marigolds growing in some spare rainwater troughing

great idea richard

Thanks Sanbaz I will try something different in there next year for a change perhaps some mixed aubretia or allysum (or even lettuce)

great, its good to experiment isnt it

Yes it is Sandra- I am experimenting now with an idea from a friend:- I have put my growing courgette into a clear plastic pop bottle to see if it will stop being eaten by slugs/snails/mice after they chewed my first one last week-so far so good!

thats good, thats the trouble when growing veggies, damn slugs, mice etc, they just see them as free food

Yes thats right Sandra I wouldn't even mind if they asked me for them before eating them or even gave me a shilling or two for them-no consideration young rodents these days lol!

he he , be nice if we could just go about eating for free dont you think :o)

Yes it would be the nearest thing is to grow your own.I have started doing more of that that this year and have grown peas, beans, lettuce, pots, toms and some herbs, also flowers it is great to watch them grow and even tastier to eat (except flowers!)

not sure about growing my own, keep thinking about it, my brother tried to get me interested as he does even though he has small area, hangs alot in bags, baskets etc

I made a couple of large wooden troughs from some decking that was spare and I have planted it up with runner beans, french beans, peas, courgettes and a few marigolds to keep off the blackfly and greenfly. I really enjoy watching it all grow ( you can see pics of my beans etc on my homepage if you want) I have an old oven that instead of throwingout when we had the new kitchen, I hidden it by the side of the shed, turned it sideways, and it is now planted up with potatoes. The glass door is on the top and it is like a small coldframe!

what a good idea for spuds and like you say hidden away, cant beat fresh veggies though, lovely

Thats right you can't beat growing our own can you Homebird. I've not tried any carrots this year though due to lack of space. I did see one idea a few years ago where they were grown in some spare downpipe, cut into sections of about 18" long, filled with compost/soil. The carrots grew quite large and straight and were isolated from the carrot fly with a loose lid. I will give that a go next season.