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

carinjo

I would like a recommendation for an online supplier i could get a quince tree from please. My local garden centres were a bit expensive, and had a limited supply. 

carinjo

spend a lovely saturday morning planting the japanese onions and garlic. also filled up the rest of the broadbean bed with more seeds. the first of the bradbeans already sticking their heads out. harvested the last of the dwarf green beans, a lonely butternut and some small yellow courgettes. The search for a quince tree on the back burner, need a new car urgently.

On a side note: a few days in spain last week once again reminded me of the joy of fresh, quality produce. No matter the size of the harvest, I've grown it myself and will appreciate every bite!

MissRikkiC

I have tried clearing a double height pallet collar raised bed today so have 2 single height instead for our strawberries and then attempted to unravel the mess that was the strawberry runners. Unfortunately I had to throw a few off and snip them away; but there were honestly so so many. I probably threw about 25 runners away. Ugh. 

Rocket is managing okay so far in the cooler temp and I was amazed to see the kale that the caterpillars absolutely stripped a few weeks ago was already growing back. I wonder how long these will last through the winter. 

Must sort out bulbs this weekend. Ugh. 

droopsnoot

My back lawn has decided to join in with the "grow your own" idea and these have popped up over a few days.



No idea whether they're safe to eat, so I'll probably just chuck them on the compost heap.

Suffolk_lass

My new bare-rooted gooseberries were delivered today. Leveller - an old dessert variety. I heeled them in to one of the veg beds until their destination bed is sorted

leftatthetrafficlights

Cleared the runner beans at the weekend- had loads that I'd left on so podded them and had a bowl full of beautiful beans to eat (although I eat them as pods during the first couple of months of production, I actually prefer them as beans so always stop picking towards the end of the season and leave them to develop). 

The green manures I put into two of the beds a couple of weeks ago are all through, (as is the garlic) and I still have swede, cavolo nero, leeks, leaves, celeriac and parsnips to harvest. 

I removed the netted cage from one of the brassica beds, replaced the net with polythene and moved it to an empty bed -I've just transplanted the carrots, beetroot and Chinese cabbage that I sowed recently into it and I'm hoping that it will act as an additional 'greenhouse' space - it's worth a try! 

droopsnoot

I've been clearing small strips out of the vegetable patch over the last couple of days - I haven't got the concentration to do it all in one go, but I got some cheap onion bulbs from Wilkos and I wanted to plant some. Last year it got overgrown with potatoes so I've been trying to get a bit deeper this time. Found a bowl full of them, re-planted some as they had shoots on them. I've probably cleared less than 10% of the ground so far, but it's a start.

carinjo

You 10% ahead from me @droopsnoot! I can't find the key to allotment and the weather has been atrocious. 
@leftatthetrafficlights keep us up to date on the polythene! 
Here's a question: removing all the weeds and doing some clearing, how does one dry it out to burn the waste? I now have a new car and do not want to ruin the boot! Just covering it up with some tarpaulin for a bit won't work i think.

Suffolk_lass

carinjo said:

Here's a question: removing all the weeds and doing some clearing, how does one dry it out to burn the waste? I now have a new car and do not want to ruin the boot! Just covering it up with some tarpaulin for a bit won't work i think.

Personally, I bag invasive weeds in old compost bags and sneak them into my general refuse bin as here in Suffolk it all gets incinerated

LessImpecunious

Suffolk_lass said:

carinjo said:

Here's a question: removing all the weeds and doing some clearing, how does one dry it out to burn the waste? I now have a new car and do not want to ruin the boot! Just covering it up with some tarpaulin for a bit won't work i think.

Personally, I bag invasive weeds in old compost bags and sneak them into my general refuse bin as here in Suffolk it all gets incinerated

Don't forget the (money-saving) option of putting all your garden waste in a heap and making your own compost...