The even bigger and better and hopefully not lower bits of growing your own in 2022!

Farway

Suffolk_lass said:

 Beans have been awful in the runner department and I will think seriously about next year. 

Have a try with climbing French beans, I've found they seem to do better than runners. Cobra is a good one, and climbing purple podded for something different

Suffolk_lass

I do grow both dwarf and climbing French Beans (both purple pods) - Purple Teepee dwarf and Blauhilde climbing. The latter are completely covered in blackfly currently.

carinjo

I have found great success with dwarf beans. Big harvest and it suppressed weeds due to low growing and close spacing. Lack of £'s meant the ladybirds had to take care of the aphids. Next year want to try purple pod or climbing barlotti beans. My neighbour's purple pods look amazing!
Bottled a few kg's of William pears today, next batch will be for christmas pear brandy. 

Suffolk_lass

Ooh lovely Williams Pears in Brandy

ancientmum

Please could you share how you bottle the pears in brandy?  I have about 2/3 of a bottle of brandy left after making Christmas cakes a couple of years ago and access to pears in a community orchard that no-one else seems to bother about.  Would love to try making some for presents.

Many thanks x

carinjo

Here you go @ancientmum
https:// www.i nnatthecrossroads. com/starting-a-pear-brandy/
And...
https://l arderlove.com/ pear-liqueur/

Ms C picking up a couple of 3l cliptop jars for me today so can start tonight on them

Suffolk_lass

carinjo said:

Here you go @ancientmum
https:// www.i nnatthecrossroads. com/starting-a-pear-brandy/
And...
https://l arderlove.com/ pear-liqueur/

Ms C picking up a couple of 3l cliptop jars for me today so can start tonight on them

Your links were a bit fragmented - I found the first one here, the second oNE (love that site) just needs the space removing after L

carinjo

Oops. Done the spaces on purpose in case the post got blocked, some forums don't allow links, forgot to mention. My bad. 
And sorry, i don't know how to replace a link with a word like here

sammy_kaye18

Well my cucumber plant seems to have gone a bit mental over the few days I was away and I now have 6 cucumbers to harvest so will be making something with those fairly soon. 
I potted on another 3 cucumber plants today as well so hoping they will take off as well and Ill get a good crop from them too. 
I am going to try and slice them and freeze them and then when I want to use them I will put them into smoothies / soups and stews since I know their texture will change but it will still be a good vitamin / fibre boost in the colder weather. 

I was going to pull up my runner beans today because I have had all of two pods from it but I went to pull it up today and have noticed more have appeared so I will give it a little while yet. 

Ive also potted on another 4 tomato plants that were late planted and 6 pepper plants which are still going. 

I also have 4 pea plants that have appeared from no where. 

Peeked in the greenhouse and I think my cabbages are putting out some new growth after butterflies got to them so I might be able to salvage them yet. 

Mixed leaf lettuce is flourishing too in the bed I made for it. 

My two courgette plants look like they have a few more in them yet

Strawberries are filling their bed nicely now with runners too. 

I also sat last night and made a list of bits and pieces that I want to grow next year and have gotten most of the seeds ready but I have some more to grab but I want to get a fence up around my vegetable plot before next year and get the new beds filled and settled. 

I also gave my privet hedge a good chop the other day so I am planning to have a day and attack the pile of cuttings and turn it into leaf mulch to put over the beds come winter. 

I still have carrots to plant for winter and I am trying to decide whether to find a bit tub and put some potatoes in it for a (hopefully) few later crops 

ancientmum

Thank you carinjo and Suffolk lass x