How Does Your Garden Grow!? - Garden Pics Thread

gsxr1

here is my years attempt.

Lots of lettice. pot with parsnips , Carrots, spinach parsley and rocket.

I also have runner beans growing and peas that are just starting to emerge from the ground.

the high winds last week distroyed half of my lettice.
Big green pots have carrots , 1 month apart. large clay pot is the spinach. leavy pot at rear is parsnips. and the rest have a selection of space saving and Italian style lettice. Lots of colour


peas


french beans and runner beans

mp22

So far so good in the green house this year.The green house is raised on railway sleepers with 9 x2 for the central walkway raised beds outside are 9x2 pressure treated timber

Cabaal

Here;s three of the six bags I have of potatoes, maybe its not adventurous but I wanted to grow something easy first

Planet X

http://i527.photobucket.com/albums/cc356/Kilroy8282/P1000487.jpg?t=1243966535

Two I built earlier this year.

.....and a couple more I added last week....

http://i527.photobucket.com/albums/cc356/Kilroy8282/P1000540.jpg?t=1243972366

Planet X

Raised Beds I put links to earlier but the links don't work.
Anyway, before.........spring,






and a few weeks ago,

mp22

fresh tomatoes at last:D

Dr Galen

As has been suggested in the suggestions thread, here's the great big thread of garden pics.

Post images of your garden, gardens you've seen and thought were cool etc.

karlog

Dr Galen

which have been a total bitch to get going. been plenty of flowers but no fruits. had them in the mini greenhouse as i thought it might not have been hot enough for them. didn't work. so i took them out and sat them on the patio, just in case it was a pollination thing. either way I've got 3 deffo fruits now and what looks to be another half dozen in the making.

as you can see a bit of slug damage to some leaves, which happened while i was doing seriously long days in work and vigilance had dropped. back on slug patrol now nightly and seem to have one the battle

Dr Galen

again with a bit of damage, but this evening will tidy them right up. The plants are well established to be hinest so I'm not concerned. Pretty heavy fruiting, so the few that are going a bit manky aren't a worry either because I'm getting more than enough perfect ones.

Dr Galen

and finally the fruit(s) of my pepper based labours. Have had one so far, but unfortunatley the slugs got to doing what they do and it's munched. this little baby though is getting all my attention. If I only get one pepper I'll be a happy man. Saying that though, as with the aubergines, I think I'm on the verge of a pepper explosion

keiran110

Nice garden Planet X! well done!

At least your aubergines are coming along Mystic, my half foot plants arnt doing so good. Got attacked by pests!

pprendeville

Been working on this for about 2 months now. Twas a right mess beforehand. Will post the original state pics when I get my USB stick back.

Planet X

Is there any chance these will ripen given the "No sunshine Summer" we're having again?

mp22

Am going to let this one grow for a while more just to see how big it can get

Dr Galen

i'm finding it very slow as well MP22. Wanna go halfers on a huge big mother of an artificial light. As bright as the sun??


* I think I'll sticky this thread for a little while until everyone cops that it's here. It was one of the things sugested by you guys recently, but it dropped off the front page and then got a bit forgotten about. If it gets popular, sure then we can unsticky it again

Big Sister

mp22 wrote: »

Am going to let this one grow for a while more just to see how big it can get

Just discovered this site - hope you do not mind me dropping in - love gardening. All above wonderful. Has anyone grown containerised small tomatoes outdoors this year ? We have been really lucky with a super crop so far.

Planet X

Some naughty Carrots?...........

Dr Galen

ah man, all that work and you get bonky carrots. Useful for a soup though. Mine have turned out perfect I have to say. Spent ages getting my beds ready. Not a stone to be seen. You hadn't manured beforehand had you?

Planet X

I got a great crop. They're a few I thought were funnily shaped in the above picture.





This is my second load, ready to be blanched and frozen,


Early Nantes II;

Dizzyblonde

Big Sister wrote: »

Just discovered this site - hope you do not mind me dropping in - love gardening. All above wonderful. Has anyone grown containerised small tomatoes outdoors this year ? We have been really lucky with a super crop so far.

Hi, welcome to the Gardening forum
I grow Tumbler tomatoes in pots every year - this is a really good year for them. All we need now is some sunshine to really ripen them off.

Planet X your carrots cracked me up. I have some late ones in now and I hope to get some 'interesting' ones like yours :pac:

old boy

some random pics of my little bit of serenity, one of the things that keeps me 25% sane, i do not know which pics are being uploaded, as each time i am only clicking on a number, some today, more later on, or perhaps tomorrow, my skills with the camera are not great, neither is the camera, feed back good or bad appreciated.

am i bovvered

old boy wrote: »

some random pics of my little bit of serenity, one of the things that keeps me 25% sane, i do not know which pics are being uploaded, as each time i am only clicking on a number, some today, more later on, or perhaps tomorrow, my skills with the camera are not great, neither is the camera, feed back good or bad appreciated.

love it !!!

Big Sister

Gosh if that keep you 25% going the other 75% must be genius. Well done you are a total inspiration to me - thanks for sharing.

Would love half as good next year d.v.

Well done.

Dizzyblonde

old boy, your garden is beautiful.
Ours is a new garden and I have my first veggie bed, it's going to take a lot of climbing plants to cover all the walls though :rolleyes:

wreckless

some of the garden over the summer and lately











picked only last night, one large pot full of tomatoes and one small pot of jalapeonos, they have started to turn red lately and are well hot :eek:

Planet X

Brilliant crop there. ^

wreckless

thanks,

the toms are yellow ildi, orange berry and sweet million cherry

the yellow pepper is a banana pepper and then thers the normal jalapeno, a red cherry chilli and fresno chilli

mike65

Nothing to do with food, I dunno what it is even....

hoochio

mike65 wrote: »

Nothing to do with food, I dunno what it is even....

Willow herb is the name of that weed-get rid!

dh0661

hoochio wrote: »

Willow herb is the name of that weed-get rid!

Aw no - "a weed" --- a weed is a flower in the wrong place.

Owen

This is mine, well, the house we rent anyway. It started life as a gravel yard, but the black plastic under the gravel was aged, and weeds were coming up through it. The whole thing was just disgusting, and we didn't use it. So, this is the culimation of about 2 weeks of work, and then waiting for the grass to grow.

The cool thing is the shed though, bought from Yardmaster, 8x9 fully metal, and was only about 330 Euro shipped to Cork, and took 2 days for me to assemble on my own - it's where I keep all my painting equipment. Next up is some patio furniture, and a BBQ (Even if it is getting into Winter).

hoochio

dh0661 wrote: »

Aw no - "a weed" --- a weed is a flower in the wrong place.

well I hope you like it because, if not removed, your whole garden will be full of these "flowers":D

dh0661

hoochio wrote: »

well I hope you like it because, if not removed, your whole garden will be full of these "flowers":D

Oops - TBH I have not seen them before

mwexford

old boy wrote: »

some random pics of my little bit of serenity, one of the things that keeps me 25% sane, i do not know which pics are being uploaded, as each time i am only clicking on a number, some today, more later on, or perhaps tomorrow, my skills with the camera are not great, neither is the camera, feed back good or bad appreciated.

Just checked out this site tonight for the first time and I love your photos and your garden.

baubl

Planet X wrote: »

Raised Beds I put links to earlier but the links don't work.
Anyway, before.........spring,






and a few weeks ago,

wish i had that, its beautiful

wreckless

nice, you extended and doubled the amount of beds. hope to get out tomorrow and sort out my beds too. the growing season starts again. cant wait to see all that green back in the garden again

wreckless

let the 2010 growing season be a good one!!!

chilis, tomatoes, herbs, and more to come

wreckless

wicked growth on the tomatos as usual this year, not even 2 weeks after being put in the soil, they are on their way. Good hit 24 out of 24 in one tray. the F1 and money maker varieties. the jalapenos are a little slower anyway, only just sprouting now.




here is another couple of a job i did at the weekend, too. i was getting lazy even with the water butt outside, so easy to turn on a tap and water plants inside instead of walking out and hauling in buckets and watering cans of harvested water. So, drained the butt, dried the side, drilled the tank and put in a 1/2 inch 350, a tank fitting, drilled a hole in the greenhouse, ran a length of qualplex plumbing pipe through inside and sat the butt back into place. Connected a short bit of hose onto the end of the pipe indoors and now I can just pull the hose down and water away. i can use about 160L from a full tank, so no more clorinated water hopefully.

John Mason

dh0661 wrote: »

Aw no - "a weed" --- a weed is a flower in the wrong place.

get rid of them asap.


i am over run by them, i have been searching everywhere for name for the evil bastards.

i have bought a weed wand and hopefully that will help me keep them under control. i used to spend about 2 hours week trying to getting rid of them from my tiny garden. they are in the cobblelocking, the beds, the pots, the hanging baskets.

do not under any circumstances let them flower

dh0661

irishbird wrote: »

i have been searching everywhere for name for the evil bastards

@ post # 29 hoochio called them "willow herb"

gsxr1

all ready for sowing . love this time of year.



there is parsley and chives in the two pot there that survived the winter. Im hoping they will burst back into life again.

All the rest of the pots are empty. Suggestions??? what to grow.

have 10 strawberry plants planted in this tub last week.

mp22

This years tomatoes there in a heated plater in the greenhouse,

flutered

a few from mine last autumn

deisemum

Planet X wrote: »

Raised Beds I put links to earlier but the links don't work.
Anyway, before.........spring,






and a few weeks ago,

Lovely raised beds.

Are the hoops fixed in place or is the whole net and hoops the one unit that can be removed? Also what are the hoops made of?

mp22

I hope we have seen the last of the frosts.

SoupyNorman

Not wanting to be one tied down by the constraints of apartment living, my sunny balcony veg is coming on a treat

Planet X

....ah, gotta add more beds. Addictive.

deisemum

Very impressive.

pullandbang

My cabbage plants from last year......

kerash

old boy wrote: »

some random pics of my little bit of serenity, one of the things that keeps me 25% sane, i do not know which pics are being uploaded, as each time i am only clicking on a number, some today, more later on, or perhaps tomorrow, my skills with the camera are not great, neither is the camera, feed back good or bad appreciated.

I want your garden!! Beautiful