vendredi 24 juillet 2015

Ask Alys: your gardening questions answered

‘We want edible plants to green our garage wall and add interest over winter’

We want to use edible plants to make a green garage wall and add interest over winter. The base of the wall has large paving stones, which are difficult for us pensioners to move. Any ideas?

It’s worth getting someone to move one or two of those slabs, even if it costs, because you’re going to need a very big container in order for anything to thrive. You won’t be able to plant right at the base of the wall, but you can fashion a raised bed and fill it with compost: otherwise you will have to construct an arch from your nearest bed to the wall and train the plants that way.

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