First ever tabletop garden

Frenchbean 5/26/2013, 3:55 pm

I have finally planted my very first tabletop garden. I have trouble with cats, foxes and slugs and snails by the thousand (well, a slight exadaration, but it feels like thousands.

Please, please let this work. Its my first time posting pictures on here and its not working affraid

Need to find the kids to help me. In the mean time
4x4ft SFG
sweet potato 3 sq french beans
2 cucumber, nasturtium and Nigella flowers, courgette, tomato
peas, sweet pepper, courgette, tomato
lettuce leaves,tomato, sweet pepper, sweet pepper

bnoles 5/26/2013, 4:12 pm

Please get the kids to help, I would love to see your garden.

Frenchbean 5/26/2013, 4:37 pm

I have now planted my first ever tabletop garden. Please tell me what you think
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I have Charlie the gnome sleeping on the job1 Shocked

. I have several owl that glow in the dark; hopefully to scare the cat and foxes tongue

. And some pretty flowers in my watering can rock on

.

Frenchbean 5/26/2013, 4:43 pm

bnoles wrote:Please get the kids to help, I would love to see your garden.

Dear bnoles
I have but it posted in the wrong place Embarassed

It went to First ever tabletop SFG garden !!!!! thinking

boffer 5/26/2013, 4:44 pm

Alright, you figured out how to post a pic! First ever tabletop garden 3170584802

I love tabletops! It looks great to me; every garden needs a gnome. I tried an owl to keep the birds away; not only didn't it work, but I watched a deer knock it over with her nose!

Are you trying the red coffee can next to your tomato plant for watering purposes?

Frenchbean 5/26/2013, 4:45 pm

This is driving me a little bonkers hyper

Phew its hard to get pickys on here silly me

Frenchbean wrote:I have finally planted my very first tabletop garden. I have trouble with cats, foxes and slugs and snails by the thousand (well, a slight exadaration, but it feels like thousands.

Please, please let this work. Its my first time posting pictures on here and its not working
Need to find the kids to help me. In the mean time
4x4ft SFG
sweet potato 3 sq french beans
2 cucumber, nasturtium and Nigella flowers, courgette, tomato
peas, sweet pepper, courgette, tomato
lettuce leaves,tomato, sweet pepper, sweet pepper

bnoles 5/26/2013, 4:47 pm

You did a great job on that garden. I like the fact that you made the extra effort to dress it up with flowers and figures.

Awesome Job!

boffer 5/26/2013, 4:48 pm

You've got two threads going with nearly the same name; is that causing some confusion?

Maybe Rooster or camp can combine them next time they're here.

Frenchbean 5/26/2013, 4:51 pm

Hi boffer
The red coffee mug is the plant pot the tomatoes came in; and yes there for watering at their roots. No deers roaming around London boffer.
Foxes, squirrels and loads of cats though affraid

Im glad you like my garden

Frenchbean 5/26/2013, 4:54 pm

bnoles thankyou for your lovely comments First ever tabletop garden 3170584802

Frenchbean 5/26/2013, 4:59 pm

Boffer me I'm totally confused blush

I asked the kids to help me post the pictures and it kinda got screwed up from there First ever tabletop garden 950477

can some nice person combine my threads..............pretty please

**llama momma** 5/26/2013, 5:04 pm

It is very lovely and your back is going to love you for it. Congratulations!
LM

**camprn** 5/26/2013, 5:38 pm

boffer wrote:You've got two threads going with nearly the same name; is that causing some confusion?

Maybe Rooster or camp can combine them next time they're here.

done

Frenchbean 5/27/2013, 4:08 am

Camprin thank you okay

Llama thankyou for your comments as you are a SFG teacher that means a lot to me rahrah

Ray'ssfg 5/27/2013, 5:01 am

Well done Frenchbean.
Your garden looks great.
I had lots of challenges with photos for awhile, perservere as we all love to see pics.
I think I get more insperation from them than anything else.
My garden boxes are 3ft high so similar to table tops.
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Ray downunder

**llama momma** 5/27/2013, 6:07 am

Frenchbean wrote:...
Llama thankyou for your comments as you are a SFG teacher that means a lot to me

Uh-ohh...Thank you for your kindness, it made me smile and makes me nervous at the same time Lol! I have learned a bunch but have so much more to learn. It is good there are so many on this forum, the combined volume of knowledge and helpfulness is a joy. Enjoy your square foot journey and this lovely forum, Always, LM-(gina)

plantoid 5/27/2013, 7:04 am

FB , them's dandy looking beds you have there Wink

Nice meaty wood work too.
Keep posting your pictures the more you post the better you become doing it .

**walshevak** 5/28/2013, 5:54 am

You did a beautiful job on your tabletop. I lived in Northants for 2 summers and really enjoyed all the flowers I was able to grow and the lovely garden shops.

Another view of a tabletop garden. My back and I love gardening standing up. I have 10 tabletops and a variety of buckets, pots and cement mixing tubs planted.

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Kay

Frenchbean 5/28/2013, 12:28 pm

Hi Kay thanks for sharing your photos of your large garden Very Happy

Could you tell me how you made your covers. They look like old wagon canopy First ever tabletop garden 3170584802

s from the wild west; seems to be very effective though

**walshevak** 5/28/2013, 9:17 pm

They are indeed called cover wagons. I have two 10ft pieces of 1/2" pvc pipe attached to the sides of the beds with brackets. They are then covered with wedding veil tulle netting clipped on with binder clips from the stationary store. I keep this bug netting on until the plants that need pollinating start blooming and then remove it or move it down a row of squares if the whole bed does not need to be uncovered.

Kay

Frenchbean 5/29/2013, 4:36 am

Walshevak; thank you for instructions.... Im off to find materials. Thanks Kay cheers

**sanderson** 6/29/2014, 4:23 pm

DH just finished this 8'x 2' I.D. Table Top. This should be the first of 3 TTs in the dead-grass area. Weed fabric and artificial Fescue turf still need to be placed underneath before setting it up.
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Marc Iverson 6/30/2014, 1:09 am

Interesting design. Looks nice and sturdy. I really like how easy it is to access two-foot-wide beds.

What are you planning on planting in them?

**sanderson** 6/30/2014, 2:47 am

Marc, I have no idea at this time of the summer. Some Dragon Tongue and 2 tomatoes are all I have planned so far. Still have work to do before it's ready for plants.

Goosegirl 6/30/2014, 8:21 am

Looks great, Sanderson! First ever tabletop garden 3170584802

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