I've had a pretty steady supply of cherry tomatoes and runner beans. I got impatient waiting for the peppers to ripen so picked them green. The chillis haven't ripened either but they've got good heat and flavour green. I've had the first couple of aubergine but they got made into moussaka before I had a chance to get a photo.
Sadly all my beetroot and radish have either gone to seed or been eaten by something. Cabbages, Kale & sprouting broccoli are looking good. Hoping for a good autumn/winter crop of those.
Tracey-10 You have got the larva of the Lily beetle on there as well. They cover themselves in their own poo to hide. They will eat your Lilies as well. They need to be removed and destroyed.
That corn looks amazing. Mine is still a way off yet, the ears are still pretty small.
Sadly the tomatoes are showing early signs of blight.
Runner beans are going strong. I missed a couple of pods and they've matured. The mature beans are beautiful but not sure what to do with them. Dry them for next year?
This is my second year with a greenhouse (such bliss) and the year is going good yesterday pick took the total to date at 100 Tom's 15 cucumbers from a 10/12 foot greenhouse. Outside had enough strawbs for Daly breakfast and now switched to raspberries. Green beans are in the freezer and had five meals. Not bad when all this has come from only 4 cucumber plants 10 strawbs 8 greenbeans and 15 toms.?
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Looks like Lily Beetle to me. Those red b*****s destroy the flowers. As soon as you see any beetles, squish em!!
When you disturb them, they drop to the ground and lie on their back showing their black undersides which makes them hard to see.
Put one hand underneath as you use the other hand to pick them off . That way if they drop, your hand is there to catch them. Most satisfying.
I've had a pretty steady supply of cherry tomatoes and runner beans. I got impatient waiting for the peppers to ripen so picked them green. The chillis haven't ripened either but they've got good heat and flavour green. I've had the first couple of aubergine but they got made into moussaka before I had a chance to get a photo.
Sadly all my beetroot and radish have either gone to seed or been eaten by something. Cabbages, Kale & sprouting broccoli are looking good. Hoping for a good autumn/winter crop of those.
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Tracey-10 You have got the larva of the Lily beetle on there as well. They cover themselves in their own poo to hide. They will eat your Lilies as well. They need to be removed and destroyed.
That corn looks amazing. Mine is still a way off yet, the ears are still pretty small.
Sadly the tomatoes are showing early signs of blight.
Runner beans are going strong. I missed a couple of pods and they've matured. The mature beans are beautiful but not sure what to do with them. Dry them for next year?
This is my second year with a greenhouse (such bliss) and the year is going good yesterday pick took the total to date at 100 Tom's 15 cucumbers from a 10/12 foot greenhouse. Outside had enough strawbs for Daly breakfast and now switched to raspberries. Green beans are in the freezer and had five meals. Not bad when all this has come from only 4 cucumber plants 10 strawbs 8 greenbeans and 15 toms.?
Today I will be mostly freezing runner beans
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.