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Mary-Jane

Joined: 13 Jan 2005
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Location: The Fishing Strumpet is from Ceredigion in West Wales

Posted: Sat Mar 19, 11 8:20 pm Post subject: I've got this crazy idea about creating a cutting garden...
...full of flowers. Yes, it's completely mad. I know nothing about flowers at all - much less growing them. But I keep thinking a cutting garden might be a good idea in the mole-ridden 1/4 acre paddock next to the kitchen. Notwithstanding the utter craziness of the idea, has anyone got any real experience of such a thing who could advise me?

chez

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Location: The Hive of the Uberbee, Quantock Hills, Somerset

Posted: Sat Mar 19, 11 8:22 pm Post subject:
No, but it sounds a lovely idea. Is the plan to always have something to cut and bring inside, all through the year?

Bernie66

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Posted: Sat Mar 19, 11 8:23 pm Post subject:
No experience but surely a mix on the lines of the meadow mix that you can buy would do the trick. Tricky to hoover though

Jo S

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Location: Somerset

Posted: Sat Mar 19, 11 8:23 pm Post subject:
Put ducks in there instead

Bernie66

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Posted: Sat Mar 19, 11 8:28 pm Post subject:

https://www.cleveland.com/insideout/index.ssf/2009/05/planting_a_cutting_garden_with.html

https://www.bhg.com/gardening/flowers/perennials/planning-a-perennial-cutting-garden/

I'd plan it carefully with walks and sitting areas, plan scented blooms by sitting areas and nearest to the doors if you can.

I'd try to have a long flowering season as the key target.

I'd decide whether it would be perennial, self seeding or both combined with annuals.

I'd try to stay British because of the bees

I'd use paper and a clipboard to design it.

Nick

Joined: 02 Nov 2004
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Location: Hereford

Posted: Sat Mar 19, 11 8:29 pm Post subject:
Would you include some kind of romantic seating, Bernie?

Bernie66

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Posted: Sat Mar 19, 11 8:31 pm Post subject:

Nick wrote:

Would you include some kind of romantic seating, Bernie?

All purpose seating area would suffice I think

Nick

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Posted: Sat Mar 19, 11 8:33 pm Post subject:
I had visions of Gervase, fully tweeded up, reading poetry to his beloved.

Bernie66

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Posted: Sat Mar 19, 11 8:34 pm Post subject:

Nick wrote:

I had visions of Gervase, fully tweeded up, reading poetry to his beloved.

That's a very sweet thought.
I'm obviously not in the same place as you though...

chez

Joined: 13 Aug 2006
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Location: The Hive of the Uberbee, Quantock Hills, Somerset

Posted: Sat Mar 19, 11 8:35 pm Post subject:
How lovely. Would she be wearing a long white dress and a hat?

Bernie66

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Posted: Sat Mar 19, 11 8:36 pm Post subject:

Chez wrote:

How lovely. Would she be wearing a long white dress and a hat?

Not in my head, you'll have to ask Nick where his thought process is going. No don't

Mary-Jane

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Location: The Fishing Strumpet is from Ceredigion in West Wales

Posted: Sat Mar 19, 11 8:45 pm Post subject:
Sigh I might have guessed you'd all the take the Michael...

Mary-Jane

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Location: The Fishing Strumpet is from Ceredigion in West Wales

Posted: Sat Mar 19, 11 8:48 pm Post subject:
So - I've got this 1/4 acre grazing paddock...currently with sheep on it...and lots of moles in it. How do I start?

toggle

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Location: truro

Posted: Sat Mar 19, 11 8:50 pm Post subject:
tell the ducks to start

sean
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Posted: Sat Mar 19, 11 8:52 pm Post subject:
What's a 1/4 acre in real money? How many yards/metres by how many? And what shape is it?

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