2023 - the good, the not so good but hopefully not ugly of growing your own!

carinjo

My photo app has been popping up: on this day last year, with loads of planting of veg seeds. The weather being absolutely attrocious, i felt i am running way behind, but i am not, plenty of seeds in previous years planted this week or next. 
Currently doing a week of night shifts, so hopefully will catch up next week. Done some micro salad seeds in a tray and the cut-and-come-again salad greens doing well, even with all the rain.

Soontobeoap

potatoes are nearly chitted, peppers looking healthy, once the wind drops I will be putting tomatoe plants out in the day to harden off. Mini cucumber plants are just popping through on the windowsill. Just waiting for some finer weather next week to sew some seeds, build a bean wig wam and sort out the strawberry plants. Hoping to get quite a bit of veg going this year in the sunny side of the garden. 

Suffolk_lass

Peppers look great! We are away from Monday so I am waiting to plant squashes and beans until we get back. I might have to pop the 2nd early potatoes in tomorrow, before we go, if the predicted 15c materialises

KajiKita

Lifted the last of my leeks today - will process them tomorrow 😊




KK

Soontobeoap

@KajiKita they look amazing. I hope that I am as successful with my veg this year. Started hardening off the tomatoe plants today now that the strong winds have dropped. 

KajiKita

Soontobeoap said:

@KajiKita they look amazing. I hope that I am as successful with my veg this year. Started hardening off the tomatoe plants today now that the strong winds have dropped. 

Thank you 😊 I am quite pleased with them this year. These were just starting to tip into going rusty so it was good to get them up today. Looking forward to playing with them tomorrow. 

My tomatoes are c. 8 inches high now and need more root room. I have too many though 🙄😂 so may pit some on and rehome the rest! 😊

KK

kacie

I must not sow more seeds! Well indoors anyway, I'm out of space and it's my first year of having the allotment so I really should pace myself and see how I do instead of doing everything and getting overwhelmed with it all. 
Pumpkins and sweetcorn both are on the to be repotted list. 

alicef

@KajiKita those leeks look amazing.  My last year's crop had leek moth damage. Do you companion grow anything alongside your leeks?   

Last week's weather has been miserable, but at least the cucumbers have started to germinate.  Picked up the May edition of GW for the 2for1 card and got MORE seed packets.  Might sow the oregano today though.  My herb sowings have done well apart from coriander - perhaps the seed was too ancient.  I have a variety called 'Confetti' so I'll give that a whirl.

leftatthetrafficlights

@KajiKita - those leeks look fab!! 😁

Most of our seeds have germinated now 🙌 we planted the potatoes at the weekend, repotted the spinach, cleaned out the greenhouse and washed all the glass, emptied and cleaned out the hotbins and topped up the veggie beds with compost - I finally feel ready for the growing season now!

MissRikkiC

Those are some great looking leeks!

We had our first harvest of Rhubarb last week which i was thrilled about, however i have since spotted one of the plants going to flower, 1 has too many buds/plants in the same pot and another looking a bit unhealthy with some rust. Theyre all in containers so i think im going to split the one which is over crowded, try and treat the poorly one with some BF&B and remove the flower and stalk of the one which is about to bolt. I think its all likely to do with my (lack of) routine with the caring for them and likely more important since theyre in containers. Poor rhubarb. Bad rhubarb mum.