Kitchen Garden Forum

Hi all

Not been around much on the forum lately but I had to tell someone cos I'm sooo excited!!!!

My donated greenhouse went up at Easter and is full of trays & pots with courgettes, peppers, chilli's, tomatoes (thanks Chantal for the Seeds of Italy tip) and beans (french and runner).

After removing another conifer stump and various roots yesterday I've got a v small patch outside the greenhouse where we planted a bunch of leftover Charlotte potatoes that sprouted before we got round to cooking them. Very much a case of lets see what happens and I've put a row of spinach in too.

I've been running out to the greenhouse every morning and every evening after work to see if anything is new and it's all going great guns now!!!!

We do have an awful lot more work to do to get the rest of the garden even looking like a plot - another skip needed and more conifers to come out so realistically we'll be at it for another year but I feel so positive because we've just got a little bit done for starters.

Also heard our water butt filling up for first time this morning as we welcomed the rain and I'm digging out old issues of KG and re-reading them now I can put tips into practice.


PS you may think I sound a bit odd but I've lived in a rented flat for the last 5 years....

Dear Franksmum, i had noticed you hadn't been on the forum much lately, but nice to see you back with such an enthusiastic topic.
Glad you have got your greenhouse up and running.
I think you are doing the right thing, of a little bit at a time, you can keep it right as you move on to the next piece.

And i don't think you sound odd at all, just sounds as if you are enjoying the garden, well maybe a little odd.

hello Franksmum, well, if you're odd, then so am I! I rush out to the greenhouse every morning in my dressing gown and wellies, and every evening after work, bypassing DH, with a a quick helloo..... as I run past into the garden
happy days!

lovely
you dont sound odd just full of the joys!
enjoy your produce when its ready
jo x

Thanks all! Franks Dad is extremely impressed with his efforts on the water butt (he ran out past me last night to check the water levels!!) and now wants to install another one!

I've been using my late Grandads garden tools as well (mine are sitting as spares in the shed) and it must be all the use they've had over the years but they're so comfy and sharp!!! I'd like to think he's up there smiling on me sometimes.

lol at franks dad!
im a great believer in those that have gone watching over us-old tools are so much nicer