terryd 8,364 Posted July 20, 2017 Report Share Posted July 20, 2017 Few swede and beets coming along well cabbage are hearting up nicely now. Can't help posting these cabbage all the time they look so unusually healthy. Bet they taste shite 4 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
SimpleSimon 7 Posted July 20, 2017 Report Share Posted July 20, 2017 Well I haven't time to read all 165 pages (blimey!) but having bought this house at the end of last year I'm now in a position to think about getting a veg plot made and planting up for next year. I just need to wait until the nest of baby birds have all buggered off from the tree I'm taking out to make space. Then I'll build raised beds and fill them, and work out what to plant and when. I'm new to growing veg, it's all very exciting... 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jamie m 668 Posted July 20, 2017 Report Share Posted July 20, 2017 Weird or what Quote Link to post Share on other sites
stealthy1 3,964 Posted July 20, 2017 Report Share Posted July 20, 2017 Picking the peas today. I told the mrs just be an hour and 4 hours later. Still loads to be done the wife is busy as we speak bless her few calabrese for dinner removed the odd weed out door toms and looking promising mr perennial kale looking great all ways in a rush to get my squash going but they sit there doing sod all until mid June then start to take off my mission next year is to get a decent crop off this fruit tree. Plenty of manure and a good weeding sowing the beets in clumps certainly works and has no affect on size so mr charles dowding was right got onions every where and some have done good and others not but over all a success nearly got the old girl to the top handful of late runners if they survive the slugs Is the tree your trying to get going a fig or a wallnut? If it's old and not fruiting, dig a trench a foot deep, 3 feet away from the trunk, and dig that around one half of the tree, leave it two years, and do the other side, and watch it go. My aunt had one in her garden, not doing well, we did this to it, and bingo, it was off. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
terryd 8,364 Posted July 20, 2017 Report Share Posted July 20, 2017 Picking the peas today. I told the mrs just be an hour and 4 hours later. Still loads to be done the wife is busy as we speak bless her few calabrese for dinner removed the odd weed out door toms and looking promising mr perennial kale looking great all ways in a rush to get my squash going but they sit there doing sod all until mid June then start to take off my mission next year is to get a decent crop off this fruit tree. Plenty of manure and a good weeding sowing the beets in clumps certainly works and has no affect on size so mr charles dowding was right got onions every where and some have done good and others not but over all a success nearly got the old girl to the top handful of late runners if they survive the slugs Is the tree your trying to get going a fig or a wallnut? If it's old and not fruiting, dig a trench a foot deep, 3 feet away from the trunk, and dig that around one half of the tree, leave it two years, and do the other side, and watch it go. My aunt had one in her garden, not doing well, we did this to it, and bingo, it was off. Turns out it is a green gauge. Interesting tip 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
stealthy1 3,964 Posted July 20, 2017 Report Share Posted July 20, 2017 Picking the peas today. I told the mrs just be an hour and 4 hours later. Still loads to be done the wife is busy as we speak bless her few calabrese for dinner removed the odd weed out door toms and looking promising mr perennial kale looking great all ways in a rush to get my squash going but they sit there doing sod all until mid June then start to take off my mission next year is to get a decent crop off this fruit tree. Plenty of manure and a good weeding sowing the beets in clumps certainly works and has no affect on size so mr charles dowding was right got onions every where and some have done good and others not but over all a success nearly got the old girl to the top handful of late runners if they survive the slugs Is the tree your trying to get going a fig or a wallnut? If it's old and not fruiting, dig a trench a foot deep, 3 feet away from the trunk, and dig that around one half of the tree, leave it two years, and do the other side, and watch it go. My aunt had one in her garden, not doing well, we did this to it, and bingo, it was off. Turns out it is a green gauge. Interesting tip It inspires the tree to make newer younger roots, and aids compaction if its been walked round for years, also gives you the chance to chuck in some blood fish and bone when you back fill. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jamie m 668 Posted July 20, 2017 Report Share Posted July 20, 2017 Never mind the green gauge what's the crack with my belted galoway courgettes ??? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
stealthy1 3,964 Posted July 20, 2017 Report Share Posted July 20, 2017 Never mind the green gauge what's the crack with my belted galoway courgettes Are they meant to be that colour? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jamie m 668 Posted July 20, 2017 Report Share Posted July 20, 2017 Never mind the green gauge what's the crack with my belted galoway courgettes Are they meant to be that colour? Not sure , the whiter Ines are , but not sure on the yellow patch ones packet said Tri colour , ?? First courgette off the plant was solid green, Quote Link to post Share on other sites
stealthy1 3,964 Posted July 20, 2017 Report Share Posted July 20, 2017 Never mind the green gauge what's the crack with my belted galoway courgettes Are they meant to be that colour? Not sure , the whiter Ines are , but not sure on the yellow patch ones packet said Tri colour , ?? First courgette off the plant was solid green, They will look good on the plate, how are you going to cook them? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jamie m 668 Posted July 20, 2017 Report Share Posted July 20, 2017 Never mind the green gauge what's the crack with my belted galoway courgettes Are they meant to be that colour? Not sure , the whiter Ines are , but not sure on the yellow patch ones packet said Tri colour , ?? First courgette off the plant was solid green, They will look good on the plate, how are you going to cook them? planted three plants and am picking every couple of days giving loads away , ? , had a look on google , think the seeds from a cross pollinated plant , , Quote Link to post Share on other sites
stealthy1 3,964 Posted July 20, 2017 Report Share Posted July 20, 2017 Never mind the green gauge what's the crack with my belted galoway courgettes Are they meant to be that colour? Not sure , the whiter Ines are , but not sure on the yellow patch ones packet said Tri colour , ?? First courgette off the plant was solid green, They will look good on the plate, how are you going to cook them? planted three plants and am picking every couple of days giving loads away , , had a look on google , think the seeds from a cross pollinated plant , , Save some seeds and plant them next year, you never know what you might get. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jamie m 668 Posted July 21, 2017 Report Share Posted July 21, 2017 Slowly slowly , 4 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jamie m 668 Posted July 21, 2017 Report Share Posted July 21, 2017 Pumpkins are coming on ??? should be interesting , what's the Thl record ???? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
forest of dean redneck 11,529 Posted July 22, 2017 Report Share Posted July 22, 2017 Pumpkins are coming on should be interesting , what's the Thl record I'm grateful if I get to them before they go missing I pick mine week before hallowe'en lol Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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