How are the veggies coming along?

[sime42]

Some leftover tomatoes, too late to ripen now. So they're set to ferment, hopefully.

 

[sime42]

 

Some of the bean harvest. I'll use some as seeds for next year.

[sime42]

Harvest time!

 

 

 

 

 

[Stere]

Was the pepper tree easy to grow being tempted for a few yrs to try some.

 

There a local nursery that has does  exotic fruit trees had  a whole selection of pepper trees:

 

Sechuan Pepper Range - Jurassicplants Nurseries

JURASSICPLANTS.CO.UK

 

 

Also fancied pecan nuts

[sime42]

4 hours ago, Stere said:

Was the pepper tree easy to grow being tempted for a few yrs to try some.

 

There a local nursery that has does  exotic fruit trees had  a whole selection of pepper trees:

 

Sechuan Pepper Range - Jurassicplants Nurseries

JURASSICPLANTS.CO.UK

 

 

Also fancied pecan nuts

 

Yes, mine has been dead easy to grow. I just plonked it in the ground and it's just roared off, no special attention at all. It's about 7 years old now and probably 12 foot high and 12 ft spread.

I don't know which particular type it is. I had no idea there were so many Szchuan Pepper trees until I looked at that link. All I know is that it has bloody great thorns and it fruits profusely.

 

 

[spudulike]

Trying some winter onions this year courtesy of a neighbour who over purchased and a first for me. Pretty simple crop and nothing much eats them so should work out.

[sime42]

I'm considering some winter cabbages this year, mainly due to the fact that nothing much will eat them, hopefully. The net completely protected them from birds and butterflies this summer, but they were still ravaged by slugs, (and what looked like the wriggly tiger worms that live in compost heaps, which was very surprising).

 

 

[sime42]

Hungry gap bridged.

 

 

Chard, Sorrel and Perennial Kale.

[Ty Korrigan]

I put in some rose garlic last Autumn. Seems to be doing well enough.

I sowed my excess shallots.

Onion sets, red and Roscoff rose.

The black plastic is an excellent means of ensuring the soil is free of weeds with only dandelion roots surviving.

These are easily plucked out when I lifted the soil with the broadfork.

I passed the rotavator over just once to create a tilth.

Sowed 5 types of spuds over about 80m2 

They kept well enough being left in the ground over the Winter. I've included more violet ones which my daughter is fond of.

I hope the strawberry bed will be productive again. I must make another row from the rooted runners and each year a fresh row planted through coco fibre matting.

I'll start seed sowing shortly but I've still another 80m2 to turn over and the weather is dire tomorrow.

I'm not sowing anywhere near as many French beans.

Or any carrot colour other than traditional orange. Kids wouldn't eat them and tbh they has a weird musty earthy flavour.

Radish and early turnip, flea beetle devastated these.

Late sowing of turnip worked but suffered a worm that ate the interior.

White onions, cheap to buy so not bothering and sticking to sowing the expensive varieties.

Sweetcorn was a great success so I'm upping the area.

Only one squash plant is required.

Jerusalem artichokes, slug magnets and too knobbly to be bothered cleaning the soil from. Not as represented on the label.

I'll squeeze in some tomatoes outdoors where possible.

Try to be more proactive with the Bordeaux mixture as with the wet Summer we had a bad season of blight.

    Stuart

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Stere]

I found swedes easy to grow and prefer them to turnips.

 

Swede mash is nice with spud mash.