I am just finishing harvesting chard and p s broccoli. I sweat chard down like spinach, drain it and squash it and freeze in small balls and eat it in the winter.
I have runner beans, French climbing and barlotti beans to go in. Small area so things have to climb.
Radishes growing well as is garlic (Autumn sown) and shallots.
Lettuce in GH ready to go out after frosts.
Toms, cumbers, peppers, chillies, aubergine, courgette and a gourd thing seeds bought in Greece. Spuds in sacks and will use sacks for late carrots, less root fly later.
Need to do my spinach and beetroot ASAP as well as my bunching spring onions and rocket, and coriander and basil for GH
It keeps blinking raining on me However the soil is lovely and warm so battle stations ASAP
Hi GWRS I empty the sacks when harvesting then re-fill with the same compost to which I add organic potato feed and sow my carrots. My carrots seem to like potato feed
Hi KEF like the idea chard balls may try that, do you have a proper GH not a plastic one?
Ginagibbs all I get is the squashed tomato when trying to upload a pic so still no go, sounds as though you may well get the plot maybe they had a look around thought about it and are not sure they will do anything will just have to wait an see if you see them again
It may well take a while digging the allotment plot but I am doing little by little, some progress as the ground looks a bit leveller even with 5 metre dug
I have 1 sweetcorn out of 20 seeds up so far just waiting on the rest, runner beans sowed last week still awaiting on them new seeds on both things
Gg I have two glass GH's The old one gets less sun so it suits the cumbers, new replacement one ( my wooden one rotted after 22 yrs) is for GH toms, peppers, chillies etc. I also grow outdoor medium sized cherry toms, any surplus I freeze whole and use for cooking in the winter. I also make gummy tomatoes..Jamie Oliver recipe
Ginagibbs , enjoy malvern show , not been to that one but always looks good on tv
hoping to go to allotment over weekend not been for ages due to holiday getting withdrawal pains , lots to do , things really came on in greenhouse and need getting in ground
lets hope weathers ok
Kef , last year cumbers did brilliant as did chillies , toms ok , outside toms did better but never been able to grow peppers , any tips
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I am just finishing harvesting chard and p s broccoli. I sweat chard down like spinach, drain it and squash it and freeze in small balls and eat it in the winter.
I have runner beans, French climbing and barlotti beans to go in. Small area so things have to climb.
Radishes growing well as is garlic (Autumn sown) and shallots.
Lettuce in GH ready to go out after frosts.
Toms, cumbers, peppers, chillies, aubergine, courgette and a gourd thing
seeds bought in Greece. Spuds in sacks and will use sacks for late carrots, less root fly later.
Need to do my spinach and beetroot ASAP as well as my bunching spring onions and rocket, and coriander and basil for GH
It keeps blinking raining on me
However the soil is lovely and warm so battle stations ASAP
Hope you all have a great productive season
Kef , do you replant the potatoe sacks with carrots after harvesting them ?
sounds interesting
Hi GWRS I empty the sacks when harvesting then re-fill with the same compost to which I add organic potato feed and sow my carrots. My carrots seem to like potato feed
Thats a good idea KEF, I was wondering what to do with all that lovely soil in my potato sacks.
Had my first crop of radishes yesterday, yum (not too peppery).
Will try and get my beans in this weekend, but off to Malvern Flower show on Sunday.
Hi KEF like the idea chard balls may try that, do you have a proper GH not a plastic one?
Ginagibbs all I get is the squashed tomato when trying to upload a pic so still no go, sounds as though you may well get the plot maybe they had a look around thought about it and are not sure they will do anything will just have to wait an see if you see them again
It may well take a while digging the allotment plot but I am doing little by little, some progress as the ground looks a bit leveller even with 5 metre dug
I have 1 sweetcorn out of 20 seeds up so far just waiting on the rest, runner beans sowed last week still awaiting on them new seeds on both things
Ginagibbs just watched Foodie Laura go around Malvern on Youtube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xjb0-ZkqjYc&feature=em-uploademail
Thanks Gardengirl, just watched her. Not been to Malvern show before, looks good. Luckily its not far from me either.
Gg I have two glass GH's
The old one gets less sun so it suits the cumbers, new replacement one ( my wooden one rotted after 22 yrs) is for GH toms, peppers, chillies etc. I also grow outdoor medium sized cherry toms, any surplus I freeze whole and use for cooking in the winter. I also make gummy tomatoes..Jamie Oliver recipe 
Ginagibbs , enjoy malvern show , not been to that one but always looks good on tv
hoping to go to allotment over weekend not been for ages due to holiday getting withdrawal pains , lots to do , things really came on in greenhouse and need getting in ground
lets hope weathers ok
Kef , last year cumbers did brilliant as did chillies , toms ok , outside toms did better but never been able to grow peppers , any tips
Ginagibbs , watched G/W tonight and they went to the Malvern show , looked great
i am sure you will have a great time
the local Garden club wnet to Harrogate but we where already going to a 60th birthday party , another good show