I thought for this Project Wednesday I'd let you see the progress in one of the longer term projects- the garden x3
Since Dad's been back quite a lot has changed, both front and
back. I've given over the reins a lot as the weather hasn't been nice
enough for me to get out (I like it HOT or at least not windy and
likely to rain every 5 minutes...) and he has been keen to crack on.
Where I'd left bare patches of dirt out the front, Dad has actually
got around to putting some bedding plants in, so it should be pretty
floral around here once summer actually arrives ;p
Out the back the greenhouse is looking a lot more empty but what lives
in there is doing really well! These little tomatoes were ones I
bought on special for about a pound for 4 and look at them now! On the
other side the plants in the growbag aren't growing quite as fast as I
would like, but patience...it's still early yet! I swear this little
courgette hasn't been trying at all though...
I got super keen just before Dad got back and bought a polytunnel so I
could try and get some vines growing strong before autumn, so there
are three plants in there- a courgette, squash and cucumber. The
cucumber was the only one I didn't start from seed and although it
seemed to love its new home at first, just lately it hasn't seemed
very happy. I'm not quite sure what its deal is. The problem with
gardening is so many different things can affect plants x.X I'm
keeping an eye on it anyway and hoping for the best.
The onions I planted only a month ago are getting on now, happily
getting some greenery going and hopfully putting some effort into
getting bigger bulbs! The brown onions I planted a few weeks before
them are also doing well, I'm not sure if you can tell, but they are definately bigger than the white onions planted a few weeks later!
And last time I was telling you about the garden I was trying another
project, something I'd seen in vague form on pinterest; stacking pots
x3 Well, here is the finished item, and so far I think it is a pin
success! I hope to see the little trailing plants get bigger over the
summer and trail down, covering the faded pot a bit XD At
least the snapdragons have got some flowers and height, I think it
should turn out pretty well overall!
Are you tending a garden? Have you been having any problems with
wilt this year? I'm hoping that maybe I just got a little over keen on
the watering than something more serious :x I'll let you know anyway :]
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Manure! For your vines XD cucumbers, pumpkins etc looooove poo. Ours always do best growing right in the compost heap so make sure you give them heaps of food!
ReplyDeleteI love your tiered pot. I thought the top one had a mini flowering rosemary to start with until I realised it was the vine in the background haha
Also apparently not too much water. They don't like wet roots. A bit of a dry spell can do them good as it makes them panic abit and get on with fruiting XD
ReplyDeleteAh that's interesting to know, although I'm almost 100% now that the cucumber is too far gone now to bring back any way. Not really sure what happened to it. The others I'm not sure are big enough yet for panic fruiting, but I'll keep it in mind! I could do with sourcing some proper manure but atm I'm just feeding them with tomato food :x
DeleteI don't think Tom food has the right chemical balance for them haha you need a Yates garden guide! Ask Dad to you some sheep poo when walking and then quick find a small plant to grow the house XD
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