At plots this afternoon, dug up the pink fir apple spuds, not a bad yield from only 10seed tubers, quite a few damaged though The ground is very dry and hard. Picked another two courgettes I had somehow missed yesterday so one monster and one reasonable size one to go with the three we already have. I counted 11 butternut squash, and 15 orange pumpkins 🎃 only up to football size so not monsters only one blue crown prince though. Most of the dwarf French beans have gone over, bars managed to pick half of them bit of a waste really, I only sowed them in desperation as the climbers were so poor then typical the climbers decided to crop at the same time. I am seriously thinking of giving up the extra half plot to just concentrate on the full one, not made the best use of it this year too much else going on.
@Allotment Boy , hello , been to plot this afternoon O/H picked pears , never had so many will giving some away Lots of apples have dropped and only good for compost bin
Courgettes finished a couple of weeks ago , have been ok Squash, got a few but not very big
Tomatoes 🍅 where getting blight , not sure how as little rain , so cleared these a couple of weeks ago and covered the bed with Horse manure until next year , the bed was bone dry !
Strawberries , well we have flowers on them again and even picked a few today , that never happened before !
Really disappointed with Autumn raspberries , only had “1” , but lots of growth Have to say with gardening, you win some & lose some , makes it interesting thou
like to try something different each year , those potatoes you grew sound interesting
Did you see the Beechgrove trial on potatoes. They were recommending Orla as a blight resistant choice, and appeared to be a reasonable crop. My Raspberries have done well @GWRS, as have the tomatoes ( even the outside ones) The outside cucumbers are finished, but still have about 10 on the inside plants. The last things to pick will be the second sowing of Beetroot and carrots.
I took on the extra half plot at a time when there were several vacant plots on our site My main reason was for the purposes of crop rotation. The thing that has always struck me is the classic advice on rotation of crops does not account for the difference in space requirements for the different crops. I grow all brassicas in a netted cage, by the time you have 6-8 plants of each type you want it can take up to a quarter of the space of a whole plot. Similarly, potatoes take up a lot of room. So I will be reviewing both what I grow and how much.
Done a lot of grass cutting last week using new ish mower Ryobi does it so much faster than my push mower and less effort needed. Strimmed a bit yesterday till battery went Found a few caterpillar recently on plot and a frog yesterday under black plastic will leave plastic where is for now Some naughty plot holder having a bonfire not ment to have till October think newer people too should know the rules
Plots again today, I decided to get the last of the spuds out while the ground was still dry as rain is forecast for tomorrow. So a sack and a half of Sarpo Mira to go with the fir apple and Charlotte safely in the shed. I also brought in the pumpkins and butternut squash in as well. Not a bad yield.
Up allotment had to tie up my wigwam today dame weather blown over with the morning glory on - nearly to flower been waiting a long time Gardeners World seeds
Saw a few new people up our end looking for a plot somewhere near by
Went for a couple of hours this am, did some strimming and then gathered some more crops. Things slowing down already. Currently soaking a cauliflower in a bucket of water to evict the woodlice out of it ! Who said woodlice only go for dead material and detritus 😡
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The ground is very dry and hard. Picked another two courgettes I had somehow missed yesterday so one monster and one reasonable size one to go with the three we already have. I counted 11 butternut squash, and 15 orange pumpkins 🎃 only up to football size so not monsters only one blue crown prince though. Most of the dwarf French beans have gone over, bars managed to pick half of them bit of a waste really, I only sowed them in desperation as the climbers were so poor then typical the climbers decided to crop at the same time.
I am seriously thinking of giving up the extra half plot to just concentrate on the full one, not made the best use of it this year too much else going on.
O/H picked pears , never had so many will giving some away
Lots of apples have dropped and only good for compost bin
Courgettes finished a couple of weeks ago , have been ok
Squash, got a few but not very big
Tomatoes 🍅 where getting blight , not sure how as little rain , so cleared these a couple of weeks ago and covered the bed with Horse manure until next year , the bed was bone dry !
Have to say with gardening, you win some & lose some , makes it interesting thou
like to try something different each year , those potatoes you grew sound interesting
My Raspberries have done well @GWRS, as have the tomatoes ( even the outside ones) The outside cucumbers are finished, but still have about 10 on the inside plants. The last things to pick will be the second sowing of Beetroot and carrots.
My main reason was for the purposes of crop rotation. The thing that has always struck me is the classic advice on rotation of crops does not account for the difference in space requirements for the different crops. I grow all brassicas in a netted cage, by the time you have 6-8 plants of each type you want it can take up to a quarter of the space of a whole plot. Similarly, potatoes take up a lot of room. So I will be reviewing both what I grow and how much.
Strimmed a bit yesterday till battery went
Found a few caterpillar recently on plot and a frog yesterday under black plastic will leave plastic where is for now
Some naughty plot holder having a bonfire not ment to have till October think newer people too should know the rules
Saw a few new people up our end looking for a plot somewhere near by
Currently soaking a cauliflower in a bucket of water to evict the woodlice out of it ! Who said woodlice only go for dead material and detritus 😡