The ups, the downs and the insides out of growing your own in 2025!

greenbee

Tomatoes this year have been odd - no flowers until fairly tall, and then a lot of flowers withering rather than setting fruit. I blame the heat. I should have put some outside, but decided 10 plants was enough... won't make that mistake again!

droopsnoot

I dug some more potatoes up the other week, and this time didn't leave them to go green, cut them into small pieces and microwaved them and they came out quite nicely. Loads more to dig up - well, loads more plants anyway, I'm not sure if there are any actual potatoes. My lettuce are doing quite well, haven't had to buy any salad-leaf stuff for two or three weeks as I can just cut a few leaves off every two or three days. I have one reasonably-sized tomato on a plant and two tiny ones, and lots more with flowers on. Chilli plants continue to grow bigger but not much else.