A couple of hours gardening

The sun is put and there are things to do in the vegetable patch.

         

Cabbage seedlings            

Cauliflower seedlings          

Cabbage seedlings

Cabbage savoy and cauliflower romanesco have been transplanted out and netting installed over the bed.    

     

Spring onions

 

Beetroot  

Leeks  

Marigolds 

• Leeks and spring onions are growing slowly
• Marigolds will soon be ready to plant out
• Lettuce seedlings have been transplanted alongside the cabbages

Seeds to sow.

1. Nasturtiums cells in gh
2. Radish direct to bed
3. Lettuce mixed in trays in gh

April arrives but it is still cold

The snow has gone and the clocks have been altered. The weather is still changeable but it is slowly warming up with some sunny days. Here is a tour in pictures of where we are so far.

The Basils have Germinated

 

Aubergine and Peppers with Beetroot just showing on the left

 

Two surviving Squash plants with more sown.

 

Cucumbers / Gherkin

 

Pumpkins for Halloween

 

Spring Onions started in a tray

 

Leeks started in pots this year

 

Marigolds

 

Cabbage and Cauliflowers

Lettuce

 

The apples beginning to bud

 

 

Lupins just transplanted out

 

Last years Cowslips

 

The New Year has Arrived

It is late February and just as you think about the new growing season this happens. Snow and freezing weather forecast.

Indoors I have lettuce, Cauliflowers , Savoy cabbage, Marigolds and Natsturtians in cells. The Marigolds, Cauliflower and Cabbages have sprouted.

There are Leeks sown in the greenhouse which are not showing yet. The Blueberries are starting to bud.

Today the plan was to sow Tomatoes and Peppers indoors. Well despite the weather I think I shall go ahead. However I am a bit worried about the Romesco Cauliflowers because I have sown all the seeds and I cannot afford to lose more than a couple and they are all a bit leggy.

Producing lots more

We have been away and we have come back to Tomatoes,ripe and ready to pick. The yellow courgettes have slowed a bit but last week we had a couple of yellow marrows and this week we have some more normal sized ones to cut.

There are still Beetroot ready and the first carrots were pulled up today. The potato tubs were emptied last week, there was not many but enough for a couple of meals per tub. Swiss Chard is still producing and the Leeks are looking good for this time of year.

The Pumpkins are about 10" across but still green and growing, I have three so the grandchildren can have one each. The butternut squash is doing better than last year , I have quite a few and some are nearly at full size as seen in Lidl. I am growing Crystal Lemon Cucumbers again this year but outside and they are producing lots of round yellow fruits.

The apples on the trees are starting to swell and it looks like a good crop again this year.

Keep on picking

At this time of year there is little to plant apart from the odd lettuce. Main job is weeding which I hate and picking veg that I like. Swiss Chard is continuous and extra goes to the chickens.

Courgettes

Pumpkin

Pumpkin

Courgettes are difficult to keep up with especially after we have been away in the motorhome. I have four pumpkins this year, all different sizes at present but they should be good for the kids Halloween. The butternut squash plants are trying to take over the garden but the actual squash are only just swelling.

Butternut Squash

Crystal Lemon Cucumber

Crystal Lemon cucumbers are outside this year and after a slow start the fruits are swelling and a few are ripening in the sun. Next to them are the French beans which I continue to pick and freeze. The mini corn are about four foot tall but there are no signs of any cobs yet which is disappointing.

Mini Corn

Peas harvested

The  peas were harvested yesterday and I cleared the ground to transplant some lettuce and some spare chillis and peppers from the greenhouse.

 

We also had a visit from a Grass Snake this morning.

Tigerella Tomatoes outside

Yellow Courgettes

Pumpkins

French Beans

Cherry Bomb Chilli

Pumpkin

Squash

Crystal Lemon Cucumbers just starting to fruit

Beetroot

April Update

 

My courgettes and Squash have not germinated as well as I expected so with only two Squash and Courgette seedlings growing I have sown extra. 

 

My Crystal Lemon Cucumbers have also been poor , I currently only have one seedling so more seeds have been sown. The climbing French Beans have been better with fourteen out of twenty germinating.i will pot them up into coir pots and transplant in late May.

 

The peppers are in the greenhouse and growing slowly. My Chilli are still inside the conservatory and are showing a better growth rate. The winner has to be the two Cherry Bomb Chilli plants that I overwintered indoors.They both have masses of flowers and fruits are developing.