flowertips has a lil lottie!
Allotment tales 2009
I can't remember exactly what everything is ... lol
Swiss chard, peas, spinach, onions,spring onions, cabbage ,tomatoesrunner beans and potatoes growing in a box!
Nice hanging basket tree!
Nice flowers (I gave her these years ago) lol!
Lupins.....
Copycat !!!!! flowertips has a Chimenea now.
Huge patch of Iris at flowertips...
Better go and tend to my own plot!
How are your veggies doing? we ate some lettuce at the weekend it was delicious!!!
I planted the Sunflowers, the race is on...................!
Sue have you picked a number for your sunflower yet?
Looks like sis has quite a nice plot as well. Now is her's at her home or is it away like yours?
Ours is looking poorly, there is a rabbit that is having a field day with some of the plants and Steve is up there every day and eve with his rifle, but the bunny still eludes him! The maters don't look too good and we have no idea why. Oh well, perhaps we shall get a little something from it and the taters and carrots still look good, for now anyway.
I have a dalmatian that is putting his paw up for bunny hunting.
You would have to watch he didn't add a salad to his meal though.
I have never known dogs to enjoy fruit & veg like dals do.
Copper likes plums so much I have seen him climb the tree to get at them!
Hi Terri, what numbers are left on the sunflowers? What are the lovely yellow flower spikes at your SIL's house? They are yummy!
I think I recognised broad beans in her Lil lottie. Yuk! They do grow well however!
My veges have got webbed feet and water wings! he he. Poor things may recover. I know veges like alot of water, but this year has been ridiculous! We've just had two days of sunshine and the shortest day was on Sunday, so the days will get longer from now on. I'm sick of getting up in the dark!
Sorry about your vege plot Candee, how annoying. Maybe you should make a decoy vege plot with easy to grow lettuce e.t.c to keep the bunny out of your kitchen garden?
Teresa, do you have any veges in? Its probably a bit cold in your climate?
I have loony lettuces...
two came up in the shingle under the washing line...
I left one & transplanted the other and found one more in the shingle driveway & transplanted that too.
they are slowly growing in the terrace garden.
The one under the washing line has provided fresh leaves for two meals so far & has kept thriving despite several hard frosts.
I need to get pics, it is an oddity.
I would like to get a kit set garden to grow some veg come spring - I have the perfect spot - along the north facing fence under the washing line...
the lettuce gave me the idea that it would be a good spot :)
Lil lottie is in flowertips garden at home, her garden is much bigger than mine!!
Sorry about the rabbit munching, reminds me of our rabbit eating my sunflower stalks last year!!
Katie cellotaped it back and the sunflower grew lovely. lol!
There are 25 Sunflowers Sue. I have 15 on one side and 10 on the other at the moment.
Will put some seeds in too.
The numbers gone are....... 3,4,7,15, 20 ... everything else is up for grabs!!
Candee and dalfyre haven't picked a number either lol!
Sorry I can't remember the name of the yellow spikey plant! My next door neighbour gave me some of it years ago, will ask her the next time I see her out in the garden.
I think there are broad beans in lil lottie... (double yuk)!!!
Sounds like a great spot for veggies dalfyre, a new spring project for you to be planning!
I didn't think dogs ate lettuce, it must be very nice dalfyre!
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I never heard of dogs eating fruits. Climbing the plum tree musta been a real photo op!
I'll take lucky 13 Terri!
Oh now that you mention it I do recall the sunflower that Katie repaired.
pick a number - has to be 14 for me.
I came home one day & couldn't see my dog...
then I looked up & there he was up the tree, I wish I had a camera handy but he was down before I could collect my thoughts.
Seeing a dog 6ft up a tree will startle you slightly!
He had been up on his hind legs getting low hanging plums, then stepped onto a branch, and went up like he was on a ladder...
well that is my guess since I didn't see him do it - and I cut the low branches off as I was worried he would either climb up & over the fence or worse fall out.
The whole tree is gone now - the dogs were the only ones that enjoyed the fruit & I was fed up with the mess, the damp & the amount of space it took up.
That must have been a funny sight with your dog - LoL.
You don't like plums??? We had a Santa Rosa plum once, and I loved it, but it died.
I have a couple of cherry tomatoes forming - maybe get some pickings in a few weeks.
Terri - does that yellow spikey plant make a good cut flower?
Good choice Candee, 13 is lookin' good! and 14 dalfyre!
I put the last of my tomatoes and peppers in, my greenhouse is empty, I have space to play with flowers again!
Feels great when everything is in the ground...... Yay hay! Only a case of weeding, watering and waiting!!!!!
Dianne, I have some of that yellow spikey plant in a bucket ouside the back door from flowertips last friday!
Will check it out tomorrow, forgot about it!
Sue, Sunflower number 21 has just gone!
huff, puff, here i am, I'll take number 16 thanks Terri! Or which ever one is the biggest of the untaken ones, he he.
Teresas story about the plum eating dogs reminds me of a very intelligent Staffordshire I once owned, who used to get a run up the side of his dog kennel (it was an 'A' frame shape) and pick lemons off. He would then drop them at my feet and play fetch with them until they were a soggy mess! He always had very fresh breath!
The Staffys I have now like the mulberries, tomato's, strawberries, peaches and bananas. I have to feed them the bananas, cause they can't reach, but they eat the rest themselves (the peach is a dwarf peach) Maybe I should feed them more? he he
I would be interested to know if that yellow flower makes a good cut flower also, Terri. I love yellow in the garden.
Got the fire going and a casserole in the oven. Hubby will think I am a great wifey when he gets home. Got him fooled!
Sue
tee hee will get the tape measure out for you and pick the best! Don't tell the others!! NOT REALLY!!!
number 16, is good, very good!
You are a good wifey. what's for pudding???????????//// lol wink wink..... say no more! ,....
I have a good hubby, he had dinner cooked & fire on - so nice to come home to.
He has been putting the fire on before he goes to work so it is nice & warm when I get up...
and when it is a frosty morning that is just so nice :)
this is the area I'd like to try a raised kit set vege bed along the fence.
You can just make out my loony stray lettuce down the end.
and this is the lettuce close up...
it is growing where weed mat was covered with shingle - no soil, I have no idea how it survives.
And it has been severely frosted several times now & still looks good enough to eat.
and the other two 'wild' lettuces.
I am trying to grow a rosemary, might be 'Tuscan Blue'
The ones I have already are prostrate which is good for pots & sprawling over the edge of a raised bed.
The thyme is 'silver thyme'.
Great accent plant.
Nice lettuce patch, Dalfyre.
It is so hard to think about a nice, warming fire in a fireplace when we are expecting 105 degrees F tomorrow. I am so looking forward to a frosty morning.
Oh, I am so jealous! I wish someone would have a meal waiting for me when I get home. If hubby ever retires, I'm sure he would do it for me.
They're cute lettuces Teresa. A vege patch would look great against that wall. I looked at your grey sky in the pic and thought how it might snow! he he.
Hey Dianne, I can't wait until WE are getting 105 temps! This winter has been fairly mild, its just the rain that is driving me nuts. Its normal that we have so much rain. Ouyr winters are usually dry. At least the lawn is staying green, your too Teresa.
Terri, too right about desert. he he
Sue
they threatened us with snow a while back but so far nowt!
Last year we had a couple of falls that settled, snow is fairly rare in Ch Ch though.
Plays havoc with traffic, we have no idea how to drive in the slippery white stuff.
Except for those who are regular skiers that is.
Looks like a great spot for your veggie bed dalfyre. Your lettuce look yummy!
Gather round , lottie news!!!!
There is a space between Jenny's compost bin and the edge of my plot (about 1ft) I asked her if I could plant up to her compost bin (it's otherwise an empty gap) she agreed. We put up bamboo sticks and made a frame for some climbing plants, I planted them all in, hoping to hide her compost bins!
On my last visit I was greeted by a committee member who said Jenny has complained that I had gone over the boundry line on the plot! Why did she say it was ok to my face? Anyhow, spent the whole day digging up plants and taking down the frame! Replanted them and the frame alongside the sunflowers instead. SSSSSSheeeesh! Now it's bare on that side and I have a great view of Jenny's 3 compost bins.
More news! It has come to light that someone has been sub - letting half of their plot to another couple! Think they might get kicked out!! ..... lottie life, never know whats gonna happen next.... LoL!
This message was edited Jun 27, 2009 4:41 PM
Sounds like Peyton Place to me!! LoL (for those of us old enough to remember that soap opera)
I remember Peyton Place LoL!
Oh I remember Peyton Place as well, thanks for the memories!
dalfyre that dog in the tree musta really been something to see, wow! Hope my #13 is doing well because either the bunny or the groundhog got to mine?
Sorry terri, that two-faced you know what? Who knows what ticks inside some folks.
Will have to go and check on the little darlings today! In this heatwave, lol, I guess they need more water than usual!
Who's helping to fetch the water today? I have 4 watering cans ready to fill up....
Sunflower no 13 to be watered first, feel sorry you lost your sunflowers AGAIN!! I think Steve might feel a bit left out if you don't pick a sunflower for him.
Yeah Candee, such is life! Haven't seen her since I took everything out! Must take a picture of the 'gap' !
If I put fencing up on my side, then she will have the 'gap' to weed, nettles love it there, not my problem!!
Good for you, glad you were able to get a fence up, perhaps she will now eat those words, tehe!
I haven't put a fence up, just thinking about it!
Mind the GAP!
We can sit in the den and admire Jenny's compost bins ........ LOL!
mmm - I like the tent that you made (is it for the peas?) I have some of those U shaped bamboo rods, and never did figure out how to use them. having them as a base support like that looks interesting and stable, while the taller three stakes gives it some height. I may have to steal that idea.
You see terri - your garden is so interesting that Jenny's compost bins are hardly noticeable.
LOL! yep, just gonna ignore it for now, lets face the other way!!!!!
The Amaranthus is growing up nicely....
It looks like stick city, sticks everywhere on all the plots lol.
Sunflower patch.... sneak preview!
