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Old 20-05-2010, 07:24 PM
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Right to left Garlic Chive + mint, allium, dwarf peas


Dwarf bean and rosemary


big mini greenhouse


Bottom to top: spinach, stock + hosta, calendula, cornflower, echenecia, chard in trays


Bottom to top: carrot, spare peas + spinach, 1 sweet pea, 1 nasturtium, freshly sown sweet peas, tray of grass.


strawberry, coriander, parsley, nasturtium 9now moved to hanging basket. the snails enjoyed the now empty marigold pot

my lovely orchid which has just flowered. its the first flower spike i've grown
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Old 25-05-2010, 09:07 PM
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I love your pictures, it's really interesting to guess what they are by sight and then work it out from the descriptions. I'm definitely better at identifying things now than this time last year.

I noticed you are growing nasturium and calendula....were you planning on eating them?

I am growing calendula also and borage with the hopes of eating some tasty flowers
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Old 26-05-2010, 08:52 PM
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I'm actually growing a lot of it for my rabbit to eat although I may give the flowers a try myself

On another note editor, I meant to call the thread 'yarden' its not a garden its a yard
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Old 26-05-2010, 09:33 PM
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Please do we can compare notes
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On another note editor, I meant to call the thread 'yarden' its not a garden its a yard

Sorry!! The Y and G keys are next to each other on the keyboard so I thought you had caught the wrong key!!
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Old 28-05-2010, 04:28 PM
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Hi Jeny,

Where did you get the flexi-greenhouse from and did the shelving come as standard? I am going hunting for one tomorrow

Thanks!
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Have you eaten flowers before?
Well maybe the odd rose petal as a kid, but no not really, so I have a clean notebook
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Old 29-05-2010, 10:57 AM
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Where did you get the flexi-greenhouse from and did the shelving come as standard? I am going hunting for one tomorrow

Thanks!
Wilkinsons, the catalogue said they are only available til the end of May so be quick!

Frame, shelves and cover for £30
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Old 02-06-2010, 12:21 PM
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loving your YARDEN

I had a great 14x4 foot YARDEN years ago in Sunny Sydney
which I BUILT .....on part of my big- ALL CONCRETE - back yard

I lived there for just 12 months ~and that is where I grew my my FIRST Ever and ONLY vegetable ~A YOUNG vegetable seedling plant ~ A Wonderful cucumber plant ~
and by golly that one baby plant soon created enough long delicious cucumbers daily ~that summer ~ to feed the whole neighbourhood

This year I decided to try growing some vegetables again... and getting a greenhouse~ ended up getting
2 ......of the -BEST EVER- In QUALITY-LOOKS n PRICE
WILKINSON'S ~MINI 4 Tier Greenhouses
and re-created them to make 3 brill Great looking and MEGA useful items for my garden
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Old 02-06-2010, 10:21 PM
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You'll have to get some pics up!!

Mam text me earlier, said she has 3 lavender for me.
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Old 21-06-2010, 09:53 PM
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Top (L-R)
Garlic chive & calendula, various, basket (chard, sweetpea, dwarf pea), rabbit grass
Middle (L-R)
Nasturtium (I've eaten one, it was peppery orange flavour), strawbs (powdery mildew is rife ) and lavender, chamomile and echinecia, chive & parsely
Bottom (L-R)
Dandelion and sunflower (one poking through - yay), marigold (sad), carrot, broccoli
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Old 21-06-2010, 10:30 PM
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Your yarden looks lovely, adoring all the pictures.
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Old 21-06-2010, 10:40 PM
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It's a bit of a mess at the moment, am going to move the greenhouse when a spider has birthed her babies from behind the smaller one which i want to move... i accidentally moved it the other day and felt bad that i had disturbed her.
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