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    Virtual Show 2016 - Best imaginative/useful garden/allotment structure -VOTING

    Please post your entry here for Best imaginative/useful garden/allotment structure


    Please post once only - your first entry is your only entry.

    Closing date for voting- Midnight, Monday 31st October 2016
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    Lumpy
    0.00%
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    ldsau93
    6.67%
    2
    Norfolkgrey
    13.33%
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    WPG
    6.67%
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    Small pumpkin
    10.00%
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    Cadalot
    16.67%
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    Bigmallly
    10.00%
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    craftymarie
    20.00%
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    Veggiechicken
    3.33%
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    Jungle Jane
    13.33%
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    Last edited by Nicos; 05-10-2016, 09:43 AM.
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    OK I will start the ball rolling............

    Sugar snaps and lettuce



    Sugar snaps and radish

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    • #3
      Nomination for ‘ least respect to straight lines’ category. It’s 5 pallets cut in half then re-stitched to create a raised bed 6m long, 1m wide and c. 50 cm tall.
      It’s for the blueberries so the ericaceous compost can be contained.
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      • #4
        Tommy the Tree Spirit (with his lovely flowery hat )

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        • #5
          I'm probably bending the rules a bit -this is more of an 'allotment to home' structure, but I do find it really useful.

          I usually bring flowers home from the allotment, and always had the problem of how to transport them while driving. Then I discovered my double cup holder in the back of the car is a perfect fit for a certain size of tin - no more spillages or damage to the flowers.
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          • #6
            I don't have many garden structures due to it getting a bit breezy from time to time. however I do have my 2 polytunnles, not very imaginative but very very useful. then there is my potting shed, again incredibly useful but not overly exciting until you do this to it............ yes ladies & gentlemen i've pimped my shed




            (yes that is an old feed bag being used as a roofing ridge )
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            • #7
              OK I submit the Mk V Modified Bird Scarer under this category

              Video showing construction https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BRzw0lL5I3Y

              Working On Site https://youtu.be/1K8aUYDE370
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              • #8
                It's early days yet but here is one of the Squash Pallets:

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                • #9
                  Last year I struggled with growing decent lettuce due to slugs eating so much of it. Even growing it in containers and keeping those much higher up on shelving did not work at stopping them.



                  This year I bought a raised container with legs. I planted the legs centrally into large tins filled with a bit of water. Slugs are unable to swim so they haven't (yet) been able to bypass this system in order to climb up the legs of the container. If they ever manage to somehow get past these tins, I shall find some wider ones to use instead.

                  The lettuce has been able to grow undisturbed by snails, slugs and also ants which get into most of my other containers.
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                  LOVE growing food to eat in my little town back garden. Winter update: currently growing overwintering onions, carrots, lettuce, chard, salad leaves, kale, cabbage, radish, beetroot, garlic, broccoli raab, some herbs.

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                  • #10
                    A Planter made from freebie bits of fitted units (don't know what!)
                    Found these at checkout in H0meb@se, marked "Free Wood". I just had to have them

                    Two bits of unit as found



                    Jiggled into shape



                    Joined together and lined with a compost bag



                    All I need now are the plants to fill it! Does anyone have any Begonias?
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                    • #11
                      A swing frame makes a good strong support structure for climbers. The tomato & pepper plants in the square pot were moved to the frame because the tomato plant got too tall for the bamboo pole supporting it & it was windy,so I tied it onto the frame. There's another tomato plant in the raised bed growing up the netting with three 'cucino' cucumber plants in the middle of the raised bed & a couple of runner bean plants growing up the swing frame on the right hand side.
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