Mine have just arrived; first choices again.
I have:
Black Coco Dwarf French Bean
Gladstone Pea
London Market Carrot
Boothby's Blond Cucumber
Sheepnose Pepper
Lukovidsky Onion
and a lucky dip of
Mountaineer's White Half Runner Climbing French Bean
Woohoo!!!
Friday, 18 December 2009
Thursday, 10 December 2009
Update
Wow - can't believe that I haven't updated this for so long. Summer got a bit busy.
Well, we had a great growing year.
Successes were the Chilis and Beans
Onions were good, but as always, we could do with more so I have about 400 overwintering at the moment, with about 100 seeds sown in August that are in the greenhouse for the winter.
Tomatoes, we had good success in the Greenhouse but the Outdoor ones got blight, so I got plenty of green tomato chutney from them before they were all binned.
Raspberries; Joan Js - were still cropping heavily in November so I've left the rest of them to the birds
Courgettes - were still cropping in November but have died back now
Carrots; really minimal carrot fly damage as they were grown under nets
Parsnips - started harvesting in Oct but still plenty in the ground
Peas, the HSL tall peas were a great success - apart from Pea Moth after June [eugh]
Celery - I'm growing in the Greenhouse now, in pots in gravel trays full of water. It's just easier than in the ground and they are sweet and blanched.
Very very quick summary there - but back on track with regular updates now
Well, we had a great growing year.
Successes were the Chilis and Beans
Onions were good, but as always, we could do with more so I have about 400 overwintering at the moment, with about 100 seeds sown in August that are in the greenhouse for the winter.
Tomatoes, we had good success in the Greenhouse but the Outdoor ones got blight, so I got plenty of green tomato chutney from them before they were all binned.
Raspberries; Joan Js - were still cropping heavily in November so I've left the rest of them to the birds
Courgettes - were still cropping in November but have died back now
Carrots; really minimal carrot fly damage as they were grown under nets
Parsnips - started harvesting in Oct but still plenty in the ground
Peas, the HSL tall peas were a great success - apart from Pea Moth after June [eugh]
Celery - I'm growing in the Greenhouse now, in pots in gravel trays full of water. It's just easier than in the ground and they are sweet and blanched.
Very very quick summary there - but back on track with regular updates now
Friday, 24 July 2009
Sunday, 12 July 2009
Friday, 3 July 2009
Moon Trial GZ Harvest
Today I dug up and weighed GZ
Sown on Jan 3rd
Harvested on July 3rd
6 months in the soil
Weights prior to sowing:
9, 13, 6, 8, 9
Weights at harvest
89, 129, 29, 192, 186
Overall increase in weight 1386%
Clove number 2 had split and created 2 completely new and separate bulbs of garlic. Alternatively, a fluke clove found its way in and grew in the exact correct place; as no cloves had disappeared from the rest of the trial. This was the heaviest clove of the original selection of cloves [there were 3 that weighed 13g]. Clove 3 was the smallest of the final bulbs from the last 2 batches of sowings.
Monday, 29 June 2009
HSL Peas
These are close ups of the 4 peas for the HSL trial, all taken on 15th June
Firstly, Clarke's Beltony Blue
Hugh's Huge
Simpson's Special
Alderman
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