Went to the plot this morning and started to tidy the strawberry patch, thanks Aster2 you were my motivation, it's been relocated around the fruit bushes .
Weeded the herb garden and have learnt, winter savory is a member of the mint family... ...was digging up roots in the old strawberry patch for fun, best planted in pots if anyone is thinking of growing it.
It started to rain so went into the GH to sow more seeds and pot up.
Bobflannigon - I've 'top hat' and another blueberry bush, can't remember the variety of the second one, both are quite small but produce alot of fruit, birds love them though, so they need netting after they've flowered and while the berry's are green. Best not to prune them for at least two years after buying to allow them to form a good root system and top growth.
I've got blueberry bushes in pots and while they do produce a good whack, they dont produce anywhere near 2.5kg of fruit, let alone 5kg!
I almost killed all my chilli and tomato plants last weekend. I was on a hen weekend and a group of us stayed overnight at my house. There was lots of alcohol involved and the plants all took a wee trip they landed on the floor and I had to very quickly replant them all very quickly. Thankfully they all seem to have survived
squashes are doing well in the greenhouse but I need to start thinking about hardening them off.
I did pull some rhubarb today!
First lot of potatoes went in a couple of week ago, just waiting for it to stop raining long enough for me to get the next lots in! Onions and garlic all planted direct and doing well, and the first lot of beetroot starting to show through now
Fruitcake, Your seedlings should be fine, the cat knocked my toms off the windowsill one yr, I didn't know what I was growing till the plants set fruit...I'd sown yellow, red, zebra and black that yr..
Only just sown chillies and toms. Bought 6 chilli and 2 sweet pepper plants though, different varieties and some which will grow to 4 or 5ft.
Hello all , subject to weather hoping to spend Tuesday & Wednesday at plot
2 main jobs plant new rasberry bed and put in first early potatoes , decided to put potatoes in trench as I ready some where you get bigger spuds ? Anybody else any idea on this ?
Zoomer44, glad to hear about providing motivation. I'm sure your strawberries will now put on some turbo growth. I'm glad I saw your post about winter savory, I was about to grow it on the plot, but now won't. Might get it for a pot on my patio instead.
My seedlings have started to grow roots through their newspaper pots, so I'll need to buy larger pots asap.
I put in my first and second earlies yesterday.
Do you all protect your young veg plants from birds? I was told that it's really important, because the birds would eat anything planted out, but it seems such a hassle.
I now have a greenhouse! It's just 4x6ft and missing glass in two door panes, but you can stand up in it and it's right next to my plot. It turns out that the lady next to me is giving up her beautifully tended plot (and taking her chickens), so I'm getting four large beds plus the greenhouse! (I was also offered a place in a new chicken care collective, because some of the other plot holders want to get new chickens, but I declined. I'll be happy for chickens to be there, but I won't take on the responsibility even if it means missing out on the eggs.)
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Went to the plot this morning and started to tidy the strawberry patch, thanks Aster2 you were my motivation, it's been relocated around the fruit bushes
.
Weeded the herb garden and have learnt, winter savory is a member of the mint family...
...was digging up roots in the old strawberry patch for fun, best planted in pots if anyone is thinking of growing it.
It started to rain so went into the GH to sow more seeds and pot up.
Bobflannigon - I've 'top hat' and another blueberry bush, can't remember the variety of the second one, both are quite small but produce alot of fruit, birds love them though, so they need netting after they've flowered and while the berry's are green. Best not to prune them for at least two years after buying to allow them to form a good root system and top growth.
Hello , o/h started planting seeds in g/h , need to finish tidying up and make up table for storage tomorrow , hopefully still time to go to plot
Blueberry bushes still growing , still a bit small but getting there
I've got blueberry bushes in pots and while they do produce a good whack, they dont produce anywhere near 2.5kg of fruit, let alone 5kg!
I almost killed all my chilli and tomato plants last weekend. I was on a hen weekend and a group of us stayed overnight at my house. There was lots of alcohol involved and the plants all took a wee trip
they landed on the floor and I had to very quickly replant them all very quickly. Thankfully they all seem to have survived 
squashes are doing well in the greenhouse but I need to start thinking about hardening them off.
I did pull some rhubarb today!
First lot of potatoes went in a couple of week ago, just waiting for it to stop raining long enough for me to get the next lots in! Onions and garlic all planted direct and doing well, and the first lot of beetroot starting to show through now
Good evening , spent afternoon at plot lots of little jobs done
Really nice weather , sorted out g/h at home and put up temporary staging so that o/h can sew lots seeds
Need to move some rasberrys canes to new bed aspa
Also made a wooded planter for growing Radish which don't normally grow well in the ground
Hope alls well with everybody
Only just sown chillies and toms. Bought 6 chilli and 2 sweet pepper plants though, different varieties and some which will grow to 4 or 5ft.
Hello all , subject to weather hoping to spend Tuesday & Wednesday at plot
2 main jobs plant new rasberry bed and put in first early potatoes , decided to put potatoes in trench as I ready some where you get bigger spuds ? Anybody else any idea on this ?
hope alls going well with everybody
Zoomer44, glad to hear about providing motivation.
I'm sure your strawberries will now put on some turbo growth. I'm glad I saw your post about winter savory, I was about to grow it on the plot, but now won't. Might get it for a pot on my patio instead.
My seedlings have started to grow roots through their newspaper pots, so I'll need to buy larger pots asap.
I put in my first and second earlies yesterday.
Do you all protect your young veg plants from birds? I was told that it's really important, because the birds would eat anything planted out, but it seems such a hassle.
I now have a greenhouse! It's just 4x6ft and missing glass in two door panes, but you can stand up in it and it's right next to my plot. It turns out that the lady next to me is giving up her beautifully tended plot (and taking her chickens), so I'm getting four large beds plus the greenhouse! (I was also offered a place in a new chicken care collective, because some of the other plot holders want to get new chickens, but I declined. I'll be happy for chickens to be there, but I won't take on the responsibility even if it means missing out on the eggs.)
Aster 2 , I definately protect our veg from pigeons , fleece , bit of netting ect works fine
Thanks, GWRS. How do you figure out when to remove the netting?