Wessex Wellies

What to grow in pots?

Tomato,strawberries,salad,peas,carrots,courgette,beetroot,runner beans,french beans,peppers...I've grown them all in pots with results good enough to feed my family.

I have gooseberry,tayberry,blackberry and blueberry bushes all in pots too.

I.D. needed please.

I grow it in my garden because,as said before the buzzy bees go blummin mad for it and bees is what we need !

If you keep it,just make sure as soon as you see the seedlings popping up in the spring  ,be sure to pull up the ones you dont want (easy to spot because they have a red stem and make your hands stink when you pull them!) and keep pulling them well into the summer or they really will take over the whole street.

What's the weather like in your area?

Still raining !

What's the weather like in your area?

It's been really hot for the last 2 weeks. The thermometer in the back back garden has gone up to 30 a few times.

Friday was the last day of school and we had planned a Garden Party on the field for the whole school with kite flying and Jubilee celebrations.....

It rained of course !

Typical !

Raining now and my garden is loving it

Can unsterilized compost ever be used for tomatoes?

I use home made compost as a dressing in the garden and mix it with shop compost for my tubs. I haven't had any disasters but have had lots of suprises popping up everywhere ! Usually tomatoes and sweetpeas.

Not a bad thing really !

Plastic bags for seedlings

Yeah,like everyone else has said the supermarket carrier bags are fine.

I've got Asda and Co-op bags covering my seed trays right now.

I've started my Runners off in those big yoghurt pots with the lid on until they shoot and on the window sill in the kitchen, I've got Sweet Peas in a clear plastic box that had danish pastries in originally. Those bakery boxes are mini greenhouses and i use them all the time for germinating.

Will be planting Sunflowers in loo roll tubes very soon too !

Which plants for pot?

I've got Pansys in mine at the moment.

Forget-me-nots looked lovely in it last year too.

sunflowers

Yes. The roots will grow through the pot so you don't have to disturb them re planting.

Loo roll tubes are just as good and free (kinda,well,you know..).

Dwarf Cherry Tree

Thanks Fonzie.

I was pretty sure when I bought the tree it was labled as M26 so I've been expecting it to grow bigger over the years,but it hasn't. It is still the same height and spread as when I bought it. This is why I think it might well be a Dwarf and not what I expected.

I wanted a medium sized tree that would give me blossom,and fruit for me and the birds. Not a tiny tree that bends when a Pigeon lands on it !

Dwarf Cherry Tree

Can anyone help me with this or shall I just dig it out and replace with a new tree ?

Dwarf Cherry Tree