Gardening 2024

And so it starts ...

Had meant to hold off a bit longer but have succumbed to planting some broad beans, wild rocket and (on a windowsill) Courgette "Squash Balls". (UK)

Planted some string beans (runner, not bush) and catnip from seed and filled in an empty spot under a tree ring with a nemesia plant. (US)

More a "Gardens" rather than "Gardening" query but any garden visit recommendations for Hampshire, UK?

i realise you’re perfectly capable of googling yourself djh, but just in case, the National Trust will often run v good gardens, parkland and houses of historic interest.

https://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/visit/hampshire

oh, author of the natural history of selbourne gilbert white’s house and gardens as well

https://www.visit-hampshire.co.uk/things-to-do/gilbert-whites-house-and-gardens-p1415531

The extensive 18th century gardens have also been restored to their former glory for visitors to explore, with cottage, herb and kitchen gardens, as well as sweeping lawns and a wildflower meadow.

Cheers Fizzles.

https://www.greatbritishgardens.co.uk/

How's it going?

Nothing drastic this year. Planted some runner beans and a couple of squash plants. Added some foxgloves to my back bed and planted a miniature conifer to fill in some space. I've got a bed in the front garden that is, frankly, an absolute shitshow. I should dig it over and start again, tbh.

Selborne is lovely. If you do go, make sure you go up the zig-zag path (laid by Gilbert and his brother), and walk out across the common to Newton Valence. There's a spectacular yew in the churchyard (the Selborne yew is the more famous but it's just a - mighty - stump). Hinton Ampner is lovely, as is Mottisfont. There's an amazing sculpture garden in East Roche - out towards Salisbury.

not properly got going yet but this is my little front garden atm:

https://i.ibb.co/9pTvyy6/20240526-144957.jpg

Once the geraniums and other early summer things are over, I'll chop those right back and put some giant cosmos and some nice pale lemon-coloured sunflowers in the gaps

I basically squeeze in as much stuff as possible and go for height as i don't have much space on the ground. There is a little wildlife pond in there somewhere too but that doesn't get as much sun as it ought

have spent the last couple of days building this from scratch, not my garden though unfortch:

https://i.ibb.co/3zHs3Ng/20240525-091044.jpg

Lovely gardens, both!

thank u! i really love it

Yes, both great spaces.

Here, peaked/planted lots too early and lost a lot. But, more, forget that I don't really have space to grow all that I want (for most of a decade, my neighbours were away and I could grow sprawling squashes in their garden). Lots of broad beans planted in the autumn are doing well but I'm sort of ready for them to crop and put other things in. Have grown a few non-veg things including grasses that I'm not honestly sure what to do with. Have been enjoying some euphorbias over the last few years. I think all my pot planted sunflowers failed but probably still time to have another go.