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

Makingabobor2

Suffolk_lass said:

I don't bother to cover my strawberry plants @Makingabobor2, I would be concerned that they might rot. They are quite tough - in fact I used to buy them from Ken Muir (business gone now) and they would despatch them from cold store in March, for them to reawaken in the Spring. They all look pretty sad at the moment but they do perk up in Spring

Thanks for tip. X

carinjo

Early Season's Greetings everyone, off to sunny South Africa for Christmas.
A lovely, mild day on allotment, managed to tidy some beds, harvested leaf beet, chard, couple of leeks and some chillies (which have finally gone a bit red!)
Planted 3½ raised beds of broadbeans. Not sure if i left it too late, spring next year will tell. 
Two raised beds have serious amounts of marestail. They had horsemanure added beginning of year, think it was the first beds we done without proper barrier at bottom. Lesson learned. 
Looking forward to spending time with my dad at their new place in South Africa. He got the beds ready and shade netting in place, ready for me to help him plan and plant.
See you all next year xx

EssexHebridean

Ahhh - the bishops crown chillies from the free seeds with Kitchen Garden mag, by any chance? One of mine went a beautiful bright red, but the rest have all remained resolutely green. We're eating them anyway, though! 

Suffolk_lass

With a few people starting to talk about next year, I have started the new thread for 2026. Here's a link to it

Makingabobor2

Suffolk_lass said:

With a few people starting to talk about next year, I have started the new thread for 2026. Here's a link to it

Ooh thanks. I need all the tips & advice I can get

droopsnoot

I threw out all except one chilli plant last weekend. Some had small green chillies on them, so if they were big enough to be worth it I kept them. Most of the leaves had fallen off the plants, so it seemed time for them to go. I now have one left with a red Scotch Bonnet on it, I'll keep that on the plant until I'm ready to use it.