Busy-Lizzie

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I didn't know they did self-catering, we went in 2011 for the garden. This is their website http://www.hiddenvalleygardens.co.uk/

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This was one of my favourite private ones, think it was called "Hidden Valley".

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Well done to both of you. 3rd's pretty good isn't it? - especially overall.

That garden looks lovely Salino. We didn't know about it when we went to Cornwall 2 years ago, but we went to Heligan and the Eden project.

Greenhouse Advice

I have polycarbonate because I have horses in a stony paddock next door and they gallop about. But it doesn't look as nice as glass. Half of mine is dug bed which I grow tomatoes in, but I change the soil from time to time and add compost and rotted manure when planting. In spring I put trestles with planks on as a temporary table for putting my baby plants on, then when they go in the cold frames to harden off I remove the tables and plant the indoor tomatoes. The other side of the central path has permanent staging and a potting bench.

Sweetcorn

I've never tried it, I 've heard you can grow squashes under sweetcorn. Brassicas don't mind a bit of shade. Give it a go and let us know!

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Morning all.

I hope you have a lovely time in Cornwall, Dove. We went there mid June 2 years ago, but it was too late for all the rhodos and azaleas.We visited 9 gardens! Fantastic. I liked some of the privately owned ones that you don't hear as much about, such as a nice lady who had a national clematis collection on the outskirts of Truro. And a really beautifull garden full of perennials called "Hidden Valley (I think). Little lanes not that easy to find but worth it! We loved Trebah as well. The fishing villages are so pretty too and there are some lovely old pubs.

Looking forward to hearing about the show Andy. Good luck!

Thunderstorm last night, pouring. Time for some re-potting in the GH.

poorly nectarine tree

Here is a GW article on peach leaf curl.

http://www.gardenersworld.com/how-to/problems/fruit-and-nuts/peach-leaf-curl/436.html

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trifid house, interested to hear you have a horse, so do I, but it's the busiest time of the year at the moment in the garden so she's been a bit neglected on the riding front. Don't think she minds, she's out at grass with her friends!

Gorgeous azalea Andy, good luck to both of you. Don't know how your OH managed to produce all that and work as well!

Gardener's sayings.

"A garden is never so good as it will be next year."

When I look at my garden I always imagine what it will be like (hopefully!) so even when there's just earth in winter I'm always looking forward.

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I have metal canes for the tomatoes and when they had blight I wiped them down with surgical spirit and they didn't get blight the next year. I think blight is partly a weather thing. I also wipe secateurs with surgical spirit.

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Gardens we have visited 2013

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Cleaning greenhouses

Rose pruning and frost

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Why did you all start gardening?

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