Here is my Garden

[Garden Manager]

http://www.hpphoto.com/servlet/com.hp.HPGuestLogin?username=richardfiler&password=49497763

Click on this link to see pictures of my garden.

Any comments are most welcome.

[Garden Manager]

[campanula]

delicious richard - love the helenium and echinops also the chinese asters. It looks beautifully cared for, thank you for sharing.
cheers, suzy

[Doris_Pinks]

Tried the link Richard, and it didn't work for me >:(

[Garden Manager]

Why did it not work for you Doris? :(

All you have to do is click the link :)

Tried it myself just now - worked fine for me and for campanula. ;)

[tim]

Aha! Richard - now I recognise the face. It was you all the time!!

What a lot to pack into such a comparatively small (?) space? Do any of the neighbours do similar?

Tried to see the weeds, but failed! = Tim

[Hyacinth]

I opened the link OK, but loading was so slow I gave up for the time being, so haven't seen all of it yet - I'm particularly interested in the veg. patch (natch! ;) ) - could you talk us through the various pix, which cvs you planted, etc. Richard?

and ps...so that was Charlie Brown? I thought it was Just William ;D ;D ;D - Lishka

[tim]

-  just a bit of comfort - no probs viewing. = Tim

[Garden Manager]

Hello all. Thanks for the comments about the garden.

Tim - depends what youmean by small.  ??? Garden is roughly 100ft long by about 30ft wide.  Large by local standards.

Alishka - Veg garden cultivars. Only one i can, remember (I dont worry too much about these things) is the Runners which are White Lady. Very prolific, very tasty mmm! :)

Potatoes are a specialy treated type for autumn cropping. Dont know the variety. Not very good shant grow them again. :(

Fruit Garden -  Cultivars of raspberries are Glen Clova and Glen Prosen (summer croppers) and the wonderfull Autumn Bliss (autumn croppers). :)

Hope this is enough.

Tim - you probably would see weeds in a close up shot. They are there just small and hidden  ;D

Have now given up on charlie brown. Have chosen Garfield instead. Hope it isnt taken! ;)

Richard

[tim]

No - that's BIG!! Looked neater & nookier than that.

Sorry about the autumn pots - We always have success with them - Carlingford (and Franceline & Maris Peer). = Tim

[Doris_Pinks]

Richard, I goes onto a log on page for me! Will try again later when I have more time ;D

[Hyacinth]

Richard, how do you know what to try/not try again if you're not making a note of what you're planting, when, etc.,  I wonder? "Don't know the variety of potatoes" but you shan't bother with them again ???

Put a Gardening Diary on your Christmas Wish-list asap - or any cheapo diary will do - those that come over half-price after Xmas are the best, I find :)

Hugh especially, I remember,  is able to give detailed reports of veg. he's had success ( or otherwise) with from years ago  and Tim is always producing facts and statistics about his crops, too.

It was only after reading posts on the Beeb lotties board that I decided I really must be writing things down. Somehow, I always think I'll remember?  Even so..I'm still not there...last year I grew two types of beetroot - Boltardy and Detroit - one I preferred over the other...now... which one was it, tho.... ;D ;) - Lishka

[tim]

And when you pot things up, or on, label EVERY pot - then - not just one in a group - sure as hell you later respace the group and it mixes with another. Every year it happens!!

And when you put 7 trays of potatoes on your windowsill, and decide to re-arrange them - OWWWWWWW!!! - there was only one label between 2 trays. I think I've got it sorted?? = Tim

[legless]

what a lovely garden - you lot give me so much to live up to!

[Garden Manager]

To Alishka and Tim.

Yes i KNOW  I ought to keep records of what i plant and when, I just never get around to it.  To me it seems too much work and takes a little of the fun out of growing things. I think I'd rather spend the time planting and sowing than sitting wrinting things down. But thats just me I SHOULD do it and it would brobably make life easier if i did i jus t cannot get into that mindset.

I DO though label things properly with the date seed sown or cuting taken at the top, though i wouldnt go as far as to follow tims advice and label every pot.  Tim might have all the time to sit there writing labels, I dont!

With different varieties, follow this simple rule and you can get a way with one label per variety:

Front to back, left to right. That is work from the front of the bench to the back and from the left hand side to the right, placing the label in the first pot of each variety as you go.  Follow this to the letter and you wont get in a muddle!

By the way i know not to grow the Autumn potatoes again, because the firm I bought them, only does one variety in this way, so if I know not to get them from there again.  The crop was OK but the spuds were very firm and could only be used for boiled.

[tim]

But some spuds ARE only for boiling? Marshalls do give a choice. Don't give up!

And time on my hands? Yes - more than most - but how long does it take to write 20 labels - 1 1/2 minutes?? = Tim

[Garden Manager]

Oh well then!

If thats all you have to do Tim, Go ahead!

I was just thinking how long it would take if you grew absolutely loads of your own plants from seed (as some people do) then your system would take some time to do.

Richard

[Hyacinth]

Depends, Tim..remember the two old ladies on a weeks' holiday in Scarborough and the postcards?

Monday - they arrived, unpacked & rested after their journey
Tuesday - had a nice walk round and then, after tea  they wrote their postcard lists
Wednesday - they browsed the shops and  bought the cards - this took all day & they only just made it back to the hotel before the 'gong' went for dinner. Rested after their walking before turning in for an early night.
Thursday - hired deckchairs on the beach and  wrote the cards - slight delay because of showers & having to abandon their attempts a couple of times
Friday - they queued at the post office for stamps for ages, it being Widow's Benefit day and Scarborough having more than its fair share of widows. All that time on their feet had made their ankles swell alarmingly, so a good sit down with their feet up was imperative before dinner and then bed.
Saturday - another exhausting day! Saturday market, which they thoroughly enjoyed but was as draining on their strength as their purses. In the evening, tho, after dinner, they put the stamps on the cards and arranged them in tidy piles
Sunday - well, they were too busy packing to find a post box, then

Oops! Suddenly it was Monday and time to go home again.

[Doris_Pinks]

Hey Lish.............you been following me on me hols??!! ;D

[mysticmog]

I agree with Richard, some of us are labellers, catorgorisers (bad spellers!) and should probably work in a library (sorry Ten, this means you too!!  ;D ) and some of us just love to grow stuff.  

Just out of interest, how many of you get upset if a plant turns up uninvited, probably brought by the birds, and you can't identify it, and how many just enjoy the plant for what it is?  And how many of you would pull it up?

[MagpieDi]

Well, I could hazard a guess, Mystic.......and categorise

........................but far too diplomatic to publicise!