during lockdown. Not a big or knowledgeable gardener, but good escapism from home-working "

Yes I am not really a knowledgeable one trial and error but it really helped in lockdown almost a therapy....and lucky to have a small garden as I know some don't have one....

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By *irtydevil666 OP   Man
over a year ago

bristol

And thou it is a garden it is all concrete so all my growing is done in various pots containers made up things etc.....

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By *ady LickWoman
over a year ago

Northampton Somewhere


"My mint isn't growing ... roll on the Mojitos "

Mine looks dead atm but I'm going to cut it right down, it should grow back. Mint is very w33d like! Lovely in mojitos or on potatoes!

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By *rambuie100Man
over a year ago

essex/suffolk border


"And thou it is a garden it is all concrete so all my growing is done in various pots containers made up things etc....."

Cool. My veg patch/raised beds and planters are all made of recycled pallets and site waste wood. Even made the picket fencing out of pallets

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By *irtydevil666 OP   Man
over a year ago

bristol


"And thou it is a garden it is all concrete so all my growing is done in various pots containers made up things etc.....

Cool. My veg patch/raised beds and planters are all made of recycled pallets and site waste wood. Even made the picket fencing out of pallets "

Yea I have things rigged up from pallets recycling gardening....

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"My mint isn't growing ... roll on the Mojitos

Mine looks dead atm but I'm going to cut it right down, it should grow back. Mint is very w33d like! Lovely in mojitos or on potatoes! "

Try spiking the earth around it with a garden fork. Mint likes airy roots and the soil will have settled and compacted over winter.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I'm a professional gardener, which means my own garden is the last to get done and is currently in a bit of a state

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By *rambuie100Man
over a year ago

essex/suffolk border


"And thou it is a garden it is all concrete so all my growing is done in various pots containers made up things etc.....

Cool. My veg patch/raised beds and planters are all made of recycled pallets and site waste wood. Even made the picket fencing out of pallets

Yea I have things rigged up from pallets recycling gardening...."

Nice work .. saves a bloody fortune

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By *irtydevil666 OP   Man
over a year ago

bristol


"I'm a professional gardener, which means my own garden is the last to get done and is currently in a bit of a state "

We will all be picking your brains...

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"So with the weather on the change is there any gardeners on fab......or like me are you have a go and see what grows..... "

I got really into gardening in the first lockdown. Now I have an allotment. I still have no idea but I made potatoes last year. Lol

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By *elethWoman
over a year ago

Gloucestershire

Love gardening! I try to do it along permaculture/organic principles. Have failed to achieve anything yet this year, except not killing the rampant self seeding chard

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By *layfullsamMan
over a year ago

Solihull


"So with the weather on the change is there any gardeners on fab......or like me are you have a go and see what grows..... "

Have a go and see what happens, I've hot chilli plants and tomatoes sorted now.

Well known for helping mum out and removing flowers and leaving s !

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By *rHotNottsMan
over a year ago

Dubai & Nottingham

Gonna plant a couple of cherry trees and hundreds of rare tulips this year, been waiting a few years but finally have some south facing land

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By *2000ManMan
over a year ago

Worthing

I find it very relaxing and a great way to relax. I've planted tomato seeds and got my surviving strawberry plants into the sunshine. Also planted some wild flower seeds.

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By *renzMan
over a year ago

Between Chichester and Havant


"I have a habit of planting things in the wrong place....ie... I planted a eucalyptus tree at the end of the garden and the roots undermined the brick wall and put a crack in it. I also planted a budlea bush by my rotary washing line and now it no longer rotates due to the big bush! "

My fingers are quite green at present, until I get home and wash them!

Eucalyptus are well known for that, you should have pollarded it to keep it small.

Buddleia should also be pruned annually, otherwise they get too big and break out. Save having your smalls with bush growing out of them too!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Im not bad... I have learnt a lot from a club at work I've been volunteering at for the last 8 years. We have exhibited and won awards as a team at Rhs Wisley, Rhs Hampton Court and even a gold at Chelsea.

I started to have more success when I realised things generally want to grow.

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By *ady LickWoman
over a year ago

Northampton Somewhere


"My mint isn't growing ... roll on the Mojitos

Mine looks dead atm but I'm going to cut it right down, it should grow back. Mint is very w33d like! Lovely in mojitos or on potatoes!

Try spiking the earth around it with a garden fork. Mint likes airy roots and the soil will have settled and compacted over winter. "

I'm on it

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By *ampshirehotwifeWoman
over a year ago

Hampshire


"I have a habit of planting things in the wrong place....ie... I planted a eucalyptus tree at the end of the garden and the roots undermined the brick wall and put a crack in it. I also planted a budlea bush by my rotary washing line and now it no longer rotates due to the big bush!

My fingers are quite green at present, until I get home and wash them!

Eucalyptus are well known for that, you should have pollarded it to keep it small.

Buddleia should also be pruned annually, otherwise they get too big and break out. Save having your smalls with bush growing out of them too! "

I've just trimmed my bush!

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By *offiaCoolWoman
over a year ago

Kidsgrove

I lose hours pootling in the garden. When the weather is nice, I faff around from dawn to dusk.

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By *irtydevil666 OP   Man
over a year ago

bristol


"I lose hours pootling in the garden. When the weather is nice, I faff around from dawn to dusk."

Great to faff about in them

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By *renzMan
over a year ago

Between Chichester and Havant


"I have a habit of planting things in the wrong place....ie... I planted a eucalyptus tree at the end of the garden and the roots undermined the brick wall and put a crack in it. I also planted a budlea bush by my rotary washing line and now it no longer rotates due to the big bush!

My fingers are quite green at present, until I get home and wash them!

Eucalyptus are well known for that, you should have pollarded it to keep it small.

Buddleia should also be pruned annually, otherwise they get too big and break out. Save having your smalls with bush growing out of them too!

I've just trimmed my bush! "

Can't beat a trimmed bush! All neat and tidy.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I'm a seed merchant

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By *offiaCoolWoman
over a year ago

Kidsgrove


"I lose hours pootling in the garden. When the weather is nice, I faff around from dawn to dusk.

Great to faff about in them"

I haven't got a competitive bone in my body, nor do I formally exercise.

If 'faffing' became an olympic sport, I would get a gold

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I do a lot of ing. Looking forward to getting some nice flowers for the garden early summer.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Thinking about asparagus this year but it is a three year commitment......

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By *ancave69Man
over a year ago

London

Never had a garden before.. Moved into a place with 100 ft garden now tropical banana trees ferns palms... Learning curve but seems to be working

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By *irtydevil666 OP   Man
over a year ago

bristol


"Never had a garden before.. Moved into a place with 100 ft garden now tropical banana trees ferns palms... Learning curve but seems to be working "

Sounds good

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Peppers and tomatoes all we grow. Ghost

Reaper

Jalapeno

Scotch bonnet.

Make our own hotsauce.

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By *irtydevil666 OP   Man
over a year ago

bristol


"Peppers and tomatoes all we grow. Ghost

Reaper

Jalapeno

Scotch bonnet.

Make our own hotsauce."

Very nice

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"Peppers and tomatoes all we grow. Ghost

Reaper

Jalapeno

Scotch bonnet.

Make our own hotsauce.

Very nice "

Fun to experiment with different fruits ect... Made a blueberry scotch bonnet one that is my favorite for pork.

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By *ady LickWoman
over a year ago

Northampton Somewhere


"Thinking about asparagus this year but it is a three year commitment...... "

And the rest!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Being a foreigner I always confuse green fingers and five finger discount

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