Strawberries can be very productive, Gg but they need a lot of compost and tlc. Or polytunnels like they do it commercially.
My spuds, on the whole were very good: Charlotte and Kestrel were both delicious and very productive, despite getting blight in early July! I'd certainly grow them again. Cara are supposed to be blight resistant but they got it early too and since they're a maincrop, hadn't even started to swell then, so nowt there
Stuttgarter onions have done very well too (just about to harvest them) as did Red Electric over the winter, cropping in June.
Aquadulce Claudia broad beans were brilliant as always - sown outdoors in October and started to crop in April! The maincrop were disappointing though - Bunyard's Exhibition only cropped moderately in the next bit of ground.
Runnybeak - this is an old thread from last year that I bumped up because someone was asking about varieties that had done well. Check the dates on the posts
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Unhappy with San Marzano (in G/H) bu it is supposed to be for cooking, so time will tell (sorry to use a cliche) Marmande toms are my new best friend; utterly delish Red Leaf Calaloo is fun to cook with. Strawberries; they arrived in a bucket on my drive, I have no idea who from. I put one plant in the g/h and one outside and they have been brilliant. More than enough for me, so I may need some strawberry recipes that I can make and freeze
Sweet corn has not grown as tall as usual but has cropped well. Broad beans did ok, not amazing, Runners started off badly but have improved. Great year for Fennel; have used some oldish seed from the Jamie Oliver Collection. Zuccini Bianco from Seeds of Italy has done well.
Frozen yet another batch of fine green beans and sprouts are starting to look like sprouts, lots of them too! Cucumbers having a little spurt on, not quite sure how you know they are ready. One is particularly big, fat and green, but feels a bit hard? Any ideas?
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Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Strawberries can be very productive, Gg but they need a lot of compost and tlc. Or polytunnels like they do it commercially.
My spuds, on the whole were very good: Charlotte and Kestrel were both delicious and very productive, despite getting blight in early July! I'd certainly grow them again. Cara are supposed to be blight resistant but they got it early too and since they're a maincrop, hadn't even started to swell then, so nowt there
Stuttgarter onions have done very well too (just about to harvest them) as did Red Electric over the winter, cropping in June.
Aquadulce Claudia broad beans were brilliant as always - sown outdoors in October and started to crop in April! The maincrop were disappointing though - Bunyard's Exhibition only cropped moderately in the next bit of ground.
Primo cabbages did well too.
Runnybeak - this is an old thread from last year that I bumped up because someone was asking about varieties that had done well. Check the dates on the posts
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Unhappy with San Marzano (in G/H) bu it is supposed to be for cooking, so time will tell (sorry to use a cliche
) Marmande toms are my new best friend; utterly delish
Red Leaf Calaloo is fun to cook with. Strawberries; they arrived in a bucket on my drive, I have no idea who from. I put one plant in the g/h and one outside and they have been brilliant. More than enough for me, so I may need some strawberry recipes that I can make and freeze
Sweet corn has not grown as tall as usual but has cropped well. Broad beans did ok, not amazing, Runners started off badly but have improved. Great year for Fennel; have used some oldish seed from the Jamie Oliver Collection. Zuccini Bianco from Seeds of Italy has done well.
still no luck with strawbs!
Frozen yet another batch of fine green beans and sprouts are starting to look like sprouts, lots of them too! Cucumbers having a little spurt on, not quite sure how you know they are ready. One is particularly big, fat and green, but feels a bit hard? Any ideas?
Don't think I'll bother with garlic or aubergines again.
Garlic completely dissappeared and the aubergines didn't due much either.