How are the veggies coming along?

[sime42]

3 hours ago, AHPP said:

Mine are in a polytunnel but I tend to leave one door open overnight because I can't guarantee opening it early enough the next day that they won't cook. I think this is why people dig those semi subterranean polytunnels/greenhouses so the beds retain heat and the cold wells in the bottom of the footway.

 

I think that's probably right. Plus they gain a little extra height inside. Plus there's less glass required. Plus it probably won't get so hot in the blazing sun. 

 

 

[Steven P]

Ground temperature is more stable about 1m down so another... Plus the winter and spring temperatures are higher

[sime42]

Right then, I'm off out to dig a couple of feet out of the bottom of my greenhouses.

 

 

[Doug Tait]

All sounds very grave.

[sime42]

I'd hope to be a little deeper than 2' when it's my time. 

 

 

[sime42]

 

Happy with that harvest.

 

 

[Steven P]

Nice, mine hasn't ever done that well, usualy when I pull it it is a small bulb, enough for 1 - which is fine for me (my base garlic was from the supermarket, probably have enough growing from that single bulb for a full year now)

[sime42]

It's been a good year for it, garlic likes sun. Plus it had a good depth of homemade compost and a fair bit of water. 

 

 

[AHPP]

I’ve grazed a few peas and there’s lettuce. Onions have all fallen over. Never got round to garlic. Tomatoes and squash in the tunnel are storming though. Still not very interested in plants. I’m in it for the chicks.

Edited July 5 by AHPP

[sime42]

35 minutes ago, AHPP said:

I’ve grazed a few peas and there’s lettuce. Onions have all fallen over. Never got round to garlic. Tomatoes and squash in the tunnel are storming though. Still not very interested in plants. I’m in it for the chicks.

 

The chicks will grow up soon. What you going to do then? 

 

If you can do onions you can do garlic. Garlic makes more sense to me, on account of it's cost/potency ratio. Also chillies, they're dead easy and you get lots of bang for your buck. 

 

Got any squash fruits yet? Mine are on the cusp I think. They're outside , I have not the luxury of a tunnel. And Toms will be starting to ripen in a week or so I reckon.