My first early pots are just begining to show, put the second earlies in
about a week ago, and today planted the maincrop!

And discovered a few tomatoes begining to form.

Alan

In article ,
"Alan Holmes" writes:
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| My first early pots are just begining to show, put the second earlies in
| about a week ago, and today planted the maincrop!
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| And discovered a few tomatoes begining to form.

A BIT!

My first broad beans are showing pods, but the only things I have cropped
are rocket, goosefoot (self-sown), spinach and strawberries. I haven't
even planted out my warm-weather crops yet, and most are 1" high. What
is more, 75% of that was NOT me being late, but the catastrophicly cold
spring.

Dammit, I lost 90% of my broccoli due to the winter and have had to sow
my French beans FOUR times, because they rotted due to the cold (UNDER
GLASS) :-(


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.

"Nick Maclaren" wrote in message
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In article ,
"Alan Holmes" writes:
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| My first early pots are just begining to show, put the second earlies
in
| about a week ago, and today planted the maincrop!
|
| And discovered a few tomatoes begining to form.

A BIT!

My first broad beans are showing pods, but the only things I have cropped
are rocket, goosefoot (self-sown),

What's goosefoot?

I've lifted a few very small potatoes because they were in the asparagus
bed, greenhouse tomatoes are about three mm diameter (the biggest!), I'm
cropping lettuce leaves every couple of days from the greenhouse. Other
small saladings are useful, otherwise rocket, Easter ledge, endive and some
very small yellow courgettes have been eaten to date. Lots of herbs of
course but the chervil is just about gone. Oh, and a few strawberries but I
only have one plant. The gooseberries are all but ready but there aren't
many, we moved the bush last autumn.

But it's all coming on splendidly!

I tell myself.

Mary

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"Mary Fisher" writes:
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| What's goosefoot?

Chenopodium album. An annual weed of waste ground, which can be used
(and tastes) almost exactly like spinach. The seeds are edible, too,
and are like Amaranthus.


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.

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"Mary Fisher" writes:
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| What's goosefoot?

Chenopodium album. An annual weed of waste ground, which can be used
(and tastes) almost exactly like spinach. The seeds are edible, too,
and are like Amaranthus.

Oh ...

Thanks ....

Mary
still in the dark :-)

"Mary Fisher" wrote
"Nick Maclaren" wrote
"Mary Fisher" writes:
| What's goosefoot?

Chenopodium album. An annual weed of waste ground, which can be used
(and tastes) almost exactly like spinach. The seeds are edible, too,
and are like Amaranthus.

Oh ...

Thanks ....

Mary
still in the dark :-)

It's also known as Fat Hen so p'raps your chickens eat it all before you
get to see any.

--
Sue

Alan Holmes wrote:
My first early pots are just begining to show, put the second earlies in
about a week ago, and today planted the maincrop!

And discovered a few tomatoes begining to form.

Alan

Gasp. You're late??? Mine (toms) are only just starting to show
flowers !!
So far, we have consumed rhubarb, rocket (left over from winter
planting, hair cut regularly, so it keeps giving me leaves which are
increasingly peppery, to my delight) fresh rocket planting not
harvestable yet. I have consumed some lettuce thinnings to make room,
armfulls of herbs (I have without a doubt the best herb bed in the
British Isles, and you'll have to take my word), radishes, 1 asparagus
stem (it didn't make it to the kitchen, never mind get cooked).
Strawberries are formed but desperately green - I must think of netting
them this week end without fail, or risk having nothing to show for my
efforts. Raspberry crop will be good - that is netted. Blackcurrant
bush spectacularly laden, also netted, though all green as yet. Red
currant sulking with one or two miserly strings of berries - they just
didn't form. Gooseberries (netted) absolutely laden with stuff, but
taking their own sweet time to sweeten and soften. Blackberries just
finished flowering - good crop I hope, but only one plant.
Fabulous success - so far with my first ever planting of broad beans -
all germinated, all in flower, I haven't seen them in a few days, and
could see beginnings of pods this week end.
Runner beans a disaster, like so many others on urg - two wigwams with
only 5 plants germinated between them, which have taken forever to
germinate, and still look miserly.
Fortunately, one of my wigwams is well laden with another type of
climbing bean - but I lost the label - and the dwarf french are also
doing ok. Just as well, I can't get enough beans.
Peas germinated well in a cold frame this late spring, and they are
scaling their wigwams and starting to flower - so far so good. I also
have some kohlrabi - not hectic - some now healthy looking brussels
sprouts, saved from the pigeons by two double CD's of Tom Jones
Greatest Hits (free with some Sunday paper), two rows of my beloved
salsify - one rather more successful than the other. And three
courgettes about to conquer the planet and provoke all my friends, just
like last year, to cross the road when they see me coming...
Amazing. As I write it all out, I realise how much stuff I am managing
to grow with reasonable success (cross toes).
The beloved - who has as much interest in matters horticultural as I
have in trainspotting - smiles magnanimously at my business around the
garden, and is mildly benevolent in the face of my enthusiastic gardeny
gushings. Growing his favourite lettuce and brussels sprouts is my way
to make him more interested, as well as trying to share the burden of
consuming the glut...

All the same, it's great to garden, is it not?

Cat(h)

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envious snip

Blackberries just
finished flowering - good crop I hope, but only one plant.

Our blackberries aren't even flowering yet! Where are you?

All the same, it's great to garden, is it not?

Yes.

Mutter chunter s'not fair ...

Mary

Cat(h)

Mary Fisher wrote:
"Cat(h)" wrote in message
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envious snip

Blackberries just
finished flowering - good crop I hope, but only one plant.

Our blackberries aren't even flowering yet! Where are you?

East of Ireland.


All the same, it's great to garden, is it not?

Yes.

Mutter chunter s'not fair ...

Worry not. I'll probably have a disaster yet... one of my toms is
wilted, and I don't know why... and I am a bit worried about my broad
beans...


Cat(h)

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Mary Fisher wrote:
"Cat(h)" wrote in message
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envious snip

Blackberries just
finished flowering - good crop I hope, but only one plant.

Our blackberries aren't even flowering yet! Where are you?

East of Ireland.


All the same, it's great to garden, is it not?

Yes.

Mutter chunter s'not fair ...

Worry not. I'll probably have a disaster yet... one of my toms is
wilted, and I don't know why... and I am a bit worried about my broad
beans...


I look forward to some good news :-)

Mary