Hello

Hi everyone. my name's Andy. 31 year old. Currently living in Southampton. Getting inspired for the new gardening year. (can't wait to get started!) Nice to meet you all.

 

to GC forums, Andy

You've come to the right place - if you ignore all the mad ones

I would suggest you grab yourself a cuppa and a sandwich and have a good look around (you may be some time!).

What style of gardening do you enjoy? Edibles? Flowers? Shrubs? Tropical? Ecclectic?

 

Welcome to Gardeners Corner

 

Hallo Welcome to G.C.

 

Thanks for the welcome. I mainly try and grow vegetables and herbs. (as much as I can fit in my garden.) It's so great to eat what you grow. I love it. This year I will also be growing flowers for the first time - although I can't eat them - it will be great to learn and brighten up the garden and hopefuly encourage some wildlife and insects. Thats the main reason I signed up to GC, to get some ideas about flowers.

 

Ooo, i'm veg & wildflower department

Do you know The Merchants House in Southampton?

 

Hello and welcome

Sage needs no introduction as a herb, yet it also produces stunning spikes of purple flowers. Nasturtium is a very low maintenance, easy to grow flowering plant, very pretty, entirely edible. Coriander produces a cloud of tiny white flowers if it goes over, and then just before it dies at the end of the year, the foliage goes a crimson red. English Marigold (calendula) is edible, some people use the petals as a cheap substitute for saffron. Oh, nearly forgot, runner beans were originally brought to the UK for their pretty flowers until someone realised the beans are edible.

Not a flower, but it might also be worth looking up 'rainbow chard' or 'chard - bright lights', both the same thing, just branded different.

There's a lot you can grow that will combine the ornamental garden with the productive one.

 

But .... you can!!!!

Here's an "Edible Flowers Guide" (from Thompson & Morgan)

And here's an article from the Telegraph (and a recipe!) on Edible Flowers

And a four page PDF document from the University of Alaska: "A 'starter kit' of edible flowers for the garden and table"

Finally, a short, but interest article from "Delicious" magazine: "Cooking With Edible Flowers"

You'd best grab yourself another cuppa

 

Yes, but I only have walked past it when getting off Hythe ferry. I havent be inside though. How come?

 

I re plastered that

 

Or got plastered in it?

 

Not with a 70 mile drive home & then up at 5am to drive to the next job on Exmoor

 

Hi Andy everyone

Like your GC name good choice how did you come up with that ?

Best day to join rather than be outside

 

Welcome to GC Andy...Enjoy