Topic: Whos got what left?

[Marianne]

Well all veggies have left my garden - not that I had a lot anyway !  ::) ;D

But  f.u.s.c.h.i.a.s still flowering like mad, as well as honeysuckle and stocks, lavender and fennels.  Hopefully, a gardener will take over my little beauties ...  :'( :)

[powerspade]

Well I have
4 rows Leeks
2 rows Carrots
6 rows Parsnips
3 rows Swedes
2 rows Turnips
2 rows Sprouts
2 rows Savoy Cabbages
2 rows Purple Sprouting Brocoli
Goosberries
Currants
Rhubarb
Quarter of the plot has been planted with Green Manure  (Mustard), ready to plant onions and shallots in the early spring
 

[undercarriage plan]

Aww Marainne, sure they will! My fuschias are looking very sad and neglected, marigolds gone, lavender cut back, bet your all warm and snug in your boat now....Meg, my eldest, is very jealous of your houseboat, and suggests putting a hole in the bottom (not the bottom, she says, but where hole going, I'm not sure... ???) and filling it with dirt and then grow veg in it....why didn't you think of that!!!! ;D
SHe's very like me, poor lamb.....
Lottie and Meg  ;D ;) 2 of us now, how scared are you.. :o

[Mike J]

Seeing those lists has reminded me (see earlier post) that I have also got garlic and onions planted last month (and sprouting), plus basil, lavender, sage, rosemary, thyme, still looking OK, a marigold still in flower, some blackberries still in fruit (just), plus of course rhubarb, and an inherited globe artichoke on the second plot I took over this year (mainly fruit on it -and couch and weeds). First plot is my first year also.

[Marianne]

Oh dear Lottie and Meg !!  ::) ;D :D 
Drilling a hole in my boat to put dirt and plants in it would simply make it sink and I would wind up with an under-water garden LOL  ;D ::) 

But I do really appreciate the kind thought.   ;D ;D  Thank you very much. ;)

[lorna]

Marianne. Don't know what your plans are BUT if you should ever be on the River Nene and near March or Wisbech don't forget to give me a buzz. Have got nice mooring spots in March. I have often stood on the bridge in town and looked down at the long boats (I think that is what they are called).  Sorry folk for going off thread subject. Lorna.

[Mothy]

My 1st season, and I have:-

Garlic
japanese onions
Broad beans
Leeks (loads)
Swede
Turnip
Perpetual spinach
Parsnips
Savoy Cabbage
Spring Cabbage
Celery (not very good)
Beetroot
Carrots
White & purple broccoli
Celeriac - inspired by EJ
Raspberries

And loads of weeds and slugs!!
Loads of old compost gone onto empty areas in readiness for next year.
I forgot to sow Sprouts...ooops!

[Mrs Ava]

Only the one plant Tim so he has all the room he could hope for!

Seems to me like everyone has loads on the go!  Look out supermarkets, us allotmenteers and gardeners are going to rule the world!  ;D

[Lady Cosmos]

I don't need the greengrocer  ;D still have carrots, leeks, rhubarb, onions, garlic, brocoli, brussel sprouts, kale, parsley, rosemary, thyme in flower, marigolds in flower, bieslook, parsnips, potatoes (in the gound!), chard, lots of patisson, lettuce, scorzanera and salsify, beetroot, spinach, squash, cabbage,
even some strawberries and raspberries and an amazing lot of quinces and apples this year.

[Mrs Ava]

oooooooo, keep forgetting the scorzanera!  Got about 8 of them...don't know what I am going to do with them however....

[Melbourne12]

We only started mid-year, and in the excitement of planting tomatoes and beans and courgettes, we didn't put in a huge amount for autumn and winter.  But we've got:

Leeks, which are coming on OK
Cabbages, one lot of which are showing signs of splitting, but spring cabbage is looking good
Celeriac, a surprise success!
Carrots, still a few left
And a strawberry bed which gave a few strawbs this year, but the plants are looking  very good for a serious crop next time round

[plot51A]

I forgot my Xmas spuds! Foliage looking nice and green - but rather holey - think the slugs are enjoying themselves.

[Doris_Pinks]

Hmm  have got

outdoor cucumber  :o
Brussels
Swedes
Turnips
kale
Purple Sprouting
cauli 9 star
Bright lights chard
Celeriac
spinach lazio
parsley
pak choi
carrots
beetroot
mooli
Black radishes
Turnips
Leeks
Borlotti beans
Savoy (looking sad though)
A sweet pea still flowering!
Nastutiums as above
overwintering onions
broad beans in
Last of potatoes out
And lots of weeds! ;D

[Moggle]

Sweetcorn - just harvested the last of it yesterday
Pumpkin - a couple of plants just hanging on, and covered with fleece
Courgettes - 2 genovese plants under fleece that I hope will have a few more fruits
Leeks
Celeriac
Brussels
Spring Cabbage
Winter Cabbage
A few carrots - have had a big problem with slugs this year :(
Broad Beans - sowed last week
Purple Sprouting - a couple of plants
Cauliflower

[jennym]

For those that asked about eating cardoons - I have and wouldn't bother. Yes, blanch stems by wrapping something around them for about six weeks, but really, it's very much like awful stringy celery!
I grow them for a wind break at the north end of the plot, and because of the marvellously electric blue flower heads, and the seed heads later for the birds, and since I am at the front of a quite neglected site, it adds a bit of interest and dog walkers in the field do stop and chat to me about them when I'm there. And it stops people seeing too much of the other succulent goodies that are growing! Same as the Jerusalem artichokes really, but those I just love eating.

[cleo]

What a superb thread,after a year best forgotten about these posts have inspired me again. Thanks everyone :)

[sandersj89]

In the ground I have:

Carrot – Flyaway
Carrot – Sytan
Parsnip – Tender & True
Parsnip – Gladiator
Leek – Porvite
Leek – Autumn King
Leek – Carantan
Lettuce – Suttons Mixed
Cabbage – January King
Brussel Sprout – Peer Gynt
Brussel Sprout – Trafalgar
Purple Sprouting Broccoli
Pinks – Various
Dahlia- Various
Chrysanthemum – Incurved mixed

In pots under shelter
Sweet pepper – Gypsy
Aubergine – Black Beauty
Chiilie Pepper – Ring of Fire, Heatwave

If I had had my act together I would have put in some spring greens.

New season planting includes Garlic (3 types), onion sets and broad beans, all of which are now up.

I have also sown in cold frames winter lettuce, oriental leaves, carrots and cauliflower and need to get my skates on with sweet peas.

In dry storage I have:
Potatoes – Arran Victory, Picasso, Romano
Carrots – Autumn King, Early Nantes
Beetroot – Bolt Hardy
Winter Squash – Avalon
Pumpkin – Mars
Borlotti Beans - Lingua di Fuoco

And the freezers are over flowing with tomatoes, broad beans, French beans, runner beans, calabrese, cauliflower, chillies, peppers, etc, etc.

Jerry

[colleenemp]

Globe artichokes, sprouts, rhubarb, currants and about a gazzilion onions :D

[sandersj89]

Sanders    My carrots are in big containers with glass over the top and are about 2" high.  do you think they'll produce carrots?

Well seeing as I am about to sow a few deep pots with carrots, something like Early Nantes, and put them in the cold frame I should think you have a better chance than me.

I got a good enough crop of baby carrots this year from a January sowing so nothing ventured nothing gained.

Jerry

[terrace max]

Just two other crops to suggest to you resourceful people for cropping over winter: sea kale and witloof chicory - both good for lifting now, potting up over the winter months and forcing in a dark place.