Hi everyone, I used to post a lot in a previous Gardens etc until my wife was also diagnosed with cancer just over 2 years ago and she went through such a hard time so my time was taken up with not just Mrs Tvman but I was not good because of the rise and fall of red cells, white cells, neutrophils and platelets.
The good news is that I have a little bit more free time to garden. I never stopped because it's in my DNA to get working in the garden. I'm also a wheelchair user because of a serious back condition called spinal stenosis and the pain is so great that I'm only able to work in short bursts.
So let's see photos of your gardens or allotments, whether they be large or small or maybe you only have room for pots and troughs in a balcony or back yard.
My speciality for the last 40 years is vegetables and I have won hundreds of prizes over the last 20 years or so. I have had vegetables in show that have made me Northern Ireland champion for my sins. Unfortunately, since covid some shows have ceased therefore I haven't entered any for a few years.
I've a few photos below, that's if I can remember how to insert them! It's been a while.
Below is a photo of the contents of my greenhouse, there are tomato plants left and right of the pathway. Also just past the tomatoes are cucumber plants against that have frames for them to climb up. The cucumber variety is Mini Munch, they're a small variety that are sufficient for a few salads
The plants in the large pots below are aubergines, variety Black Beauty and inbetween the pots is a seed tray in which spring onion seeds have been sown which of course haven't germinated yet. Over here in Northern Ireland we call spring onions "scallions" and apart from in salads we have them with butter in mashed potatoes and that dish is called "champ". Believe it or not that was served as a stand alone dish that we had when I was small, some 60 years ago. Just mashed potatoes with small pieces of cut up scallions, cooked slowly in real butter then a dinner plate was loaded up with champ, a hole made in the top and filled with more butter then everything was mixed together and eaten. Along with an Ulster Fry in the morning, no wonder we had the highest rate of heart disease in Europe!
Last photo below for this post is a bed of garlic (on the left), shallots in the foreground and at the far end for those of you eagle-eyed is a few red and white onions that are just 2 or 3 inches high. They are grown from onion sets that are small immature onions and usually come in a net bag weighing 250g and there are about 70 in total.
You'll notice that I have wire netting around the beds, that's because 3 years ago I had a rabbit problem. 35 years without them, 1½ years of rabbits and none since! The wire netting is staying for a while yet!
What about some photos from anyone else?
Tvman
Hi Stella, I grow passion flowers every year in my garden. I pick them several times a year - sweet peas, roses, petunias, marigolds and more. They work every time 
Tvman x
Hi everyone, just some photos of some of what I've been growing over the year
A couple of my sunflower heads 
Some conference pears 
A lot of tomatoes 
Of course there are many more pears, sunflowers, tomatoes and other produce. Some have been eaten and some are yet to be dug up.
My intention over the autumn/winter is to build brand new beds with new sleepers that should do me for the next 20/25 years. I'll be 88 in 20 years time lol.
Tvman x
Hi Tvman,
These are courtesy of my dad, he said he’d get better pics when the leaves change, and that he can hopefully time the traffic better. It’s busy road leading into town from the south, so it’s hard to slow down enough to get a good pic. The pics don’t do the elevations justice, but in the second one you can zoom in and see Denison University at the top of the hill along the tree line, such as the dorms and other buildings, as well as the two church steeples lower on the hillside. The other two pics are in front of the Bryn Du Mansion, where the polo players play on certain weekends through the year in the large field. Theres bleachers on both sides, but a lot of people sit up near the mansion to watch the matches.
~Stacy
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I had a google on the Franklin Park Conservatory. It looks amazing! Do you have to travel far to get there? We have a small botanical garden in Cambridge. It is mainly for scientific research. They have a really beautiful lights display in the winter which is not Christmas themed and quite unique.
Hello folks
I have enjoyed looking through the posts on here, thank you to all.
It has been a tough year in our garden with the hot weather, and we did choose not to grow veg this year as we would not be about much to manage it properly. Our roses just kept coming and coming which was amazing...
We even had a very nice small crop of grapes ( both white and red) which were in pots outside and which the grandchildren devoured. Something to be said for the hot summer...
Can't wait for the autumn colour!
All the best
KrisPy
Stay positive, be strong
KrisPy
