Hi Chris
my garden is dead
it must be the cold I hope
Mary L

Does anyone know anything about seed mats and pre seeded tape?

Im going to have a browse through suttons on line catalogue apparently they are there, Ive never used anything like this before but sounds ideal if, like me, u have trouble or find it impossible to pick up little fiddly item s - like seeds...
will let u know what i find out....

we are lucky have one ready made raised bed just outside - easy to access on one side only tho' more hands and knees access on the other so not so good that side!
We have a VERY steep garden (almost living up a mountain where we live highest point is a few inches off the height needed to be called a mountain -

luckily Paul loves gardening so he does most of it - we always have beans (Pauls favourite!)
Will plant some potatoes in containers, tomatoes maybe in hanging baskets this year, radishes - the girls LOVE peas so not many actually make it to the table! lol!
Im a rubbish gardener but Paul is MUCH better - he usually helps rescue my attempts... we are both "try and see if it grows" gardeners not experts at all...
- i want to try lettuce s this year havent done them before

like i said - VERY steep garden - but worth making it to the top because the view is AMAZING - we love our summer pimms and lemonade evenings - we spend time relaxing just watching the birds, bats and the sunset - so much better than eastenders! ;)

cabbages - someone HAS to grow cabbages!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

ooh will need to get some netting.....

We make compost too, girls always seem to be on kitchen compost duty, or if not its recycling! Need good mix of greens and browns i add packaging and all sorts - tea bags are very good and sometimes i leave the lid off when its raining every now and again, save messing about with the waterng can!

Our chickens now have first refusal on anything leafy, they are good gardeners too, scampering around the garden.

My disaster last year were butternut squashes - i had such high hopes - made lots of facebook announcements and status updates and then none grew!!!!!!
...but we had bumper bean crop - Paul always wins the battle of the beans in the back garden and they are a source of much fun with our neighbours jokinly threatening to sabotage them when we go away!
Maybe its the compost that makes them so great..

we are doing really well for eggs, cant believe this time last year we had no chickens - they are such good fun!

Im going to look out for some more video tips for novice gardeners, im never really sure about what im doing - its all trial and error

and this year we are going to do some more planting out in the front garden xx

This is a really good post christine! Wonder what others have planned and if any tips and tricks for making garden life easier?

....but not too expensive!

My tip should be to move house & have a flat garden, maybe one day - but dont really want to lose the great view from the top of the garden....... ;)

I have found these websites - so more investigations now i think! :) Happy planning and planting, Lots of love Liz xxxxx

www.thrive.org.uk

www.gardenersworld.com/budget-gardening

Garden looking muddy miserable and rather bare had lose some good established plants due to new high fencing.

shall replace at some point.
for now it have stay like it.

to cold for me be out yet.

got some bulbs coming threw i did not plant been there long time no idea what they are so hoping nice surpise.

front garden also bare,supposedly hardy fushia snow made ir bare u will grow back i keep telling it lol

melly

All I've done is look out of the window at lots of dead things. I'll wait until the weather warms up. I shall be sowing some seeds inside at the end of Feb/beginning of
March.

I'm looking forward to having lots of different salad leaves, beetroot and spinach and beans. We still have spinach starting to grow from last year.

Can't wait for the Spring to come, I'm so fed up with all this cold grey weather.

Lyn

This year I will have a proper garden *does a merry dance*

When I first met hubby he had already bought the house some 9yrs earlier and it was definitely a batchelor pad!!

The garden was 100ft of old bathroom suite, collection of motorbikes and spares, all entangled in blackberry bushes & trees..... t'was a nightmare!

Took about 4yrs of little bits here and there to finally get it cleared...

I have grown strawberries and cherry tomatoes in hanging baskets, and last year I attempted sweetcorn... to no avail

This year I am wondering what else I can try... I love beetroot so that might be an interesting one to try.

There was a disability show last year in Coventry and I had a lovely chat with a charity called Thrive who offer advice and support to people with disabilities. Definitely worth a look, especially for tips and advice..... There is even a thing called a push button seed sower

yes i was meant to get a free one of those for buying a rasied bed