Growing garden plants

A couple of days ago my new mini greenhouse arrived
http://www.activegardening.co.uk/min....php#4tr_multi

Yesterday I put it together, today we are making a home for it in the back garden - and once I have finished planting in the rockery, I will be planting up some seed trays, placing them in this little gem - and hopefully see them grow away!

I've also got some cuttings that I want to make of some of the older shrubs in the garden - and once they have taken, I can dig up the old woody shrubs and plant anew.

Seed wise I am trying to grow lavender, sunflowers, marigolds, cranesbill , aubretia and nasturtiums.
Wish me luck!

I do love this time of year in a garden.. and now my coffee break is ended I'm off out there again.. with my little helper who loves the great outdoors

Good Luck I wish we had never parted with the green houses when we moved here, as I would love to have one now

Got the mini greenhouse planted up, two geraniums, a fuchsia and seven seed trays



Got one third of the rockery planted up with the plants I had already bought. Will do the rest from seeds and cuttings.





watching all the while was my little supervisor


I now feel an afternoon nap coming on

WOW! What a brilliant idea, Pat!

The plants look just fab - think I might recognise them as they are the same ones in my pot from Shona that you kindly did - those ones are growing nicely at the moment - they love the sun

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well spotted Vicki - the smaller ones are the same as I put in your pot from Shona. They are sun worshippers. Glad to hear yours are doing well
As you know, that's a big rockery - and for me to plant it all from bought plants would be costing an arm and a leg -hence the seed trays and growing the seeds on.

Go a walk round and if you see omeone with a nice garden/rockery ask for a cutting or a division....surprised what we gardeners give away today I gave a man who walks his eldery dog past my front three poppy cuttings from my plant he admird last year.

Everything looks great pat, your little greenhouse is the same as mine, they are so useful to.

Love the Rockery, and Missy watching

Looking good Pat
Can I just give you a tip from experience?
I have put 2 paving slabs on the bottom shelf of mine because even though it is in a sheltered spot if there is a strong wind it soon blows over, so needs weighting down.
I have had one of these for the last 10 years or so. I never buy bedding plants I grow all mine from seed.

Great minds think alike!

I was just about to say please weight it down! So many people on my gardening forum have had their mini g/houses blown over and all their seedlings destroyed.

Use bricks or paving slabs and make sure it's secure and heavy!

thanks Nippy and IsoChick - checked in before going to bed - so hubby and I have just been out, I cleared the bottom shelf and for tonight we have put a big bag of multicompost on it. That's quite heavy. Tomorrow we'll swap it for some paving slabs. Thank you for your help