Summer preparations-Tips VERY welcome!

[spud's_mum]

My dad was sorting the garden and said that he wanted to do something with the large planting area. I suggested a tortoise enclosure but the trouble is, there is wisteria, a pine tree and ivy surrounding it, all of which I think are poisonous. -_-

 

[Taylor T.]

Is that a huge tennis ball or a tiny dog?

 

[spud's_mum]

Is that a huge tennis ball or a tiny dog?

Haha he is small, but that is a big tennis ball

 

[spud's_mum]

I was at the garden centre when I saw a sign saying "free wood"
Under it, there were hexagonal wooden tables that had previously been used for displaying plants.
I took it home and we are going to make it into his outdoor enclosure
I need to raise the edges, waterproof it and line the bottom and I'm done

 

[spud's_mum]

Its a bit like this:

But it's a bit broken and has taller legs

 

[Rue]

That's very cute! I hadn't seen that before!

 

[spud's_mum]

QUOTE="Rue, post: 1295344, member: 84572"]That's very cute! I hadn't seen that before![/QUOTE]
I will post pics of it when I start working on it

 

[spud's_mum]

As for plants:
At the garden centre, I noticed that they had loads of ting geraniums. I mean really tiny.
I was wondering if they were OK for an outdoor enclosure if I reply them and let them grow bigger until the old leaves are gone?
What do you think?
I also bought pansy seeds.

 

[Speedy-1]

Its a bit like this:
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But it's a bit broken and has taller legs

Looks like you could make a nice tort table out of that , and the price was right ! Nice find !

 

[spud's_mum]

Looks like you could make a nice tort table out of that , and the price was right ! Nice find !

Yeah, seems a shame to leave the others
Made everything a lot easier

 

[Speedy-1]

Yeah, seems a shame to leave the others
Made everything a lot easier

Its a good start , progress reports ( with pics) are expected !

 

[spud's_mum]

Going to start growing soon.
Need to find a suitable place to plant it

 

[Cowboy_Ken]

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Going to start growing soon.
Need to find a suitable place to plant it

Trust me, the pansy here seems to self seed and grow anywhere there's any sort/kind of soil. Kinda like California poppy or dandelion, if there's a fluffy cats tail, you'll have it growing everywhere.

 

[Kori5]

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Going to start growing soon.
Need to find a suitable place to plant it

Are you using organic soil? And that table looks fantastic . Great idea.

 

[spud's_mum]

Here's the soon-to-be enclosure

I just need to make the edges higher, paint/waterproof it, get the staples out and put a base on

 

[spud's_mum]

Are you using organic soil? And that table looks fantastic . Great idea.

Yeah, I'm using organic soil

 

[spud's_mum]

Currently pulling the staples out

 

[Yvonne G]

Currently pulling the staples out
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Been there...done that! I used to wrap up my front porch in plastic for the plants for winter.

 

[spud's_mum]

Been there...done that! I used to wrap up my front porch in plastic for the plants for winter.

I was doing it outside but it was too cold so I bought the broken bits inside.
Those staple guns that the garden centre use go very deep.

 

[Yvonne G]

And it kills your fingers when you only pry up one side and the other is still embedded.