Newbie from Chesterfield

Just a brief hello to the forum. My wife and I have been gardening for about 6 years - fortunate enough to have a south-facing, sloping garden, divided into a lawn&shrub area and a small 6-plot allotment area with a small greenhouse and miniature fruit trees/bushes. So we are "all-round gardeners", considering ourselves to still be relatively novice. We have far more questions than answers, expecting to learn a great deal from this forum!

 

Hello there and Welcome.

 

Good evening and welcome to the site.

 

Welcome to Garderners Corner Chesterfieldgardener.

 

hi,im not far from you i got some of my plants this may from chesterfield market :D x

 

Thanks for the welcomes.
Joolz, our wedding photographers are in Alfreton! We are North of Chesterfield - Eckington. We come into Chesterfield about once a week.

 

i try and get to the thurs market when i can, love it . do you mean photograghy buisness ?or who took your wedding pics? im in blackwell village

 

They took our wedding pics - last April. Thursday's a good day for the market. Added you to my "contact list" if that's ok.

 

accepted :D ..is that a himalayan blue poppy on ur pro pic? did you manage to grow it ok ? ive put some under the gunnera by the pond ive got seedlings but i started them too late to flower and wasnt sure if they would in this area

 

Yes it is - 2nd year of them in our small front garden. Cheated though, as in not from seed. 1st year 2 blooms, and this year 3 blooms. My wife has greener fingers than me, and the flowers are more her department!

 

top one il look forward to picking both your brains for tips and what grows best around here,ive done more groundwork than growing this yr,only been here 2yr and had to spend 6months back in manchester sept- april ive got loads in the planning for next spring ..prob too much :D im addicted to buying seeds now

 

Will be happy to share info on what Hazel and I have had success in growing - fruit, veg, shrubs and flowers. Also can let you know what gardening places we know in the area. Have just posted some pics in our album.

 

thanks,lovely garden pics in your album the fields behind your house are stunning
ive been to jacksville garden centre and bought herbs from the welll known herb garden but its up for sale now so i doubt it will be there next spring
there is also another mini garden centre in tibshelf that i use for compost and the odd plant now n then so any gardening places you can recommend i will be grateful for
im not a veg grower but i am going to give leeks and spring onions a bash next yr,i do have tomatoes n cucumber in my green house at mo and ive not managed to kill them yet your garden looks so organised

 

Thanks for your comments. I'm reasonably organised because I'm lazy and hate wasting time and money. Lazy, because I hate spending ages looking for things, and then buying replacements for those things which inevitably turn up later (and too late)!

Our (Mine and Hazel's) favourite two places are:

Harrisons Nurseries, Shirebrook. A good old fashioned nursery which doesn't have a gift shop and cafe, but if you can grow it, they probably have it, and normally cheaper than anywhere else we know of!
Wards, Dronfield. They have a cafe which is inexpensive, and a "gifty shop" area, but 90% garden focused. We also save up our gardening vouchers (from birthdays, etc) and then buy our Xmas tree there each year.
Since we got our greenhouse (3rd year) we try and grow all our salad and veg from seeds. This year is "The year of the toms and courgettes". Doing reasonably with our runners, beetroots, turnips, and carrots. To early to decide how the parsnips, onions, leeks, brusells and sweetcorn will turn out. We are still experimenting each year.