So what have you learned this year?

Never again bother with bark mulch.

 

Good gardening gloves are a must. And keep other gardeners out. Only enough room for one in any garden.

 

" Never again bother with bark mulch."

Why do you say that Ivory?

 

It's all about your soil and what you put into it.

Don't bother with moneymaker toms - there's no taste.

Plan a raised bed where it gets sun all year round - not like me - who put one in a place that gets no sun in the winter :(

 

Brian-which tomatoes did you grow and did well?

And don`t beat yourself up too much-I put my greenhouse where it gets only late afternoon/early evening sun. I now have to buy some trellis fencing panels to give it what it needs.

 

That a tomato plant can grow anywhere even in the middle of a tree stump planted by bird droppings.

 

Is that so? Perhaps slow roasting them might make them more tasty. Where`s Ivory?

 

Your right Brian, it is all about soil. My very first flower garden started 19 years ago, that is what I would have done different, what I know today. Is dig out all the **** soil and work in peat, compost, and some original soil first, then start. So today with that first garden, any thing new goes in, that area is worked well with good stuff first. Even the new bulbs that went in this year. But after 19 years the layers and layers of mulch has mixed/broken down nicely so its good today.

 

At the very beginning I had visions of snipping and pruning roses-very Jane Austen, since then of course I have become a mole, so very nice point well made you two.

 

Like Lollipop says, there is only room for one gardener in my garden. anyone else trying to give me advise in my own garden gets jettisoned out.:D

I also learned that I need to work harder in my garden. You only need to turn your back for 1 day and some bugs move in and eat everything.

I also learned that I have lots of good friends on here who will always give me good advise but will not try to take over my garden. I wish a couple of my friends would take note and stop giving me unwanted advise.

I learned that you need the right soil for thr plants otherwise you might as well tear up £20 notes and put them in the compost bin.

 

That I'd rather spend a misserable wet day in the garden than have a lay in.

To lock the coop up at night

I am the boss of the weeds not the other way around :D

I should grow potatoes in planters

I need to grow alot more veg next year

This list could go on for a very long time

 

Not to plant Nasturtiums by scattering them around, I've just cleared two sackfuls, they were like the Triffids.

 

Ditto, wee Tattie!

Make a careful note where you have planted allium and tulip bulbs, to avoid the awful crunch sound when planting more later in the year :(

 

I would say don't ditch a plant till the fat lady sings. I have had plants I thought dead only to have them blossom again. Of course others have just simply died. Don't plant tomatoes in a cold wet summer. Get the soil right and the rest will follow, plants sat in holes of clay have faired much better since they have been given a big dollop of organic matter.