Are there any keen gardeners on tlb ?.

I am but only food wise. Used to have an allotment and greenhouse etc. No good when it comes to nice looking gardens hehe

 

Had to give my allotment up past year but had it for two years. I had never grown anything in my life before. It's dead easy and fun but hard work

 

I have an allotment for the last 12yrs well that is one in the three towns I lived in in them 12yrs.

Sorry don't care much for plants with no eating value.

 

I'm quite keen at propagating seed.

 

Maintaining a garden, is very much like making love to a beautiful woman..

First of all you have to keep fertilising the area and trimming back any areas of overgrowth

 

http://www.bbc.co.uk/gardening/



have a look at this it might be of use

 

sorry mate, i hate gerdening, i like it when it snows though, mine looks as nice as yours then.

 

come and see me buddy, i'll sort you out with a load of perennials!
the list is endless. go to your local market and pick a few up there. there should be plently about at the moment with good growth on. look to pay about £1.50 -£3.00 a pot for nice 1litre plants.
things like lupins, aquilegia, hollyhocks and perennial geraniums are nice. heuchera are lovely low growing evergreens in varying shades of green red and purple.

 

oh and nice garden by the way, a damn good foundation for some nice summer flowering plants

 

I'm very much into the sport of extreme gardening. It's a bit like extreme ironing, only the main piece of equipment is one of these:



(borrowed from my neighbour)

and a can of this:



Let your garden grow for several months, then use the strimmer to slash it all back again. There is no better and more satisfying way of gardening than revving the nuts off a petrol strimmer.

 

if you can get a couple of alstromeria princess lilies, they are lovely. lots of bedding plants about too to put in all your gaps for a splash of summer flower. look at lobelia and marigolds to fill out areas for relatively cheap. petunias too for a wide range of nice bright colours!

 

no worries buddy
have a look at these, an excellent range of books for the novice gardener,
http://www.amazon.co.uk/The-Flower-Expert-best-selling-flowers/dp/0903505525/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1337447435&sr=8-2

and this one
http://www.amazon.co.uk/The-Complete-Garden-Expert-gardening/dp/0903505983/ref=sr_1_5?ie=UTF8&qid=1337447435&sr=8-5