Guest Countryboyo Posted June 23, 2009 Report Share Posted June 23, 2009 heres mine Four sleepers placed against a wall filled with soil/manure. holds turnips oninions cabbage and rhubarb Quote Link to post Share on other sites
john b 38 Posted June 23, 2009 Report Share Posted June 23, 2009 This is mine last year - don't have a current photo. 2 boxes 4ft by 4ft plus the greenhouse Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Countryboyo Posted June 23, 2009 Report Share Posted June 23, 2009 Nice tidy box's john I plan to have a few like that next year. what manures do you use? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
john b 38 Posted June 23, 2009 Report Share Posted June 23, 2009 Well rotted horse muck if I can get it. We're on heavy Warwickshire Clay here, (the other side of the fence on the left of the photo used to be a clay pit for a brick works), so I need lots of it. I didn't put enough in over winter this year so the soil in the boxes is too coarse. As they are the boxes are OK for established plants like courgettes but it's impossible to germinate seeds in the damn stuff. We've also had a great big sycamore taken out which will help no end. I also use pelleted chicken manure as a top dressing and as slow release fertiliser in any containers like the tomatoes and potato bins. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Countryboyo Posted June 23, 2009 Report Share Posted June 23, 2009 Ya I use chicken,horse and rabbit manure. also teabags ! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
john b 38 Posted June 23, 2009 Report Share Posted June 23, 2009 You triggered something deep in my memory with the thread - and I've just remembered why. Have a look at some of the 'patches' in this topic. There's one at the begining and then a few more much later on. some cracking set ups in there http://www.thehuntinglife.com/forums/index...showtopic=52308 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Scuba1 Posted June 23, 2009 Report Share Posted June 23, 2009 When I redone the garden from my mothers house I have made this little patch for her grand daughter in it so the kid has something to potter about and learns, that fruit and veg does not grow on supermarket shelves. We put some carrots, beans, salad Tomato a pumpkin and some herbs for the kitchen in there and she loves it.Ohhhh and the strawberries are her favourite at the moment. ATB Michael Quote Link to post Share on other sites
garethstroud 0 Posted June 24, 2009 Report Share Posted June 24, 2009 heres mineFour sleepers placed against a wall filled with soil/manure. holds turnips oninions cabbage and rhubarb This is the first year for me this year. Daughter bought me carrot seeds as a surprise and I didn’t know what to say as the garden is lawned, but I didn’t want to disappoint her or dampen her enthusiasm. I started looking at ways I could grow a bit of stuff whilst keeping plenty of lawn for the kids to play on. Having done some investigating, I got really in to it and have now got sprouts, broad beans, peas, mange tout and pumpkins together with a tayberry, golden raspberry and raspberry tree in the raised bed. I have runner beans and potatoes in pots. I also bought a walk in polytunnel type greenhouse where I have 9 tomato plants, 2 gherkins, 2 peppers, 1 chilli and 1 cucumber plant. I’ve sown curly kale seeds ready to go in after my broad beans and peas have finished. I can’t wait to start picking now! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Tiercel 6,986 Posted June 24, 2009 Report Share Posted June 24, 2009 My rear garden was almost a 45% slope of backfill. So had to improvise as I love growing veg, first i built this drystone wall. Then I put two terraced beds in. Then I decided I could fit one more in. TC Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Teesdale-rabbiter 15 Posted June 24, 2009 Report Share Posted June 24, 2009 This is my veg pach,just got it finshed it befor christmas I had to move 3 tone of top soil by hand to fill it up and good knows how many wheel barrows full of compost and cow sh*t but its been well worth it!! not a bad little set up really for a 15 year old lad lol! Atb T-R Quote Link to post Share on other sites
craigyboy 1,274 Posted June 24, 2009 Report Share Posted June 24, 2009 this is the wifes,its her 1st year but i think shes done pretty well, apart from the initial problem of the local vermin(cats) which as now been sorted everythings coming on a treat,shes got sweetcorn,caulie,cabbage,parsnips,onions, peas growing up the fence,spuds in the green bin,garlic in the belfast sink and toms,cucs,peppers in the greenhouse,itl be even better next year when her plots finished Quote Link to post Share on other sites
kayteetess 9 Posted June 24, 2009 Report Share Posted June 24, 2009 All are great!! ill get some up of mine, not as good as alot of these though! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Countryboyo Posted June 24, 2009 Report Share Posted June 24, 2009 Some great pictures lads keep them coming Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest MIST NET Posted June 25, 2009 Report Share Posted June 25, 2009 Great pictures guys...cant wait to start mine....maybe next year . Quote Link to post Share on other sites
John Keswick 119 Posted June 26, 2009 Report Share Posted June 26, 2009 Here is my worthless effort Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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