giffgaff grow our own corner 2020 our 4th year running!!

bluemoonbaz

bulletthebluesky341 A friend suggested I should advertise 'working holidays' - bramble clearing for room and board and fabulous views haha.

That's a great idea mate , seen that done before successfully.
Sounds like your going to have a future food haul with the space you have now.
Looking forward to seeing your harvests.

The wifes like the idea of me turning the garden over to food and iam thinking more wildflowers and a bench / summerhouse 😅😅

Let's see who wins :🤔

bulletthebluesky341

bluemoonbaz
Could you not do half and half? Then you can sit on your bench, amongst the wildflowers and watch your food grow :-)

caro120

bluemoonbaz

I thought of fruit trees years ago but by then had planted shrubs in our little space and now they trees so would proved difficult to uproot... so beautiful too.

Got a camellia in a dustbin, if it dies off any more might pop a ballerina apple tree in there, already got blueberry bush. Don't know why council can't plant fruit trees out in parks, even if they get stripped at least going to use and maybe even the birds would get a bit?...

bluemoonbaz

bulletthebluesky341
Great idea and one I shall put forward as my own plan 😉 as we have plenty of room for both .

bulletthebluesky341

bluemoonbaz
I'll look forward to seeing how you get on.

frenchielove

bluemoonbaz we did this in our borders a few years back as I wanted to be kinder to nature, it isn't easy though. You can buy wildflower turf which looks good. Eventually ours had to be taken up as it never amounted to anything and we did everything properly. Good luck with yours, now I just have patches of thyme, mint, lavender lemon balm that sort of stuff

bluemoonbaz

frenchielove Good luck with yours, now I just have patches of thyme, mint, lavender lemon balm that sort of stuff

That sounds like a better option and thank you for the advice .
Goes even better with my plan of a bench or summerhouse

andyslc

bluemoonbaz I d definitely go with herbs and if you want bees and insects then lavender and rosemary are winners. Careful with the mint and lemon balm though as they go mad if allowed to roam free.

Once established you can pick fresh herbs for cooking or cut and dry for later use. Plus they’re really easy to grow 👍

frenchielove

andyslc you are right, my mint is in a pot, lemon balm not so bad for us, I make tea with it, love herbs, the thyme is wonderful

andyslc

frenchielove fennel’s another good one for tea. Can use the leaves or the seeds. Just have to watch out for the seeds as it self seeds really easily so you ll end up with it everywhere if you don’t harvest them. This winter has been so mild my fennel is still growing.

ijustcantdoit

bulletthebluesky341 The first batches of seeds of the year have been planted in pots and trays in the conservatory (no greenhouse here as yet), and the blueberry, rhubarb, asparagus and gooseberry plants that I brought with me in pots are already showing signs of new life. I transplanted some of the dwarf fruit trees and strawberry plants that I had previously grown in pots, bare rooted, and put those into water on Monday evening to bring them out of dormancy. They will all be planted up tomorrow.

Wow fantastic a proper oasis , well jealous
Maybe in the future for me but I will be watching with interest and gaining some tips 🙂

kathleen414

Hiya fab to see the thread again 🧡🤗🧡
Not had time to get on top of my little place and I have cheated because it looked so bleak and bought some colour .😞😞
But I will have a try at some seeds in the window and get back into the groove

bluemoonbaz

kathleen414 if it gives you heads up on starting Kath it's better than not bothering .
Share us your photos

karenyates

All this talk of gardening makes me feel happy, soon the end of the cold,dark days will soon be behind us.🤞
The tubs will be filled with (shop bought)colour,unfortunately growing from seed,was never very successful for me.☺

frenchielove

karenyates when I am out walking it cheers me up to see peoples tubs and baskets

bluemoonbaz

frenchielove definitely put you in a happy frame of mind

alexandra_mg

ijustcantdoit Hiya!

We are going to be doing our garden this year, so will definitely be taking some inspiration from this thread! 😃

I did pick up a windowsill planter, so I am hoping that the Basil, Coriander, Chives and Parsley (I don't have the best track record for keeping plants alive!) will grow! 🙂

bluemoonbaz

alexandra_mg
Your not alone , but we have some very knowledgeable growers here Alexandra who are only to happy to guide us .

alexandra_mg

bluemoonbaz Ah super! That's really handy to know 🙂 I got myself a Ginseng Bonsai Plant today, popped it in the Convservatory. There is something so nice about having plants/flowers in the home 🙂

chand311

ijustcantdoit my mom n sister used to do some flower plants and ginger, onions and we had two big trees of mango and guava as well.

kathleen414

chand311 my mom n sister used to do some flower plants and ginger, onions and we had two big trees of mango and guava as well.

Are you going to have a try at emulating them ?
Never had guava I don't think , is it nice

chand311

kathleen414 they were back in my home country years ago, mum has passed away and sister got married in here UK.

formulaone

Awesomeness! 🙂