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Colin, about the cherry tomatoes, my Dad had hanging baskets, and Mum was always pinching bits of his veg plot and planting flowers in amongst his veg.......so he bought some trailing tomato plants, which grew small sweet cherries, and planted them in her hanging baskets.......they were lovely.......he also grew those big beef tomatoes which we used to stuff.....

I'm sure what ever you decide, there will still be a little edge as to how the things turn out, but hey, good luck in your quest. We try and live off the produce from our garden, but have no luck in growing swedes.


Nutwood

Hi Sue :):) and Thank You :)

That is a good idea with the hanging plants etc as the back wall on the shed itself is hardly used really apart from a mirror and a hanging basket :):)

Von :) :) Where we used to live I used to do just that, I used to look after their garden , sadly they are no longer with us. Also up until just before Christmas my friend Mick used to grow his own veggies and things in his garden which is similar in size to our own and he used to pass the excess from that over to us. Sadly he went into hospital and didnt return either :(

Hi Nutwood :):) and Thank You :):)

I used to grow swede when we had the allottment, we used to get some good years and bad ones back then, Water was the main key, they just drank and drank it, sometimes twice a day I would find that patch as dry as a bone. Good luck with with growing your own veggies and things :)

Sally :):) Those beef tomatoes are lovely, whenever I had a piece of steak during the summer , ( those were the days) I used to pop up the allottment and pck a nice beef tomatoe to go with it, yummy :):)

colin your garden is beutiful very colourful and lovely set out

id love a vegtable patch but i no id get lazy after a few weeks so hubby says no :((

maybe when kids r older and dont have all the room for there toys lol

luv
stray
xxx

Colin, your displays are stunning.

I have started growing veges again and am so excited by it all... nothing quite like your own produce.

Companion planting can be achieved though and many vegetables have some lovely foliage and colours.

Enjoy whatever you chose to do.

Tina x

Hi Stray :):) and Thank You :):)

I can see Hayley my other half saying a big No and never again if I muck up on this one, somehow I have to try and combine the two and keep a fair amount of feature without spoiling it :):)

Hi Tina :):) and Thank You :):)

I was just speaking to the wife about some of the suggestions here. My brain is ticking away nine to the dozen as it does when I get into a garden planning mode, think that frightens the wife a bit though lol :) Companion growing is a lovely idea and I have ideas flooding for hanging strawberries and tomatoes with hanging flowering plants also now :):)

Colin, lokked at youre garden pics and its lovely!

our garden is only small, but i like my plants and i like veg! so i compromise by planting in tubs which can be placed in with the plants. I grew aubergines last year, lovely colour leaves and tiny purple flowers. I also grew courgettes, but they took up so much room and swamped the patch, i dont think i will do them again! I grow beans in a trough up pea sticks, just finnished the last of frozen off! Tomatoes in a trough, lots of herbs, cos i use them all the time. Beetroot, cos OH loves it, peppers, i could go on! We have a postage stamp, and we have water features, like you i love the sound of water running.
I wouldnt get rid of the pond altogether, maybe make it smaller, and more in the corner?
xxx

Hi Leanne :):) and Thank You :):)

You sound as though you have a garden very similar to what I am hoping to achieve with the mixes of things :) There is so much that can be achieved in a small garden :)



Ive just had a chat with the other half about how we can retain the pond and we have now come to a compromise :) I think she was pretty worried about me and ponds as I have built about four over the past years in different positions in the garden :)

We have agreed now that I should keep one but bring it in with the extended patio, a more oblong one with a seating area around it, well thats the idea anyway, it does mean I will have to move the small chinese water feature which is definitely the OHs creation but I have promised that I will re build this also onto the other pond features. Now I had best get that one right :):):)

I remember how lovely your garden is from photos before Colin. Only you know whether or not you will miss the pond but it is a nice idea to grow vegetables. We intend trying a few in containers this year, Normally we only grow tomatoes and cucumbers. (Most of the tomatoes in hanging baskets)

ann
Glos