Quote: zooo @ May 18 2010, 12:02 PM BSTRoom for 200 maple trees in your garden?
You must be really poor.
Maple seedlings, and they're not exactly wanted. They're all where our rose bushes are, is guaranteed to be quite annoying.
Also, TN land prices!=London land prices. 
Heh.
What's a whirly gig, by the way?
Quote: zooo @ May 18 2010, 3:49 PM BSTWhat's a whirly gig, by the way?
Maple seeds fly like helicopters.
Maple seeds, they rotate when they fall.
Ahhh I see.
Like, erm... sycamore trees. (I think)
Yep, zooo!
Woo! I dragged that from the recesses of my brain.
I planted a strawberry plant today.
Just call me Alan bloody Titchmarsh.
Quote: Suzy @ May 18 2010, 10:53 PM BSTAfter three hours in the garden this afternoon I've discovered that what I grow is chiefly nettles the size of damned triffids.
Yikes.
That would be a scarier film, actually.
Quote: zooo @ May 18 2010, 11:28 PM BSTYikes. That would be a scarier film, actually.
Pff! You'd be fine providing you had massive dock leaves.
Quote: zooo @ May 18 2010, 11:28 PM BSTI planted a strawberry plant today.
Just call me Alan bloody Titchmarsh.
The flowers are just coming out on mine, with the strawberry's just starting to show. 
Does anyone get a decent crop from their strawberry plants? Are they worth trying to grow or is there some knack for getting a good harvest?
Just watered my front garden as the sun doesn't get there till this afternoon.
Quote: Leevil @ May 19 2010, 12:23 AM BST
The flowers are just coming out on mine, with the strawberry's just starting to show.
Same here.
I separated some of the plants into their own pots & they've really flourished this year.
Quote: Dolly Dagger @ May 19 2010, 9:42 AM BSTDoes anyone get a decent crop from their strawberry plants? Are they worth trying to grow or is there some knack for getting a good harvest?
My plant is only about a foot long and wide, and I suppose I only get a handful or two a year (maybe more). But, it's still nice to have a treat every so often. 
Quote: Leevil @ May 19 2010, 11:06 AM BSTMy plant is only about a foot long and wide, and I suppose I only get a handful or two a year (maybe more). But, it's still nice to have a treat every so often.
Aw, not enough for jam making then. My apple tree doesn't even grow edible apples.
Quote: Steve Sunshine @ May 19 2010, 10:23 AM BSTSame here.
I separated some of the plants into their own pots & they've really flourished this year.
I dug mine out from the hidden depths of the garden a few years ago and planted them in a pot. They didn't do very well, so stuck them into the herb patch and they've double in size. I think the problem was my pot wasn't big enough >_<
Also this year I thought they were growing exceptionally well, turns out they were being invaded by in posters, what I can only guess is some sort of wild mint. We have about four different types of mint here, and it gets everywhere.