Lilylouise

New BBC Gardening Show looking for Kitchen Gardeners

Morning everyone

I had an email from the local NGS organiser about the new show - I think it would be a lot of pressure so won't be asking for an application form

Pam LL x

What can I grow in a greenhouse...

Hello Tootles I am lucky that I have 3 greenhouses- one was inherited from my Aunt,another I won in a competition and the largest one we bought secondhand
You will so enjoy yourself this year-I absolutely love my greenhouses - I grow tomatoes,peppers,chillies,aubergine ,cucumbers and 7 or 8 kinds of Basil's in the largest greenhouse,pot plants e.g begonias,streptocarpus,gloxinias,Archimedes etc. in what I call the new greenhouse(even though it is a few years old now) and anything left over goes in Aunties greenhouse along with some summer bulbs e.g polianthes tuberosa ,hymenocallis and bressera
I hope you have a very successful year
Pam LL x

Helichrysum limelight

I would say it is - when my plants of it are in full sun the foliage does turn  gold

Pam LL x

Really need some help, badly!!!!

My fingers are crossed,too

Pam LL x

Fork Handles

Good Morning  Freezing fog here,too - looks as though it might just be starting to clear

My greenhouse is calling me

Have a lovely day everyone

Pam LL x

Fork Handles

Ooops - I didn't see Bunny's answer honest  It takes me a long time to write a post

Fork Handles

Hyacinths?

Good Afternoon I have had a good day so far

First thing we went to the Tile Warehouse to choose the tiles for the new shower room- I saw some I liked and a glass border which I quite fancy

Now I can order the flooring,too

I have been dusting and hoovering and have cleaned the kitchen - also done the ironing molehill

We are babysitting our 2 youngest Grandchildren this evening so I have made some ham and parmesan pinwheels to go with some nibbles which we will have either watching Mama Mia or Dancing for Comic Relief

Chunky chicken and veg soup is made - i will make some dumplings to go with it I think

The weather is supposed to be good tomorrow so I will be able to go and do some more potting up in the greenhouse

Have a lovely evening everyone

Pam LL x 

The Potting Shed.

I have a couple of garden gnomes  and fairies and moles and beatrix potter characters

Pam LL x

Hanging baskets and window boxes

Thankyou for the lovely comments about my wall basket and windowbox

The begonias are grown from plugs and the wall basket is just planted in the top

Obelixx - my favourite basket plants are

Trailing Verbena

Variegated Felicia

Bacopa

Fuchsias - Puts Folly and La Campanella

Scaveola

Brachycombe

Lime Green Helichrysum

Plectranthus

Pam LL x

 

Chilli plants

It sounds like an aphid attack to me .I would give the plants a gentle shower with tepid water and keep an eye on them - I wouldn't spray with a chemical insecticide if you are using the chillies but a bit of washing up liquid diluted with water wouldn't hurt

Pam LL x

Our NGS Open Day 2013

The Canny Gardener

catalogue 

Wallflowers

My cuttings!

My cuttings marathon has started......... 

Berberis Sawfly

Our NGS Open Day

What our visitors saw on Sunday! 

Pepper and Chilli problems

Powdery mildew

I enjoyed my dinner thanks!!!

Lily leaf disease

Good Customer Service!