My Little English Country Garden
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My Little English Country Garden
OK, it ain't pretty and probably not clever and we have also run out of room now but it's our little postage stamp.......and it's south facing ! All the wood for the raised beds has been donated or taken from skips, side of the road, etc...
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- Lots of herbs, PSB and a 'lost' wheelie bin used for hay storage !!
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- Greenhouse and guinea pigs - can you spot a little face ? :)
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- Honeysuckle and cucumbers (and rubbish...)
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- My (shed) refuge, veg bed, curry plant, blueberry plant and compost bin #1
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- Spot the dominating non-gardening feature here !
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- North-east side (with pond, pyracantha and pub bench !!
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Re: My Little English Country Garden
I think you have done really well with the space available, but have you thought about planting on you shed roof?
looks great though
looks great though
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Now there's a thought......it is not that easy to get up to the roof though - does it require much maintenance ? There is also a solar panel up there which lights the shed but I am sure that could be relocated. I still have plenty of spare wood that could be used. Hmmmmmm....I am glad you like it though ! If only I had more time, etc, etchomegrown wrote:I think you have done really well with the space available, but have you thought about planting on you shed roof?
looks great though
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The photo I saw the guy used recycled plastic bread racks mounted in a wooden frame placed on the roof. you could design this frame to fit around the solar panel and choose plants that require lots of heat and sun and little water and rig up a drip watering and feeding system.
By the way to quote douglass adams "time is an illusion and lunch time especially"
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Great use of your space. Love the guinea pigs
Talking of using your shed roof. I was going to use our chicken house roof for extra space next year. The house is 6ftx5ft. I was going to try and grow mache, mizuna, spinach etc in seed trays on it. The only slight problem is its quite sunny there and they might bolt too quickly.
Rob has your shed got the traditional kind of felt on it? If so do you think it would get ruined by putting pots on it?
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Talking of using your shed roof. I was going to use our chicken house roof for extra space next year. The house is 6ftx5ft. I was going to try and grow mache, mizuna, spinach etc in seed trays on it. The only slight problem is its quite sunny there and they might bolt too quickly.
Rob has your shed got the traditional kind of felt on it? If so do you think it would get ruined by putting pots on it?
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Wow!!! Isn't it amazing what can be fitted in with a little imagination? Just shows what a resourceful person can do,
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Where do you sleep and eat?
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A good point Nikki (and yes, it does) but perhaps the 'bread racks' could be lifted off the roof with a wooden frame so they don't actually rest on the roof. I did have a bit of a damp problem on the inside of the shed roof some time ago which I treated but it never really went away. Hmmmm - need to go away and contemplate my navel on this one........ I do like the idea of a green roof though, except that the cat likes to sleep there sometimes when it gets hot !! Oh well, bad luck puss......thesunflowergal wrote:Great use of your space. Love the guinea pigs
Talking of using your shed roof. I was going to use our chicken house roof for extra space next year. The house is 6ftx5ft. I was going to try and grow mache, mizuna, spinach etc in seed trays on it. The only slight problem is its quite sunny there and they might bolt too quickly.
Rob has your shed got the traditional kind of felt on it? If so do you think it would get ruined by putting pots on it?
Nikki
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Looks great, amazing use of space!
What about a bilberry roof - they grow in moorland so often quite dry and you only need to harvest them once a year They have one at the CAT.
What about a bilberry roof - they grow in moorland so often quite dry and you only need to harvest them once a year They have one at the CAT.
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You could have a green roof of the traditional kind planted with sedums and house leeks - OK not edible but in reality that's the only thing that will grow on shallow soil with no water! And the cat can still lie on them without trashing them. You have to think about the weight of soil + water (rain) on your shed roof, if you want to grow veg there you'd need about 6 inches min and that might just collapse your shed roof, plus you'd be up and down on stepladders watering and harvesting etc.
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Ooooh, Maggie - wish you hadn't mentioned the CAT ! I went there a few years ago and came away really inspired. Now I just had to look at their website and that's me done for.......I saw a turf roof on the site but no bilberry roof. I have sent them an email though.Green Aura wrote:Looks great, amazing use of space!
What about a bilberry roof - they grow in moorland so often quite dry and you only need to harvest them once a year They have one at the CAT.
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Millymollymandy wrote:You could have a green roof of the traditional kind planted with sedums and house leeks - OK not edible but in reality that's the only thing that will grow on shallow soil with no water! And the cat can still lie on them without trashing them. You have to think about the weight of soil + water (rain) on your shed roof, if you want to grow veg there you'd need about 6 inches min and that might just collapse your shed roof, plus you'd be up and down on stepladders watering and harvesting etc.
Mmmm - all good points MMM. Not sure it would be easy getting up there and getting down again on a regular basis every time I fancy picking the veg. I could water it quite easily though with a hose from the garden. No, it would have to be more of a wildlife feature I think so I could give back to nature......bees, birds, butterflies, etc would be the target audience here I think. Time for a quick Google......
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LOL - in the house behind where all the photos were takenDurgan wrote:Where do you sleep and eat?
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It's probably the same roof - can't remember the name but something like Myfanwy's cottage? Tiny little stone building (not inhabited) with turf growing bilberries on the roof - and a toilet full of rocket as I recall!
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Garden looks great - well done!
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