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Produce => Edible Plants => Topic started by: wasteoid on July 01, 2007, 14:35:50

Title: My first post and first crop!!!
Post by: wasteoid on July 01, 2007, 14:35:50
Hi all,

I have been lurking on the forum for a few months now. We got our first allotments on the 21st of March this year, and I rotovated it (against the given wisdom of the forum) on the 26th. We have since filled it with loads of stuff. We have been eating the cut and come again lettuces since early June as well as red and white radishes.

Today we have lifted our first row of rocket spuds, getting nearly 15 pounds out of 9 plants. We have also gathered white radish, more lettuce, land cress, the first baby carrot, spring onions, chives, beetroot, mange tout and my first atrichoke. See the picture below.

(http://images.fotopic.net/ypgp0c.jpg)

It has been a fairly hard learning curve to get things going as well as a load of hard work digging. I have to say, though that the advice on the forum has been excellent, thanks to you all. I look forward to posting more piccies as we get more and more crops through.

Thanks all,

Chris

Title: Re: My first post and first crop!!!
Post by: manicscousers on July 01, 2007, 14:47:50
hiya, chris,and welcome.. it works, doesn't it, wierd to think..march you just had hard work, now, it's all been worth it, hope you get loads more, the rocket'll keep you going for a while  ;D
Title: Re: My first post and first crop!!!
Post by: saddad on July 01, 2007, 14:59:01
Well done Chris! I've been at it decades and never grown a globe artichoke!
Asparagus now that's another thing!
;D
Title: Re: My first post and first crop!!!
Post by: lorna on July 01, 2007, 15:02:52
Welcome Chris glad you have joined in.
Lorna
Title: Re: My first post and first crop!!!
Post by: Jeannine on July 01, 2007, 15:31:11
Welcome from me too Chris XX Jeannine
Title: Re: My first post and first crop!!!
Post by: sarah on July 01, 2007, 15:37:52
how lovely. its amazing what you can produce in such a short time. i dug up all my rocket spuds today aswell.
Title: Re: My first post and first crop!!!
Post by: cornykev on July 01, 2007, 17:42:02
Welcome Chris and well done, your veggies look great. ;D ;D ;D