baskets on a budget ...

Loved this blog,Joanella,and haven't you got a good eye for a bargain too! :~))

cheers Flori,just a good local second hand shop, had a few bargains from there for allotment too..:o)

My gardens the same..Will sort it later
Love your basket by the dog....Great idea :-)

lol Caz,and thanx.:o)

hehe

Wonderful. Got to love the matching pegs LOL
Can I ask why the bubble wrap on the tomatoes ?

Blooming ,its just because its still freezing here at night , just a bit of protection as they are young plants , and i dont want to lose them ..

Ahhhh ok.
I will be saving all my bubble wrap from now on in case I need it LOL

ha ha ..

You've achieved a lot today... well done :o)
The baskets look great :o)

hi TT and thanks,done it yesterday when it was nice and warm, good job as today we are back to dreary and cold i think we deserve a good long hot summer this year.. :o)

The forecast for Friday and the weekend is cold and rainy in many parts of England :o(

nothing new then :o((

Lots of inventive work there Joan, well done. I like the 2 conical baskets, hope you get a good crop of Toms. Just put the heating back on, sunny start to the day, dreary end ! : o ) )

hi Shirley,i hope the toms work too i have 5 varieties so should get some out of them.grew some last year but most didnt ripen so trying extra hard this year ..some you win etc..lol

The Toms from Mums greenhouse were such a better flavour than shop bought last year. She's got 3 plants again for this year and always says 'help yourself love' as she lives alone and can't eat them morning, noon and night ! : o ) )

Well done you like the dog next to the plants.

Megan lucky you lets hope your mum has a bumper crop this year ..for you..
thank you Clarice,yes he is very cheap to keep, no good with intruders though lol..

:o))LOL

I liked the idea of the conical baskets with the hanging tomatoes. Hope you get lots of tomatoes! :-)

Last year a stray tomato seed found its way into one of my baskets of Fuchsias, I decided to leave it not expecting it to do very well with competition from 5 Fuchsias & 4 or 5 Lobelias. But it did far better than I expected & produced several decent size tomatoes!!! It was a normal upright variety, too. I've never grown hanging tomatoes.

hi Balcony,thanks ,just goes to show you ..i have noticed 2 toms growing amongst strawbs on plot and i am leaving them alone too..they will probably do better than the ones i am looking after lol, no i have never tried tumblers before so it will be interesting to see how they do ...

Baskets look great and at a bargain. This has spured me on to have a go as I`ve never grown Tomatoes before so garden centre here I come.

great Stroller,my blog has not been in vain then, good luck..:o)

like the £1 basket joan, use to have one for cooking at school, will look great with plants in, good luck with tumbling toms to ;o))

You have done well with your bargains Joan, you really have saved money there. :o)

thanx Sandras,yes i used to have one for cooking class at school we used to call them gondola baskets not that i ever cooked much ..played truant most of the time..i know naughty..later regretted it though..i dont know how much the filled basket would have cost at GC but bet i wouldnt have bought it lol...

I bought 2 tumbler toms today too.I wasn't going to bother this year,but they are so easy to look after,no nipping side shoots out,etc,and very tasty too....and its a woman's privelege to change her mind,so the saying goes ...so I did. Lol.
your baskets are going to look great,and a good recycling use for your old bird feeder....

I've found an old basket similar to that when we were clearing my m other's house recently. Thanks for the idea of planting it up. :o)

glad to hear they are easy to look after Bloomer never tried this type before ...and of course you can change your mind whenever you like lol..
good luck with your basket Hywel im sure it will look grand..

Great bargains! Best of luck.
If I might make a suggestion.
I think bubble wrap in a grand idea but here's another if u find a florist plastic bag. U know if u buy a bunch of flowers there is a plastic sleeve around them.
( At ease there is here anyway ) If u found one big enough u might be able to slide it over the top of the hook ( upside down ) that way creating a little greenhouse for them to get established or u could create it with the bubble wrap or a clear plastic bag might work, could tape it into shape. Then as they grow u could use a big clear plastic bag over them. Or try it over just one so you can see how one does compare to the other. I find those florist sleeves are great for over a pot to get seeds started or to protect a delicate plant. Hope this is of some help. I love to find other uses for things.

Oh I forgot! I meant to say as the baskets are such a find and so nice I would have lined them with plastic to prolonged ther life. just snip a few holes in the bttom to let the excess water out. As the prolonged watering will eventully rott the baskets.

hi Angie thats a great idea about the flower wrap we do have it over here i may try that ..if someone buys me some flowers that is lol... there is a plastic liner in the 2 hanging baskets if you look at the pic you can just see a bit of white round the edge and i lined the large basket with pastic too but thanx for your tips i never thought about putting a bag over toms duh..:o)