How are the veggies coming along?

[Matthew Storrs]

9 hours ago, gary112 said:

garden coming on well now 

Looks great! But makes my own effort look depressing in comparison! Nothings growing at all! Except cauliflowers and sweetcorn.

[sime42]

I thought cauliflowers were notoriously hard to grow so you must be doing something right.

[Matthew Storrs]

28 minutes ago, sime42 said:

I thought cauliflowers were notoriously hard to grow so you must be doing something right.

Yes I’ve heard that too- I say they’re growing but whether they actually develop into a decent cauliflower is another thing. I’ve just got a large aluminium Cloche tunnel with enviromesh/veggie mesh which I hope will deter caterpillars etc.

[Stere]

Found cauli pretty easy to grow.

 

Hares just got in the garden a ate all my brassica though( saw a  a bunch of them   )

 

Never had, either rabbits or hare damage  happen before, but the old cat who always used to eat rabbits died recently and  the new one  obiviously isn't up to the job. will be a pain to have to start fencing everything....

 

 

 

 

 

 

[gary112]

10 hours ago, Matthew Storrs said:

Yes I’ve heard that too- I say they’re growing but whether they actually develop into a decent cauliflower is another thing. I’ve just got a large aluminium Cloche tunnel with enviromesh/veggie mesh which I hope will deter caterpillars etc.

You need some sheep muck(daggings) in a hessian bag and drop it in a barrel of water for a week or two and then use it as a liquid fertilizer,its brilliant for brassicas.

Edited June 6, 2021 by gary112

[sime42]

You need some sheep muck(daggings) in a hessian bag and drop it in a barrel of water for a week or two and then use it as a liquid fertilizer,its brilliant for brassicas.

Lovely bit of old time knowledge there. We could do with lots more if that.

[Conor Wright]

2 hours ago, gary112 said:

You need some sheep muck(daggings) in a hessian bag and drop it in a barrel of water for a week or two and then use it as a liquid fertilizer,its brilliant for brassicas.

My good lady makes a similar "potion" by collecting fresh, young nettle leaves. Makes a great high n fertiliser with a good balance of micro nutrients. 

The smell of it though.....

[sime42]

There's a similar idea but using comfrey. That's meant to smell atrocious.

[sime42]

Stinging nettles and comfrey both have really deep roots so they reckon that's where the micro nutrients come from.

[Conor Wright]

10 minutes ago, sime42 said:

There's a similar idea but using comfrey. That's meant to smell atrocious.

Have been keeping an eye out locally for some comfrey that we could transplant for this exact purpose. Doubt it could smell much worse than the nettle potion!