I admit it was awful late to plant I agree. Hopefully next year !
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Ooo can I join. I also have a big garden (also not bragging) and not much of a clue!
Just mowed the lawn.
Planted tomatoes in the greenhouse, Sweetpeas just outside the greenhouse (both grown by my dad and gifted to me.)
Just mowed the lawn.
Planted tomatoes in the greenhouse, Sweetpeas just outside the greenhouse (both grown by my dad and gifted to me.)
Oh the one thing I have experience in is Sweet Peas. Make sure you have the means to support them, they really need it. Fishing line is a great way of supporting them because it is practically invisible yet good and strong
I have put a cane next to them at the moment. I literally have zero experience of them, I think this is the first year my dad has grown them from seed. What do you attach the fishing line to?
I had them planted backing up against a timber fence, in a rectangular container about 3ft wide.
So I put in a series of small nails in the timber, 3ft apart, at maybe 12 -18 inch vertical intervals.
I then tied a length of fishing line between each set of nails, so I ended up with horizontal lengths of fishing line, spaced apart by 12-18 inches vertically.
Then as the sweet peas start shooting up, you keep tucking them in behind the fishing line, so you are training them up the fence.
So I put in a series of small nails in the timber, 3ft apart, at maybe 12 -18 inch vertical intervals.
I then tied a length of fishing line between each set of nails, so I ended up with horizontal lengths of fishing line, spaced apart by 12-18 inches vertically.
Then as the sweet peas start shooting up, you keep tucking them in behind the fishing line, so you are training them up the fence.