My girls did struggle with the heat last week, it didn't help that one went broody and spent 3 days and nights in broody jail I did everything I could to keep them cool - extra water, ice cubes in the water, grapes frozen in water and even fanning them with a newspaper lol. I even gave them a litter tray filled with water for them to stand in and cool themselves off
They had lots of green treats as well,but they get those anyway. Thankfully it's cooled down loads the last few days so they're a lot happier
GWRS I have brassicas covered with the exact same thing. My advice is to use debris netting because anything else lets the insects through I'll take a pic when I go round shortly and try and remember to post it. The cabbages look fab
I'm still working my way through the 28lb of spuds I pulled a couple of weeks ago! I have two beds of maincrop potatoes so won't be needing any for a good long while
Peas are coming in thick and fast and there will be brocolli on my dinner plate this weekend Think the strawberries are probably done now.
Hello everybody , no doubt like me busy trying to keep up with everything , hot sunny weather and rain can't be better growing weather , still need to do lots of watering
finally getting things ship shape , soft fruit coming thick and fast as are courgettes
only 1 of the squashes have taken and pumpkins look like no hopers , also peas not done very well this year ? Don't why
just about to go in garden back up allottment on Sunday
I'm pleased, stuff is really growing well. Went to the plot on Saturday.
Pea's/beans were slow to start growing due to pea/bean weevil but they are now ropping away up their supports with pods on the pea's,
I've planted out celeriac, bulb fennel and more pea's, toms and cues in the GH. Leeks have been planted in their final spot and some more to move when they are pencil thickness.
Swede has been attacked by flea beetle but the roots have developed and picked the first one's on Saturday along with lettuce, spuds, spinach, chard, rubarb, garlic, strawberries, chives, parsley and sweet pea.
Onions, not quite big enough to start harvesting. Garlic bulbs disappointingly small but given to understand smaller bulbs have more flavour.
I've had various degree's of success and failings with courgettes, squash, pumkin and gourds, the labels have blown away on some of them so not sure what I have which is growing well, me thinks courgettes and one gourd plant. squash and pumkin struggling to to put on growth.
We have harvested the onions we planted last winter , drying in storage shed and garlic drying in cold frame
my pumpkins are not growing and only 1 squash is doing any good , courgettes are producing lots , also planted a round one , in fact had a courgette bake for dinner
leeks looking good have 2 beds of these one only planted a couple of weeks ago
pak choi needs thinning out , carrots have suddenly started to grow , however , you never know what they are like until you dig them up
forcast not good for tommrow might get up there in afternoon
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My girls did struggle with the heat last week, it didn't help that one went broody and spent 3 days and nights in broody jail
I did everything I could to keep them cool - extra water, ice cubes in the water, grapes frozen in water and even fanning them with a newspaper lol. I even gave them a litter tray filled with water for them to stand in and cool themselves off 
They had lots of green treats as well,but they get those anyway. Thankfully it's cooled down loads the last few days so they're a lot happier
GWRS I have brassicas covered with the exact same thing. My advice is to use debris netting because anything else lets the insects through
I'll take a pic when I go round shortly and try and remember to post it. The cabbages look fab 
I'm still working my way through the 28lb of spuds I pulled a couple of weeks ago! I have two beds of maincrop potatoes so won't be needing any for a good long while
Peas are coming in thick and fast and there will be brocolli on my dinner plate this weekend
Think the strawberries are probably done now.
On allottment Sunday and Monday lots done , picked lots of strawberries and rasberries and O/H made jam , rasberry perfect , strawberry a bit runny
Also bid some raspberry Vodka and black currant juice both firsts
bought some blue water piping from builder merchant to make arches for cabbages
planted a courgette that produce round rather than the normal shap O/H going to stuff it for dinner tonight
I agree everything growing well , sun and rain does make a difference , shame the weeds are growing !
Hello everybody , no doubt like me busy trying to keep up with everything , hot sunny weather and rain can't be better growing weather , still need to do lots of watering
finally getting things ship shape , soft fruit coming thick and fast as are courgettes
only 1 of the squashes have taken and pumpkins look like no hopers , also peas not done very well this year ? Don't why
just about to go in garden back up allottment on Sunday
GWRS some of my peas are doing well at home but some of the new seeds from the potato day in January did not grow so lucky I brought 2 different lots
Not got any courgettes yet but have flowers, a allotment holder gave me 2 courgettes the other day so may have them for tea tonight
Went to the allotment plot on Wednesday got some soil shiftling done - my potatoes have flowers
I've come home today with 2lbs of shelled peas, brocolli, yet more rhubarb, carrots and cabbage
I grew a cherry! Only a single one on the tree but it went in my mouth and was ok
a few autumn raspberries a coming through
Hello everybody was going to go to allottment today but kept have little showers so decided to carry on with garden
however this evening is now gloriously sunny , in Lincolnshire , British weather always amazing , just about to have dinner
must go to tip tommrow 8 bags of garden waste and reclying bin full
I'm pleased, stuff is really growing well. Went to the plot on Saturday.
Pea's/beans were slow to start growing due to pea/bean weevil but they are now ropping away up their supports with pods on the pea's,
I've planted out celeriac, bulb fennel and more pea's, toms and cues in the GH. Leeks have been planted in their final spot and some more to move when they are pencil thickness.
Swede has been attacked by flea beetle but the roots have developed and picked the first one's on Saturday along with lettuce, spuds, spinach, chard, rubarb, garlic, strawberries, chives, parsley and sweet pea.
Onions, not quite big enough to start harvesting. Garlic bulbs disappointingly small but given to understand smaller bulbs have more flavour
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I've had various degree's of success and failings with courgettes, squash, pumkin and gourds, the labels have blown away on some of them so not sure what I have which is growing well, me thinks courgettes and one gourd plant. squash and pumkin struggling to to put on growth.
Happy growing everyone
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We have harvested the onions we planted last winter , drying in storage shed and garlic drying in cold frame
my pumpkins are not growing and only 1 squash is doing any good , courgettes are producing lots , also planted a round one , in fact had a courgette bake for dinner
leeks looking good have 2 beds of these one only planted a couple of weeks ago
pak choi needs thinning out , carrots have suddenly started to grow , however , you never know what they are like until you dig them up
forcast not good for tommrow might get up there in afternoon
sounds like a lot of you been busy
Been to the allotment plot today done lots of weeding of the bit that got dug, was very windy today and kept getting spitting rained on