Black neck 15,872 Posted August 2 Report Share Posted August 2 On 21/07/2024 at 12:49, Arry said: Runners have gone mad. Cheers Arry Arry I've dug up all them Jazzy spuds as the slugs were starting 2 ramp wi um.do they keep.and how's best to keep them there's a few stone on um 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Arry 21,438 Posted August 2 Report Share Posted August 2 2 minutes ago, Black neck said: Arry I've dug up all them Jazzy spuds as the slugs were starting 2 ramp wi um.do they keep.and how's best to keep them there's a few stone on um Yes mate you can store second earlier and Jazzy is a second early. A wooden box or cardboard box with lid keep in the dark and dry. Discard any green ones as green potatoes are poisonous and will give you bad guts. Cheers Arry Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Black neck 15,872 Posted August 2 Report Share Posted August 2 6 minutes ago, Arry said: Yes mate you can store second earlier and Jazzy is a second early. A wooden box or cardboard box with lid keep in the dark and dry. Discard any green ones as green potatoes are poisonous and will give you bad guts. Cheers Arry Sound ill do that ,there was the odd green un.tbf 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Aled 474 Posted August 2 Report Share Posted August 2 I agree Arry is leading the way on the garden front. When i was growing up there used to be an informal competition amongst some of the local boys as to who had the best looking garden. These veg patches were a pleasure to see and the produce tasted divine!! 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Arry 21,438 Posted August 2 Report Share Posted August 2 1 hour ago, Aled said: I agree Arry is leading the way on the garden front. When i was growing up there used to be an informal competition amongst some of the local boys as to who had the best looking garden. These veg patches were a pleasure to see and the produce tasted divine!! I'm an old chap now my first job apart from a paper round was working in a market garden. I've been gardener all my life so most of the gardening just come naturally if you know what I mean. But believe you me I still get failures my carrots this year are shit all tops and not bottoms. I made a mistake of putting last years peat from the Tomato pots in where I I planed to grow the carrots think there was to much fertiliser feed left in it. Oh well lesson learnt. Cheers Arry 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Aled 474 Posted August 2 Report Share Posted August 2 (edited) Strange how things pan out....this is year no 10 for me and my veg patch, in the past i've failed to get good crops with everything except....beetroot and carrots always got good crops from them, until this year. Dad now he had good crops of everything except...beetroot and carrots, guess what his best crops are this year!!! As an aside those old boys i talk about were the last of the National Service generation, and they grew up during food rationing of the WW2 and the following years, so garden produce, ferreted/lurchers/snared rabbits, fishing (there was and still is a v good angling association locally i'm club secretary) plus anything else they shot, was an important source of food. Despite the fags, (they all smoked) the food they ate was top notch, probably healthier than today. Edited August 2 by Aled 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Black neck 15,872 Posted August 3 Report Share Posted August 3 18 hours ago, Aled said: I agree Arry is leading the way on the garden front. When i was growing up there used to be an informal competition amongst some of the local boys as to who had the best looking garden. These veg patches were a pleasure to see and the produce tasted divine!! Yeah arry is the man and a nice chap Not sure about franks dad comes across as a bit of a dosser 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Borr 5,803 Posted August 3 Report Share Posted August 3 Missus is digging spuds with the youngest whilst me and number 1 prep snackage with led Zeppelin in the background , life's good. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Black neck 15,872 Posted August 3 Report Share Posted August 3 1 hour ago, Borr said: Missus is digging spuds with the youngest whilst me and number 1 prep snackage with led Zeppelin in the background , life's good. Dunt fecking over do it will ya 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Treeplanter 174 Posted August 4 Report Share Posted August 4 Been battling the caterpillars on Brussels and broccoli first pick of carrots and broccoli this morning and been foing well with the peas 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Arry 21,438 Posted August 7 Report Share Posted August 7 Well my big onions have fallen so will lift in a day or two. If you want to grow them its Suttons "Exhibition" put the seeds in December / January. I just start them on the window sill. Ive probably had one of my best years for Tomato's. Last nights picking from 7 plants. I don't know if anybody is interested but this is the variety's. The one on the left hand side have been the most prolific one called "Sakura F1" next to them supposed to be "Piccolo" but I got my doubts as I bought the seed on line.The orange ones called "honeycomb F1" supposed to be sweeter than "Sungold" well they are not sweeter but the skins are better and they don't split like Sungold. Ones on the right top are "Tamina" a potato leaf tomato. The big one bottom right is a beefsteak called "Honeymoon" a tasty tomato. If I had to recommend just one it would be "Sakura" I will defiantly be going that again next year. cheers Arry 4 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Aled 474 Posted August 7 Report Share Posted August 7 (edited) Those Look lovely Arry. If they taste as good as they look, well sorted! Edited August 7 by Aled 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Arry 21,438 Posted August 7 Report Share Posted August 7 27 minutes ago, Aled said: Those Look lovely Arry. If they taste as good as they look, well sorted! The big onions are nice I used them first last year they lasted till new year as I thought they would not keep that long. Tomato's well theres nothing like fresh tomatoes. Just trying to help keen gardeners on here with the variety's I grow. Cheers Arry 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Borr 5,803 Posted August 7 Report Share Posted August 7 On 04/08/2024 at 17:41, Treeplanter said: Been battling the caterpillars on Brussels and broccoli first pick of carrots and broccoli this morning and been foing well with the peas Do you feed the birds with them or just dispose? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Black neck 15,872 Posted August 8 Report Share Posted August 8 13 hours ago, Borr said: Do you feed the birds with them or just dispose? He eats um Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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