Good morning everyone this is such a busy time isnt it, as soon as one lot of seeds are sown there are plants to pot on or go in the ground. A good life
Feeling pleased with my plot now , peas are looking better - they did need a feed ( thanks gardengirl), mange tout growing beyond the peasticks, dwarf beans in, uncovered and dug over the rest of the plot ready for corn and red cabbage. Latest photos
from the back of the plot ^ the sun just rising above the trees behind my plot, get there early to avoid the heat of the day!
Hi All. I was dog sitting yesterday so got a few hours in after his owners collected him. Cam home with a basket full of onions,spring onions, cabbage, beetroots, spinach , new spuds and strawberries, had to wheel it back to the car (looked like a mobile greengrocer.
My broccoli bolted too Zoomer so put kale in instead (great minds think alike!!) Broadbeans are smothered in blackfly, despite using soapy water spray on them, hope to get a bit of a crop though. peas and french beans coming along nicely.
Any tips on growing squashes, mine are in a bed of rotted horse manure and i water them often but the leaves are going yellow? I will try comfrey feed tonight.
Hi GWRS, it had a small amount of manure last year but had onions in all winter. They are now gone so I put in a layer of well rotted manure to boost the soil up. Do you think thats too much? I did wonder if it had been to cold for them.
Ginagibbs , yes we have certainly had cold winds in Lincolnshire , mine are not looking brill , interesting to see what they are like when I get back off hols ?
The courgettes , 2 are growing well in a sheltered spot and 2 in a more exposed bit are not looking to good
the potatoes are looking really good but it all depends what it is like when I start digging them up !
GWRS I think your right about the wind exposure, the ones that are protected by other plants seem to be ok.we have had some cool nights and my plot is a windy one, 2 courgette plants are producing fruit though..
Dug up a few spud plants, the yeald was'nt spectacular, about 5-8 spuds per plant so leaving them a bit longer as there were tiny ones trying to develop.
Had some great beetroots though, cooked them last night to have with our dinner, yum!! Artichokes on the menu this evening
Today I have been a busy little bee - planted up some swede, came home with somewhere between 7-8lbs of gooseberries - my kitchen scales say the bag us too heavy and my bathroom scales won't register them lol. I'll do it properly later.
Off to the other plot, pull up the last of the onions and pathetic attempt at garlic, plant some French beans, pull up the broad bean plants and bring home what was salvageable on them (I am pig sick of broad beans now!), rescue more strawberries from the beasties, same with blackcurrants and raspberries.
Still havent used used all the potatoes from the last lot I pulled up last week so no point in bringing more of those home just yet. I had some fantastically big ones from them last week so I have high expectations for the rest of them!
Sounds like a bounty of gooseberries you have there, fruitcake. I had one bowl full last week. Grow them at home too and those are looking to be a bumper crop.
Growing squash for the first time along with pumpkin's. The first plants died, me think's due to a late frost but I've planted more. Mine have been slow to grow Ginagibbs, and the earlier leaves went pale and yellowy so I just removed the leaves. The ground was covered in muck last October, I tend to do it in the autmn, one less job in the Spring. Mine are a long way off flowering let alone bearing a crop. I've also courgettes and a gourd plant. The swan gourds from last year are drying nicely. I've hung them from the pea supports to frighten the birds.
Spuds are along way off yet and 2nd early plants are bigger than the 1st earlies
Did more planting out today, beetroot, lettuse, kale, spinach, basil and gladioli. Also started sowing biennials for next year.
Ginagibbs, Do you think it could have been the flea beetle which caused our broccoli to bolt.
I weighed the gooseberries properly last night and it came in at just under 9.5 lbs that was just off one plant and there's still loads left on it! There are 4 more plants, 3 of which are equally laden, the other is smaller
i have just finished topping and tailing 6 lbs of them to go in the brewing bucket. Operation Gooseberry Fizz begins here
My Gooseberries are not ready to be picked yet Fruicake. You are well in front of all here in Sussex. Lifting Turnips and Garlic now. French beans are looking a bit sad hope they perk up soon. Put my Leeks in they are looking ok at the moment. Peas have flowers on and Beans too. Raspberries white and red are beginning to develope.
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Good morning everyone
this is such a busy time isnt it, as soon as one lot of seeds are sown there are plants to pot on or go in the ground. A good life 
Feeling pleased with my plot now , peas are looking better - they did need a feed ( thanks gardengirl), mange tout growing beyond the peasticks, dwarf beans in, uncovered and dug over the rest of the plot ready for corn and red cabbage. Latest photos
from the back of the plot ^ the sun just rising above the trees behind my plot, get there early to avoid the heat of the day!
Hi All. I was dog sitting yesterday so got a few hours in after his owners collected him. Cam home with a basket full of onions,spring onions, cabbage, beetroots, spinach , new spuds and strawberries, had to wheel it back to the car (looked like a mobile greengrocer
.
My broccoli bolted too Zoomer so put kale in instead (great minds think alike!!) Broadbeans are smothered in blackfly, despite using soapy water spray on them, hope to get a bit of a crop though. peas and french beans coming along nicely.
Any tips on growing squashes, mine are in a bed of rotted horse manure and i water them often but the leaves are going yellow? I will try comfrey feed tonight.
Everybody sounds busy , starting to wonder what mine will be like when get home ?
Ginagibbs , just a thought perhaps the manure is to rich for your squashes , last year I grew them in ground where the manure was dug in , in spring
Hi GWRS, it had a small amount of manure last year but had onions in all winter. They are now gone so I put in a layer of well rotted manure to boost the soil up. Do you think thats too much? I did wonder if it had been to cold for them.
Ginagibbs , yes we have certainly had cold winds in Lincolnshire , mine are not looking brill , interesting to see what they are like when I get back off hols ?
The courgettes , 2 are growing well in a sheltered spot and 2 in a more exposed bit are not looking to good
the potatoes are looking really good but it all depends what it is like when I start digging them up !
the challenge and joy of gardening !
GWRS I think your right about the wind exposure, the ones that are protected by other plants seem to be ok.we have had some cool nights and my plot is a windy one, 2 courgette plants are producing fruit though..
Dug up a few spud plants, the yeald was'nt spectacular, about 5-8 spuds per plant so leaving them a bit longer as there were tiny ones trying to develop.
Had some great beetroots though, cooked them last night to have with our dinner, yum!! Artichokes on the menu this evening
Today I have been a busy little bee - planted up some swede, came home with somewhere between 7-8lbs of gooseberries - my kitchen scales say the bag us too heavy and my bathroom scales won't register them lol. I'll do it properly later.
Off to the other plot, pull up the last of the onions and pathetic attempt at garlic, plant some French beans, pull up the broad bean plants and bring home what was salvageable on them (I am pig sick of broad beans now!), rescue more strawberries from the beasties, same with blackcurrants and raspberries.
Still havent used used all the potatoes from the last lot I pulled up last week so no point in bringing more of those home just yet. I had some fantastically big ones from them last week so I have high expectations for the rest of them!
Sounds like a bounty of gooseberries you have there, fruitcake. I had one bowl full last week
. Grow them at home too and those are looking to be a bumper crop
.
Growing squash for the first time along with pumpkin's. The first plants died, me think's due to a late frost but I've planted more. Mine have been slow to grow Ginagibbs, and the earlier leaves went pale and yellowy so I just removed the leaves. The ground was covered in muck last October, I tend to do it in the autmn, one less job in the Spring. Mine are a long way off flowering let alone bearing a crop. I've also courgettes and a gourd plant. The swan gourds from last year are drying nicely. I've hung them from the pea supports to frighten the birds.
Spuds are along way off yet and 2nd early plants are bigger than the 1st earlies
Did more planting out today, beetroot, lettuse, kale, spinach, basil and gladioli. Also started sowing biennials for next year.
Ginagibbs, Do you think it could have been the flea beetle which caused our broccoli to bolt.
I weighed the gooseberries properly last night and it came in at just under 9.5 lbs
that was just off one plant and there's still loads left on it! There are 4 more plants, 3 of which are equally laden, the other is smaller
i have just finished topping and tailing 6 lbs of them to go in the brewing bucket. Operation Gooseberry Fizz begins here
My Gooseberries are not ready to be picked yet Fruicake. You are well in front of all here in Sussex. Lifting Turnips and Garlic now. French beans are looking a bit sad hope they perk up soon. Put my Leeks in they are looking ok at the moment. Peas have flowers on and Beans too. Raspberries white and red are beginning to develope.