Compact veg garden

[Yorkshire Andy]

Thanks for that I've got my eye on some nice roofing laths

Got all the tools although you get funny looks gardening with a mattock but it makes the work easier...

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For deep digging I favour a "drainage spade"


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Need to get the patch cleared and get cracking

[jansman]

I am a big fan of the mattock.A Polish neighbour got me into that.

[shocker]

For digging you cant beat the old WD pick/mattock and a long handle cornish shovel, when going deep at least.

For the welder/smiths amongst us, the N.African hoe/mattock, made by fixing an old horseshoe at 90degrees to the long handle, is a great cultivation tool.

[Yorkshire Andy]

Well I have started. Been dug and levelled and covered with clear polythene

Peppers planted..

Now to go get some more seeds ... Still a bit early for direct planting but got window sill to go at

Got some compressed card "pots" so can be planted direct into the ground so no pricking out so little fingers can help and get involved

[Britcit]

Got some compressed card "pots" so can be planted direct into the ground so no pricking out so little fingers can help and get involved

I love using those, saves a lot of faff if I have loads of veg on the go. I always buy shed loads whenever I'm near a pound land and they have them.

[Deeps]

Well I have started. Been dug and levelled and covered with clear polythene

Peppers planted..

Now to go get some more seeds ... Still a bit early for direct planting but got window sill to go at

Got some compressed card "pots" so can be planted direct into the ground so no pricking out so little fingers can help and get involved

Her Maj has a wee wooden shaper to make them out of newspaper, after the initial outlay its just the cost of the papers.

[Yorkshire Andy]

Think I paid 99p for 60!

If I was doing it myself I'd tap out of plastic pots or yogurt pots but I'm trying to get the little un involved.... But she has inspected the pepper pots about 5 times in 2 hours before bed think she is expecting about 50 peppers to erupt from the pots

Got one of these to give the plants a fighting chance from little fingers and Flea Roy who liked to sleep on the window will

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£4.59 immsmc home bargains again

[Brambles]

Think I paid 99p for 60!

If I was doing it myself I'd tap out of plastic pots or yogurt pots but I'm trying to get the little un involved.... But she has inspected the pepper pots about 5 times in 2 hours before bed think she is expecting about 50 peppers to erupt from the pots

If you want something quick to germinate to keep her interst, get some Pak choi. It germinates in 2 days. you can easily pot it on and have it ready for outdoor planting too.

[Yorkshire Andy]

We have cress going so she's looking forward to egg and cress sandwiches.

She spent most of summer every time we visited mums raiding the veg patch , scrumping apples and digging so want to keep her interest

[Britcit]

Her Maj has a wee wooden shaper to make them out of newspaper, after the initial outlay its just the cost of the papers.

I never thought of doing that! I sense some googling on the horizon

Think I paid 99p for 60!

If I was doing it myself I'd tap out of plastic pots or yogurt pots but I'm trying to get the little un involved.... But she has inspected the pepper pots about 5 times in 2 hours before bed think she is expecting about 50 peppers to erupt from the pots

I do that a lot myself once I get seeds in soil. A couple of weeks back I was checking my tomato seeds 2 - 3 times a day. Pacing like an expectant father I'm always the same with the first seeds of the year. The shine soon wears off though.