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half way through the great tomato planting 70 in 80 to go

I take it you like tomatoes then?

Suppose we'll try and ketchup with you now

Quote from: ancellsfarmer on May 10, 2018, 07:18:16
Suppose we'll try and ketchup with you now

ancellsfarmer stop being saucy

sweet peppers all planted in there final positions today will finish chilli planting this week one greenhouse for mild chillis one for hot

Whats with the hole in the greenhouse floor Johnny?

I have seen that done once by an old mate of mine who used to grow late Chrysanthemums which can grow up to 8ft high.

You will well know there are very few greenhouse that can cope with that, so he dug a pit to put his taller varieties in, it worked a treat. His only problem was he was less than 5½ ft tall 

I have my Peppers in now as well but unlike you I have to put a sheet over them ( see pic) rather than under them to cater for the cold nights it has been down to 1°C this last couple of nights.

I  planted out my Pumpkins & Courgettes on the compost heap today  but I have to cover these at least till the end of the month (see pic)

Sowed Parsnips in my barrels to day as well but I have to cover these for a different reason which is: there are lots of feral cats roaming around our plots (along with the Fox & Badgers) and they (the cats) sunbathe on top of my barrels and also use them as cat litter bins.

Trying something new this year (at least for me) I am trying 'taped' parsnip seeds' to see if I get more success and have to do less thinning out.

So you see it is a totally different world up here in the wild and woolly North!

Quote from: Tee Gee on May 18, 2018, 19:27:57
Whats with the hole in the greenhouse floor Johnny?

I've a bad back so with the floor taken away i don't have to bend as i get in and out i toyed with the idea of putting tomatoes down the middle however with 150 planted out ..... you get the meaning

Quoteyou get the meaning

Yes it is a case of fetching the Mountain to Mohammad rather than the other way around

red -green salad bowl coming on a treat

greenhouses are growing on well i have watered these once a week