Container Gardening

I whiplashed my Chimenea with the flex from the lawnmower and broke the top of it off..any wonder I had all he grass removed..Duh! [/img]

I wash out and use the light plastic moulded dishes that the supermarkets sell meat in. Find the a good size for mustard and cress.

Bought them from them from the local pound shop Stingo guess what they were a pound,they had a label on from a company called roots&shoots not the usual blackspur stuff,they seem well made.

OK DavidI thought it would be OK as they seem to thrive on the roadside in this area , year after year. Anyway, north facing fence it is!Just had a wander around out there and it seems like this rain we have had, has done a world of good

B+Q have had some very nice and quite reasonable sized ones in of late for £29.99.

I've got 2 plants a camelia and a bamboo that have been in the same pots for 15 years. I have probably been lucky but I've done nothing more to them than water and feed them with phostrogen. The Camelia has been wonderful this year it's about 6 feet high and covered with white flowers.

Hello Jan from experience would plant a plastic trough liner in your wooden planter or use bubble wrap.Remember drainage holes.And a photo all planted good luck.

Thanks, i read Lidl were selling seeds for only 29p a pack so nipped in on the way home from work. And they were too. Just got a pack of basil that i've grown before from seed, dead easy. And some carrot seeds. So lets see how that goes.It reminded me about the basil seeds how they change...

Another walk through my front garden this afternoon

dont know much about them but I am going to try one this year. I thought that the one recommended for uk was the brown turkey one? i read that its best to grow them ina container otherwise the plant puts all its energy into creating roots and not fruits

Nick, untreated need to be planted straight in the ground. Treated need to be potted up, and grown indoors.

Thanks for that Terrier, handy site you mentioned I will keep it bookmarked. I think I will try a few in a planter and the main lot in a raised bed, plenty of depth in there. Cheers

On Friday I went to a branch of Wilkinsons and brought quite a few lovely terracotta pots for the garden we spent a bob or two on them but got a bargain as they were half price!Went back yesterday and sadly they were sold out!Just my luck for being greedy. :( Helen.xxx.

thanks all for being patient! yes i will learn. i will, i will, i will. cheers

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roders, that is a very useful tip. Our one 16" basket is great but the 12" baskets are the ones that are suffering. Might have to think about getting larger baskets

hi fancyim sorry to hear that alot of people have had probs this year with the terrible weather touch wood evrything i have done this yr apart from my peas and radish ( rotted ) have been okglad that not all your hard work has gone up the spout though

Pleasantly amazing isn't it!I did a search for "Grow your own veg" on several search engines and guess what I found on 3rd page of google !It would be nice to get to number 1 on first page - wonder if that will ever happen !I'm going to start a link directory on my blog - let me know if...

Excellent ideas, folks. Thanks. Would seaweed extract do for food? Do the roots just "hang" in the water or do they need a bit of gravel in the bottom of the bucket?