Beetroot, Parsnips, Carrots, Kale, Cabbages, Beetroot, Cauli and Marigolds all sown on the plot
Early Spuds, Shallots and onions all planted
PSB just growing thumb size heads and other cabbages all looking healthy under the blue piped netting cage thingy
A couple of sneaky spring onions looking healthy under the netting. ( how did they get there )
Rhubarb coming along nicely
One competition spud up in the tub
Some Strawberry's starting to form flowers
Curly Kale still cropping
Indoors: 14 out of 20 Tigerella's up, 6 out of 10 Pearl garden up and only 1 out of 10 Roma barely breaking the surface
Cucumbers not showing
Celeriac barely pushing the surface
Cauli Romansecu just pushing through
Marigolds up
Sowed carrots in back garden
Shallots in back garden, shoots 4/6 inches high
Strawberry's looking healthy.
;D ;D ;D
:o somebody has been busy..
I've only just cleared last of the carrots and parnips from the land ::)
Well..PSB is just showing first signs of budding.
Spring caulis are looking lush and green..no signs of cauli though.
Kale is growing like weeds..loads to cut.
Tomatoes are all in jiffy's..indoors
Chillies and peppers are looking good ..indoors
Onions, leeks and shallots are all in modules in cold GH
Potatoes will be going in this weekend..one hopes...
All bedding plugs will be potted this weekend.
Rhubarb will give first tasters very soon.
Peach is in full bloom in GH
Plenty of salad stuff in planters in GH
Peas are up...first crop grown in buckets in GH
Herb seeds sown and in propagator
Oca in GH..potted but not showing growth yet..tiger nuts and bulbous 'sweet peas' are up..and and.... ::)
havent got much in ground yet,just the normals of gooseberrys,strawberrys,logans,rhubarb and blackcurrant
lots of bulbs coming through,lots in full flower
desiree and maris in waiting,onions too
in greenhouse i have sweetpeas,morning glory,and mixed wild flowers doing strong,sunflowers breaking for light
plenty of leeks doing good,sweetcorn showing there heads,and pumpkin and courgette starting off
have peas in modules started,to go with seed outside.i buy my tom plants off a local shop so only prepared the greenhouse space
also buy in pepper and chilli plants,puts a few pounds there way ;)
just need to get a start on the french beans,and get an ideal carrot bed set.
need to decide on a place for a victoria plum this year,and also a grape vine
have some scaffholding ready for bending to deliver the vine across,will be for next year so can give the soil the right conditions. think im on track ;D
Tomatoes for the plant sale in 5" pots, ours still in 3 1/2.
Earlies and seconds in on both plots, peppers and cucumbers ready to be transplanted,
garlic and onions coming along great
soft herbs doing well in mini greenhouse in poly, along with celeriac,
red fuego, fielderkraut, greyhound cabbage, speedy cauli, fillbasket sprout pricked out into trays,
peas about !" tall in gutters inside, lots of salad leaves ready to cut
all the fruit trees are getting ready for a good year ;D
Tomatoes, peppers, aubergines, basil, doing nicely on the windowsills. Tatties in, onion sets in, broadies and mangetout sown in the greenhouse. Last of the parsnips in a box at the top of the drive begging to be taken away....and asparagus on the plate tonight! Wayhay!
Got loads of onions and shallots in, spuds going in little by little. Things are slow for me this Spring as I can't use my right hand due to injury, so frustrating! (OH is my typist :))
However sowing seeds is no problem, and I've got full windowsills! Tomatoes are doing well, potted up, some under cloche made of old shower screen in garden, they seem happy.
All in all, in spite of the hand, I'm happy with it all so far. :)
everything and anything that is edible is growing fantastic - the list is too long ;D
Quote from: pigeonseed on March 25, 2011, 20:13:00
Got loads of onions and shallots in, spuds going in little by little. Things are slow for me this Spring as I can't use my right hand due to injury, so frustrating! (OH is my typist :))
However sowing seeds is no problem, and I've got full windowsills! Tomatoes are doing well, potted up, some under cloche made of old shower screen in garden, they seem happy.
All in all, in spite of the hand, I'm happy with it all so far. :)
How nice of your OH! hello OH! hope that hand recovers soon x
Allotment is dug over.
Sweetpeas are about 6" in greenhouse (can these now go outside in pots and ground???)
All peppers, tomatoes and cucumbers sown and up, all at least 4" tall.
Spring onions, radish, early carrots sown in tubs
Chive, basil, lavender, lemongrass, mint all sown in pots.
Broadbeans just transplanted out today.
Pentland javelin all planted today.
2x Redcurrant bushes planted today.
12 Strawberry plants planted out 2 weeks ago.
Giant winter leeks sown in pots, 3" tall
Sturon onions all planted out today.
Onion seeds through in seed trays in greenhouse
20 new raspberry canes, 10 of each, planted out 3 weeks ago.
12 primo up in the greenhouse.
Candid charm growing well in the greenhouse
Parthenon calabrese doing well in the greenhouse.
Petunias just poking through
Marigolds all doing well
Feltham first peas direct sown today
Well due to bad back at the end of last year and my mum being ill and having to be a carer for her im still digging over, but so far ive done this.
tomatoes sown and up, all at least 2" tall.
early carrots sown in tubs
all herbs in pots doing well
pea and beans just sown and showing a bit of life
First and second early spuds in, and one lot of main crop, rest to go in if I am brave enough to take the twins to the plot on my own during school holidays,
1 red goosberyy bush plantred
10 golden and one red raspberry bush used to filll in gaps in the rasberry beds.
48 Strawberry plants planted out over the last week.
onions, garlic ans shallotsin and shooting
kale broccoli, beetroot turnip and calabrese all sown by my 3 year old sons who are delighted that their seeds are now little seedlings safe in porch being watered with love.
Sweetcorn planted and have a few nice plants and more seeds in.
leek seedlings doing well
Rhubarb split resited and doing well.
Courgettes plants doing well in porch
Pumpkin seeds showing signs of life.
and I thought I was quite behind still, im actually quite pleased with myself.
:o WOW this thread makes me feel very behind! I was hoping to get my spuds in today but it rained & the clay got too wet to work. Why does the sun do a runner at the weekend ???
I havent sown a thing yet as this year Im trying to sow as much as pos directly. Does feel odd not to have my windowsills over flowing....Im planning on growing alot of winter squash this year & they all get sown much later. If we have a wet dull summer I will regret giving over half my lotty to squash plants so fingers crossed ;)
Today I put the last of my seeds to chitting on damp kitchen roll - french beans, squashes and corn. Already chitting courgettes and cucumbers. Everything else I grow is already up and doing well - so apart from watering and checking the seeds daily for potting up I can take it easy till the end of April.
I've reduced the number of varieties of tomatoes to 7 this year. None of the peppers germinated so I'll buy in one plant later if I remember. I still have so many red and yellow peppers - and chillies - frozen from last year I don't really need any.
Tricia
Parsnips still waiting to be lifted ::)
Garlic just popped up
Peas sprouting
Tomatoes growing second leaves
Potatoes still to go in, maybe next weekend for some
Lettuce seedlings up, but taking an age to get any bigger !
Peppers, aubergines and chillis coming along nicely
Broad beans, broccoli, leeks and cucumber sown
Peach has one flower on it
Kale didn't really do anything, so wondering if I should pull it
Looking forward to strawberries :)
Well we have been busy peeps! Makes me look positively backward at coming forward :)
Pigeonseed - hope the hand heals soon, as much as we appreciate your OH's typing ;) :)
Planted - 1st earlies, peas and some salads
Sown - salads, pak chois, celeriac, tomoatoes, aubergines, peppers, chillies, a few flowers (Cosmos, Marigolds etc), spring onions, true potato seed, spinnach, leeks....
Waiting to be planted - sweat peas, salads, spuds and more peas
Waiting to be sown - list is waaaaay too long to mention! I'm looking forward to the beans and peas, have yet to decide what and where to grow it all! ;D
I thought I was reasonably on top of things, however, reading this thread makes me wonder!
Shallots and garlic: I still have two rooted trays to plant out, but only because my seemingly never ending manure mound is taking up the room where they nede to be planted out!
My potato beds are covered with black plastic to warm the ground, potaotes are chitting but only have very small chits, but I intend to bung them in next week anyway.
Some salad onions and lettuce direct sown in the cold frame, carrots may go in under a cloche today hopefully before my night shift.Brassicas in modules in the cold greenhouse, some have germinated, other still waiting for them...
Tomatoes, chillies peppers, cucumbers, melons (yes, again!) sweet peas and calendulas all sown and almost ready for potting on, but quite a few of my 'old' chilli seed hasn't shown yet. Leeks have been in the propagator for a week and nothing from any of them either yet..... :-\ Have loads of bunching onions, banana shallots in modules that will be planted out later in April and left to grow on in clumps
Still to sow any beans,sweetcorn or other flowers, I'm trying hard to get a bit of a succession going, but I've never cracked it to date........
I'm always slow getting stuff in, as I like to let the ground warm up a bit first. But I've got Serpette Guilotteau and Robinson's Purple Podded peas, Aquadulce Claudia broad beans, oca, Welsh onions, and Musselburgh and Winter Giant leeks in pots or seed trays, and All the Year Round lettuce, Spanish Black carrots and Bloomingdale Long Standing spinach in the ground. I'll be putting more in during the week.
In the ground: rhubarb starting to get going. Redcurrant, blackberry & gooseberry all have new leaf growth.
blackberry cuttings in pots & grow bag have their new leaves too
In cold greenhouse: approx 50 peas about 1.5" tall ( some in guttering, others in seed tray)
Indoor sowing: All the following are at early growth stage: leek musselburgh, peppers, kale, cauli AYR, rocket, thyme, aubergine, coriander, tomatoes (7 varieties - although costoluto & golden sunrise are slow)
Not showing yet: spring onion, onion ailsa craig, cress, some lettuces, rosemary, dill, sweetcorn, courgettes,
to sow: beetroot, french bean, carrots, brussel sprouts, and whatever else ;D
Debs
Oh maybe I am doing quite well this year then!
- All spuds in bar about 10 that got forgotten
- All alliums in and some leeks sown in a seedbed
- some beetroot, broccoli, lettuce sown in a seedbed
- early carrots and spinach sown straight in and fleeced
- Peas in - kelvedon wonder, Alderman talls, some freebies from a swap (Early Alaskan, Half Pint and mangetout)
- Indoors tomatoes, aubergines, peppers sown, up and potted on - courgettes, squash and beans I direct sow end April/ start May
- Rhubarb and artichoke were divided this winter but actually doing pretty well, except one piece of rhubarb that has died (but I think I didn't divide it very well).
- Fruit on the way pretty well (rasps, gooses, strawbs)
Still have to dig over the squash and summer tenders plot but that is only 1/4 of the plot so I am doing pretty well. Just need to tidy the edges, weed the flowers and herbs and get some stable waste for mulch!
Kestrels are nearly all in
Sowed more carrots
Tidied up Raspberry's
Sowed Sunflowers
Potted on cauli's
Wood chipped 1/3 of the paths
Sowed Leeks
Planted eggplants
Sowed Aubergines
3 Cucumbers up in pots
;D
You are all in front of me, Pots went in about 2 weeks ago , Leeks are in pots ,and wont be planted out till about middle of may, Cabbage round, and sweet heart are all up in the green house they will go out in may. Caulis are the same and they will go out in may. Onions are in the ground but covered every night they should be ok.Broad beans are all well up and should be picking early june. Kidney beans went into trays tonight I put a wet kitchen roll on the tray , space out the beans cover with cling film and leave in a warm place for about 2 weeks as soon as the tails are out plant into 3inch pot and into colsd G/H will be eating beans middle of july onwards. AS for flowers there must be a couple of hundred, nearly ready to pot on. (only wish people would return the pots)LOL
Put in three more pea verities this morning; Clarke's Beltony Blue, Latvian Pea and Cooper's Bean Pea, which i'm growing out for the HSL.
Weather permitting :-\ hope to get spuds, peas, warships,cabbage and some lettuce in today
Having been silly enough to think I was just getting on top of things, I've been rather ill the past 3 days so am now behind again! Hopefully will be able to visit the plot in a few days when my stomach settles down sufficiently....... :-\
Hope you get well soon Deb
Hope you soon feel better Deb.
I had to rebuild my "wonder wall " after snow damage , so a bit behind , Peas , 'Charlotte' onions, B Beans so far , is this going to be an early season ?
Robert..I'm growing some peas for HSL this year too..British Wonder..and they are going on nicely..3"tall and going strong.. ;)
I'm growing mine is buckets in GH though.
Hope you feel better soon Deb. Our peas are doing well. Still have spuds to put in.. ::)
I am about 7-10 days ahead of last year, but is one ever on top of all the jobs that need doing?
planted more kohl rabi, beetroot. earthed up the 'smile' spuds. transplanted the red salad, more celeriac, lots of anthirrinums, cuttings of dicentra and tied in and pinched out most of the sweet peas in buckets for the plant sale, coming along nicely ;D
We have had our plot seven years now. We took it on in April and was early May before we planted or sowed any thing. We knew nothing and broke all the rules but it still remains our best and most prolific year yet. So I am behind but refuse to panic." The difference between a good gardener and a great gardener is two weeks"
Finally got 3 types of spuds in & sown my raised beds with various salad leaves/lettuces, mispoona, beetroot, turnip, parsnip,radish. Phew! had a very busy Mother's day at my plot ;D
have people got peas and beans outside yet as in growing up nets. Ive got some that need to go out but dont want to put them out yet as I dont want to then find I lose them. Im in the sunny south.
I planted out my first early peas nearly 2 weeks ago (in the north west) so you should be ok but if not sure then harden them off for awhile - also sown one lot of maincrop outside in situ - april can be a cruel month but you just have to keep an eye on things - beans not though, haven't even sown them yet
roosters and pentland javelins in,
raspberries cut back, pulling rhubarb (boy that stuff grows quick)
red baron, centurian onions in as is my marco garlic.
BBeans, Rbeans and sweetpeas in pots just about to germinate (bit like a school project in my place :))
Sage, Rosemary, thyme, majoram and chives all planted
2 Dwarf Damsen Merryweathers planted...
Shed - still leaning against the wall :(
I've got some drawf beans just germinating in GH..bucket crop to get some early :P Those that go outdoors I'm not sowing for weeks yet.
First strawberries are just flowering ;D ;D..again, in GH..
I've sown some French beans, not sure whether they'll be small enough to stay in a cloche till the seaside breeze warms up, but I got impatient. I certainly wouldn't put French or runners outside yet! Brrrrr!
Kestrels are all in now
Four cucumber telegraph are going well in pots
Give up on the celeriac :'(
27 sweetcorn are sown
Aubergines are coming along
More sunflowers in
Sowed hamburg parsley
Sowed a few blue lake beans in wigwam
Sowed more carrots
Earthed up 2 challenge spuds in tubs
;D
Back to normal with me, :-\ have got a lot in seed and lots sown, trouble is time needed to prick out and pot on seems to get less and less. Oh well no time to dwell on this just get on with it and see how things pan out.
Veggies and flowers are going well to many to name at the moment but will do when I have time off this weekend.
Changed my mind and listed them this afternoon.
Planted so far.
Carrot Eskimo, Autumn King, and Chanterny.
Beetroot.
Radish.
Spring onion.
Leeks.
Red onions.
Lettuce webs wonder, and Tom Thumb.
Cabbage Golden Acre, Greyhound.
Cauli A.Y.R.
Chives.
Parsley curled.
Lupins x 120
Sunflowers x40
Kochia x 40
Nigella x 140
Cornflower x 40
Alyssum x 40
Cosmos x 40
African marigolds x 100
Nasturtiums x 180
Zinnias x 60
Daisy x 60
Verbena x 60
French marigolds x 60
Osteospermum x 60
::) ::) ::)
Why do I do it to myself.
More work than an average nurseryman on slow time. ;)
feel like a complete and utter slacker now! well done that is mightily impressive :)
Apologies to one and all on here, :-[
I meant to say this is what I have sown so far and not what has been planted.
Getting ahead of myself and Saddad will know that I tend to work in the dark a lot.
It would be nice to get all this lot in now and not wait. But the trouble is that plants like humans need time to grow.
Got to be more patient.
I planted out my first peas today.
State of Play!!
We have rain..again.. so far almost constantly for several months.
We have wild ducks swimming on the lotties and we are ankle deep in mud on the paths. I could seriously float a canoe on the grass land adjacent to our plots.
John b ought his first pair of wellies last week to be able to get in and move some timbers from one plot to another as we have moved to a double plot.
The only bit I can garden is the waist high disabled bed which we also have, and the greenhouse whci is on higher ground.
So, rain has stopped play here in BC folks,roll on summer.
XX Jeannine
In the last few days leeks,parsnip and sweetcorn are up
Transplanted cucs and tigerella's into bigger pots and put them outside in the small greenhouse
Continue to water rhubarb and is nearly ready for the first pick
One of my competition spuds has just made headway above ground
Strawberrys are nearly all flowered up
8)
Spuds went in today bu the microtubers will be growing in pots a while before I transplant them. ll maincrop onions are in as are all the early peas and the broad beans.....all the toms, peppers, chillis and aubergines are in 15-drop modules in the cold frames.... lost a tray of celeriac to dehydration but have others.... parsnips are up in their toilet-roll enhanced modules.. beetroots and pickling onions in modules outdoors assorted stuff like leeks coming through the props now , the assorted mainline beans start in there soon...
Tomorrow it's on with building the greenhouse....
chrisc
Saturday was a great day, had mini helpers who sowed fennel, leeks, beetroots, more onions and lettuce, however, after they had tsunami the rows I suspect that I may have a few seeds left :) not to worry can always buy seeds but getting the kids out in the sunshine is priceless, and not a moan between them....which may be on account of the oh bribing them with the most expensive milkshakes in the world. ;D
Sunday, spent 2 hours digging allotment, very nearly dug over completely....shed still not up :-\ mojito party now on hold.. ;)
Broad beans, runner beans and sweet peas very happy podding along in their modules and a few more seeds to get out there too..
Sweetcorn planted out
Peas have been up a week
French beans are up
Runners planted out
Carrots getting fluffy
Strawberrys are growing bigger everyday
Sunflowers are about 8 inches high
Beetroot coming along nicely
Romanscu transplated out
Spuds are flying
Had first picking of Rhubarb
Tommies need potting on
Cucumbers left out in the garden now
Onions starting to baulk up
;D ;D ;D
Im lucky to live in the South and have had constant sunshine for nearly a month - however downside is that the ground is super dry and it takes a lifetime to water everyday!
State of play here is: beans, peas and broadbeans have been planted out for about 2 weeks. Cucumber and Squash planted in growbags in greenhouse, courgettes planted out yesterday, potatoes are up, asparagus is up but its only my first year so I cant cut it :(, carrots are fluffy, onions ok but not great, cauliflower is planted out but on a bit of a go slow as I guess its a bit early for it, leeks about 1" high and cut flowers are about 2" or so high. today sowed parnsips (they never grow so no idea what Im doing wrong - any suggestions most welcome), cabbage and beetroot.
This is my first year so I have lots to learn.
New strawberry bed coming on nicely & old strawbs full of flowers. Goosberry & red currant covered in tiny fruits. Raspberries doing ok valiently withstanding mad winds here in kent. Blueberry covered in flowers. Blackcurrants covered in flowers after harsh pruning last autumn.
Weather had better not bother having a frost ::)
Leeks growing nicely in seed bed. Turnips have been thinned & are going well.
Artichokes & spuds all above ground now by a few inches.
lots of salad leaves ready to pick & also 1st radish ready to eat. Icebergs starting to grow well too.
Mispoona going well.
Comfrey roomping away - got massive this year :o
Parsnip bed had to resown after fox used it twice to bury his kills....Yuk!
Beetroots not doing well but have resown.
3 courgettes doing well at home.
1 Boston winter squash just coming through soil at home....got another 15 squash of various types sown
Really happy with my prgress sofar but watering is almost a full time job at the mo as no rain for what seems like forever & clay sooooooooo dry
Strawberry's finished :'(
Peas ready any day now
French and runner beans have just started harvesting
Still harvesting my first line of Rockets
Harvesting cabbages
Sweetcorn seedy bits started to show
Carrots a plenty
Parsnips looking healthy
Harvesting beetroot
Winter onions and shallots finished
Transplanting cabbages
Transplanted mint growing well
Rhubarb died away to nothing
Raspberry's still a coming
Lettuce bolted
Leeks not growing
Pak choi eaten
Hamburg parsley doing well
Sunflowers over six feet tall
Poppys and marigolds everywhere
;D ;D ;D
My strawberries, goosberries, blackcurrants, redcurrants all picked & finished now, still some raspberries & blueberries though ;)
Just about to harvest last of turnips - have just sown some more but want a few weeks turnip free as Ive eaten loads this year ;D
Harvesting beetroot - will sow some more soon
Harvested oriental salads but still got lots of cos to go - have sown more
Radish all eaten, will sow more in afew weeks
Eaten all of first rocket sowings but got some more on the way.
Mispoona is on its last legs but should get a few more meals from it
Leeks doing well.
Swede just sown & seedlings from 2 weeks ago through.
Spring onions just been sown.
Plan to sow a late kale variety called Hungry Gap & late cabbages in seed trays next week,plan to plant out once potatoes lifted.
Spuds - got charlottes, kestral & pink fir apples but havent dug any up yet as i planted late.
Artichokes coming on nicely.
Comfrey cut & in water butt for autumn/winter crops
Tomatoes doing ok, grown from seed for first time this year & they are abit slow to get going
Squash plants just starting to really get going - planted out late this year & have had very mixed results from new seeds Im trying for the first time, took forever to germinate. Worried I wont have a winter supply of butternuts this year :-\ Even courgettes were very slow to get going & are just flowering. That will teach me to buy posh seeds, the Wilkinson ones I usually use never give me these problems!
Got lots of seeds to pop in during August/September as gaps appear.
gooseberries picked and sitting nicely in vodka and sugar 8)
beetroots are being harvested
Broadbeans nearly all gone :-\
Lettuce still going strong, a few bolted numbers
runner beans beginning to show signs of baby runners
sweatpea are blooming
courgettes are having a great party to themselves
butternut squash coming along as is the celeriac, bolotti beans, carrots and cabbages...also one pumpkin plant ready to be transplanted.
cucumbers and tomatoes are flowering
onions, shallots and garlic are happy.
Herb garden unrecognisable, but is being picked ;D