Greenhouse Staging

My lovely hubby gave me money at Christmas to buy things I needed for the Garden / Greenhouse , I still had a few pounds left so I decided to change from the old pasting table and get nice new staging from Argos , here are the before and after pictures , Im quite pleased with the change


Before ( the old pasting table )

After ( nice new staging from Argos )

My son James went and collected it for me and built it up and thank you Natalie for going and buying it for me !

Dahlia , Disco Dancer

Potted on my Dahlia this morning , ive got 101 of them !
Im not worried though the ones I cant manage to squeeze into the garden will go to neighbours

Everything is growing well

Although the weather is awful most of the time everything in the Greenhouse is growing well

Sweetpeas


Antirrhinum

Morning Glory

Lavatera , Loveliness

Datura , Angels Trumpets

Dahlia , Disco Dancer

Standard Fucshia / Tomato and Bedding Plants

Ive started to bring all the Tomato and bedding plants outside during the day now , its far to warm in the Greenhouse even with the door wide open , its a little breezy but I read somewhere its good for the plants to be blown a little bit as it strengthens them up , they are all coming on great and im so looking forward to getting them planted out into their final positions .

My first standard fucshia is growing well .

Strawberry Plants And Homemade Compost.

The weather has been awful the past couple of days , cold and wet and windy , Im not getting out into the garden much at all , still a previous neighbour e-mailed me and asked me for a couple of hanging baskets for her new house , although I like orders to be in before now I was happy to oblige , I enjoy making them up , the garden centres and supermarkets charge so much for them with very little plants for your money , mine are always bursting full of plants and look great in the summer ( hark at the learner ! ).


My friend and neighbour Christine asked me if I would like her large Strawberry Pot , oh yes please , so my son James moved it with the help of her hubby George and a trolley into our garden , my poor hubby Eddie nearly had a fit ! he has visions of the garden becoming a jungle ! Eddie emptied the compost bin for me and I must say im pleased with my very first load of homemade compost , I will keep making it as my garden seems to eat the stuff , all my plants grow well so I must be doing something right .


4 of the Angel trumpet seeds have germinated , I was going to be over the moon if I got one ! I just hope they keep going and I can look after them , I really need to try and get some Info on them so I know how to look after them and how to feed them .

Angels Trumpets Double Blackcurrant Swirl-Help.

Happy Easter !
What wonderful weather we are having here in Central Scotland , long may it continue ! ( till about November would suit me )
I was a very happy little person on Friday night , 2 yes 2 programmes of Christines Garden , a whole hour of the wonderful woman ,Im reading her book just now " A Year in Christines Garden " what a lovely lady she is , well worth a read so go out and get it .
Im going to have a go at growing Tumbling Toms this year , haven't grown them before , so I went on line to try and get some Info about them and found this good site by Nick on tomato growing. Nick e-mailed me back within an hour of me contacting him and he is going to send me regular newsletters so im well chuffed .
Im also going to "have a go " at Angels Trumpets ,Double Blackcurrant Swirl , mmm , really would like a bit of help on this one ! anyone out there grown them ? please remember I live in Central Scotland , I would love some advice on this one .

Christine's Garden & Fritallaria

Hubby is on holiday for 2 weeks so ive not been on line much ,he is hogging the computer ! The weather has been fantstic ! cold frosty mornings but by the afternoon really bright and warm , everything in the greenhouse is shooting up and is looking great !
Yesterday the book my hubby bought me for my Easter arrived ," A Year In Christines Garden" , its brill , I sat reading it last night till I couldnt keep my eyes open any longer , the woman is amazing , she really is an inspiration to me , did any one see her new programme on BBC2 on Friday night ? we are a week behind in Scotland so dont expect me to be up to date with the latest one .
I was out with my friend and neighbour Christine a few days ago and she bought me a Fritallaria ( Imperial Crown ) its beautiful ! Her Mum ( May ) gave me an old watering can and ive planted a bit trailing lobelia in the spout and im going to put either a Trailing Fucshia or Geranium in the top , should look nice ?