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Hello, im new to the allotment  and vegatable growing, and was lucky enough to recieve a plot that had been worked reguarly, It was late May when we dug the plot over and following advice planted some spuds and later french beans and Toms, as wella s some strawberries,can i ask is  it to late to plant anything else for cropping later this  year? the weather here in susex  has  been folw of late so hopeing for  some late sunshine and higher temps. I have a Small polytunnel arriving soon so hope  to make good use asap. many thanks  for any advice offered,
                                                                                                   Ant  :)

You can still put some peas in. Ambassador is a good one for this time of year. I am putting brocolli plants in next week both the green for harvesting in autumn and the purple sprouting for harvesting in the Spring. Lettuce. You might get away with some beetroot. I'm sure that there are still a lot of things you could be planting.
Others will perhaps add to the list

lettuce and radish.. salads generally. I'm putting in CFB and Runner beans. Then all the Winter veg...  :)

Definitely - late carrots and beetroot (Monoruba was good for me last year), swiss chard and autumn cabbage, still keep going sowing French beans into July - bit late to sow but can you get a couple of courgette plants? they soon catch up and they will give till the frosts. I have just sown more lettuce too. In the summer you can start sowing pak choy, and a bit later autumn spinach and lambs lettuce.

Turnips. Cant beat a turnip baked in foil with a thingy of butter,  in the woodburner, on a autumn evening.

Turnips... :P Ohh..that's proper old fashion way of doing them..yummy.
And that reminds me that I haven't done any turnips yet.. ::) Well..now that we've had bit of rain I shall start digging into my seedbox and get some going.. ;D ;D
I've got the woodburner..and the wood..now I'm just having to grow the turnips to full fill the 'recipe'..can't wait..! ;D

 

Thanks chaps,im sure somethings going in the soil, not sure what as  yet
                       weather good so time to dig.  :)

Quote from: goodlife on June 25, 2011, 10:32:15

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Turnips... :P Ohh..that's proper old fashion way of doing them..yummy.
And that reminds me that I haven't done any turnips yet.. ::) Well..now that we've had bit of rain I shall start digging into my seedbox and get some going.. ;D ;D
I've got the woodburner..and the wood..now I'm just having to grow the turnips to full fill the 'recipe'..can't wait..! ;D

Ive got a stack of wood ready for winter, we was struggling to keep up last year, but this time, im ready for it, theres a pile of logs in the woodshed at least  ten feet by ten feet and  five feet deep.............. Things that helpoed was felling a 65 foot eucalyptus, and a pine tree at least fifty foot tall i discovered dead but still standing in a copse of trees on MoD property, i figured the MoD wouldnt want it so i took it into protective custody, and thus the sport of "Geschwindigkeitsbaumholzschlag"  (' speed tree felling') was born........felled, chopped into 3 foot logs and thrown into the trailer and gone, 7 minutes.

We've got polytunnel full.. ::)..so no more growing in there for me...its been "Gescwindilled"= full of woody 'cuttings' that won'tn grow..and it all happened very speedily too. OH's great idea.. ::)
But good point is that they do dry out there well and stay dry out of elements.

Quote from: goodlife on June 25, 2011, 15:37:45
We've got polytunnel full.. ::)..so no more growing in there for me...its been "Gescwindilled"= full of woody 'cuttings' that won'tn grow..and it all happened very speedily too. OH's great idea.. ::)
But good point is that they do dry out there well and stay dry out of elements.

isnt it "voll von den waldigen Ausschnitten, die nicht wachsen"  8)  (full of woody cuttings that wont grow)

 ;D ;D..you said it.. ;D I just made that name up..sounded good ... ;D

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I love A4 folk  :)

Quote from: lincsyokel2 on June 25, 2011, 10:14:36
Turnips. Cant beat a turnip baked in foil with a thingy of butter,  in the woodburner, on a autumn evening.

If I used a piece of butter the size of my thingy I'd need to buy two packs of butter and the woodburner would explode when all the hot fat leaked out of the foil....

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Quote from: lincsyokel2 on June 25, 2011, 10:14:36
Turnips. Cant beat a turnip baked in foil with a thingy of butter,  in the woodburner, on a autumn evening.

If I used a piece of butter the size of my thingy I'd need to buy two packs of butter and the woodburner would explode when all the hot fat leaked out of the foil....

I see modesty is one of your strong points.    ::)  My mother in law was so fat when she died we had her cremated, it took four fire engines to put the blaze out

Didnt Baldrick have a turnip that looked like a thingy, which he and Percy  thought amusing, as he had a thingy that looked like a turnip

whats a thingy is it a variety of turnip ;) :o     no dont answer that :-X :-X                                                         

Mangle Wurrzel comes to mind  ;D ;D ;D