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Post by trebor on May 26, 2010 14:04:24 GMT
Just asking if anyone apart from racing is a dab hand at a bit of gardening ?
With a bit more time on my hands of late i`ve decided to grow some veg
I have some toms just poking their little heads in a growbag at the moment but would like to venture into more
so any tips you have would be very nice
Cheers Trebor
On a side note i like to brew hedgerow wines so if you would like any tips or have any on that also that would be great
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Post by hilda on May 27, 2010 14:54:39 GMT
Sorry no tips but I will help you drink it if you like.  |
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Post by trebor on May 28, 2010 10:00:23 GMT
Well the first brew of the year went on yesterday
its a kit im trying at the moment, Sloe Gin
if its like one i tried many years ago it should be a nice tipple
If i can find a safe way to send some samples in the post you are very welcome to try them Hilda
Cheers Trebor
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Post by Kimmy on May 28, 2010 12:51:10 GMT
And me. ;D
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Post by trebor on May 28, 2010 13:30:47 GMT
Well it goes without saying Kimmy As my Brother has his own computer shop I'm sure i can find some suitable packaging. Although we do like to play with the bubble wrap to pass the time Well onto the gardening side of things, its been a cracking few weeks around here and i think i have over done it with the Tomatoes. I thought use the whole packet in two grow bags thinking some of them might not survive  Well how wrong, I will probably end up with how many the average seed count it said on the packet 50  Well i hope my family like tomatoes ;D So this week i`ve spent some of my winnings on some planting troughs, compost and a few more packets of seeds (I can see Trebors Fruit And Veg opening soon ) I`m also hoping to get some more strawberry plants to plant out soon but i cant see that big of a crop this year to turn into some nice strawberry wine I will give you all 1 tip about strawberrys i did buy 2 plants 2 years ago and like i read up KEEP them off the ground ideally on a bed of straw So ok i bought some hamster bedding straw Bad idea it seems there must have been some grass seed in it and it was bye bye strawberrys as the grass grew a lot faster than my sweet little fruits and choked them to death  So back to square one with that idea, The grass roots that took hold had alienated the whole underground of the large old type washing basin i had used Anyway lesson learned hence this thread Cheers Trebor |
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Post by trebor on Aug 23, 2010 23:02:11 GMT
Well a little update The toms are doing great, The butterflys love the cauliflower(Grr) everything else has left the carrots, turnips and spring onions alone The Strawberrys well what can i say not much of a crop Did get a few but they seem to want to branch out and grow more Maybe next year i`ll have a bumber crop |
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Post by banger on Aug 24, 2010 8:30:28 GMT
Until 15 or so years ago I loved gardening, potato's runner ,beans cabbages a greenhouse filled with tomato's cucumbers that is until Vandals smashed the glass,it was then I thought why,so I gave it all up gave the greenhouse frame to some young lads just starting an allotment
Raked and rolled the vegetable garden then sowed grass seed I tended it for a few years but it seemed to get harder to keep it in trim ,then a kind neighbour said "Look don't you be doing that let me " and so he did until he moved 3 years ago now I have a fine wildlife garden where the cat keeps getting lost
Keep up your reports They make great reading
PS
Just had a man come in with a strimmer it now looks nearly normal
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Post by Kimmy on Aug 24, 2010 10:50:23 GMT
Yes please keep the thread updated. Nice to have a different topic to read.  |
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Post by trebor on Sept 8, 2010 8:02:49 GMT
Well i raided the veg patch yesterday only three ripe tomatoes and small ones at that ;D but they tasted great on a cheese butty  Also grabbed five nice size carrots and two parsnips(i thought i had planted turnips ;D ) So i did a taste test with the carrots against sainsburys organic ones well the organic ones seemed tasteless compared to mine, mine seemed a lot sweeter Hmm Yummy  The parsnips, well they will be roasted on sunday and eaten with sunday lunch Cheers for reading Trebor |
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Post by Kimmy on Sept 8, 2010 8:44:45 GMT
I tried growing tomatoes outside this year. Got about 6 the size of Maltesers. I didn't know whether to ;D or |
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Post by banger on Sept 8, 2010 11:56:29 GMT
Trebor
Please keep this thread going I could almost taste the tomatoes and paarsnips
nothing can compare with something that you have planted and watched grow waiting for the time to pick them
Banger
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Post by trebor on Apr 6, 2011 8:28:53 GMT
New project for this year Attachments:
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Post by Kimmy on Apr 6, 2011 9:15:22 GMT
GL.  |
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Post by trebor on Apr 6, 2011 9:20:31 GMT
Thank you Kimmy, cant see much veg going in this year but i will have the 2 pear and 2 apple trees to fall back on, Or should that be fall on my back after turning it into wine.  Bob |
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