Living in the South - what are you up to?

mum1plus1

Cazz wrote: »

I've got basil and parsley in abundance, can it be frozen?

Hi Cazz

i freeze mine in left over wine in ice cube trays all ready to go in stews etc, that way not too much water is added when defrosting.

pookiewn

Wooo hoo!
After three weeks of pulling up the path, digging, digging and digging again, the veg/herb patch is finally planted!
Charlottes and Maris Piper's are in (a little late, I know. But after all that digging they were going in!), courgettes seem to have tiny courgettes on them and are looking rather happy. Herbs have been taken out of there pots and planted in the ground. The Purple sprouting broccolli seems to have doubled in size in a week and the old ones are looking so pretty with their bright yellow flowers.
In the other bed: I've planted out some more tomatoes, put in some turnip and leek seeds and there is still a bit of room for my marigolds to go in.
The garden is starting to look like a garden and not some horrid concrete jungle! Now to dig up the other half of the garden....

Does anyone have any expertise of "digging" up garage foundations?

xMonsoonx

My tomatoes are starting to flower the runners and mange tout are growing like weeds and my gojo berry bush has gone crazy as have the raspberry's and strawberry's.

My OH's Chillies are growing nicely too.

Hippychick

I had my first harvest yesterday a salad of spinach, rocket and lollo rosso leaves, it was delish so much nicer than shop bought lettuce

My flowers are all starting to come through and I have also earthed up my vale emerald potatoes today.

kazire

thought i would revive this thread, so im my garden everyhthing i beleive everything is going well i got my first lot of peas and they taste soo good also i have unearthed my potatos which were very small but will be good for a potato salad! I also have 3 new additions to my garden in the form of chickens they are wonderful they make me laugh soo much and they also like the peas too! they are giving me 3 gorgeous eggs nearly everyday! how is everyone else getting on??

Farway

Had a few pickings of mangetout peas, eaten both raw & lightly zapped. Plus broad bean tops and a couple of baby beans, waiting for the rest to get a bit bigger before harvesting

Courgette will be picked today, goosegogs are starting to turn translucent so nearly ready, rhubab will be in a crumble this weekend

Cucs are rushing up the netting, but no flowers yet, strawberries, a few more pickings left

Autumn raspberries in flower & bumble bees loving them so looking forward to great harvest there, a wild blackberry I let grow is now in flower for first time, if it is a nice berry I will keep & train it, if not out it will go

Runners, loads of flowers and probably ready for first pick in a week, just not quite big enough for pot yet. Keeping the blackfly in check there

Picking salad leaves as required, plus pulling a few baby carrots for eating raw. beetroot not ready for same yet, but looking healthy

June drop has occured on the apple, thinned out rest

Only one Sunburst cherry on my new tree, but it is starting to colour and is netted before birds spot it

The daily watering is now a must as the pot stuff dries out so quickly in this heat
Toms & peppers, starting to set fruit but none near ready to eat

kazire

anyone growing anything over the winter down here?? ive got my garlic in and broad beans some spinich and cauli

Farway

kazire wrote: »

anyone growing anything over the winter down here?? ive got my garlic in and broad beans some spinich and cauli

Just weeds

jedi82

Hiya, I have put in my over-wintering onions and intend to do garlic asap. I did broad beans this time last year too but they were yuk so not doing them again :rotfl: Oh, and have planted up my strawberry runners too, does that count

Jedi x

angelavdavis

We are in St Leonards on Sea, on the South Coast.

We have a garden with two raised beds we use for growing salads and fast cropping veg, chickens and fruit bushes which are wall trained. We also have ornamental beds which surround patio areas.

We have recently planted the last planting of lettuce under cloches in the garden and cleared the rest of the beds ready for winter.

We took on an allotment plot in June and had a fairly productive summer thanks to lasagne beds we set up immediately into which we planted courgettes, squashes, cabbages, strawberries, beetroot, celeriac and chard. These all cropped well.

At the allotment recently we have planted onion setts, garlic, broad beans and peas. I am just about to set up a permanent strawberry bed and have planted a rhurbarb crown and artichoke plants which I raised from seed and grew in pots during the summer. We were given a greenhouse which is now in place on the plot and have two more beds to create in the allotment, once we move a tayberry bush that was in place when we took over the plot.

We are still cropping courgettes as it is so mild down here too.