Alis girls Posted July 26, 2009 Share Posted July 26, 2009 Oh Koojie - yuck I hate ants. Last week on the allotment ES (13) and should know better managed to roll in ants nest - they were everywhere in his hair - had to hose him down and then home for shower. To say I was cross with him was an understatement. Didnt OH notice he'd dug it up? I am squirming just thinking about it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valkyrie Posted July 26, 2009 Share Posted July 26, 2009 We seem to have overload in the garden this year with ants nests - great for the girls. Yuk when they take flight - usually before bad weather - I use them as a forecast to batten the hatches! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter S Posted July 26, 2009 Share Posted July 26, 2009 Some green and yellow courgettes, half a dozen red onions and a couple of "disco gourds" - a patty pan-type squash. And we seem to have ants wherever we dig, too! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Space Chick Posted July 26, 2009 Share Posted July 26, 2009 Enough peas to feed an army and more broad beans I'm having a bad year with my courgettes though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sjp Posted July 26, 2009 Share Posted July 26, 2009 I'm having a bad year with my courgettes though same here loads of male flowers no female flowers got 3 little pumkins through on plants in the same bed all planted on then same day Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs Frugal Posted July 26, 2009 Share Posted July 26, 2009 Peas, tomatoes, runner beans, courgettes, carrots, new potatoes, blueberries and strawberries . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alis girls Posted July 26, 2009 Share Posted July 26, 2009 A cucumber and not an ant in sight Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redhotchick Posted July 26, 2009 Share Posted July 26, 2009 I picked a tiny bit of Mare's Tail, must have disturbed an ant's nest because they went crazy! Running all over the place! I was at the Tatton Show today so didn't pick anything edible! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lesley Posted July 27, 2009 Share Posted July 27, 2009 Fennel, cabbage, beans, peas, courgettes, tomatoes, lettuce, 2 plums (I'm fighting the dog for these as she's learned how to pick her own fruit ) and..... ....our first ever, fully grown, CAULIFLOWER!!!!!!!! (I usually have problems with brassicas!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cinnamon Posted July 27, 2009 Author Share Posted July 27, 2009 3 nice small courgettes 2 MONSTER courgettes - the hens had those! 20 or so cherry tomatoes,Sungold & a cherry plum 2 lovely little Gem lettuces A handful of red spring onions And it looks like I will get an Artichoke later this week Never eaten one,never cooked one,but its a beautiful thing & has grown with no problems at all Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy chickens! Posted July 27, 2009 Share Posted July 27, 2009 Am picking courgettes by the bushell, peas, beetroots, mange tout and flowers - a neighbour gave me a load of dahlias. I used to be a bit snooty about them, but love the splash of colour everywhere! Swapped my last 'bouquet' with a builder for some good planks for my raised beds! Had my first cabbage ever last week, and it was quite edible! Also spinach - not the usual kind, but perpetual. Ok I think, but the souffle I turned it into was ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alis girls Posted July 27, 2009 Share Posted July 27, 2009 3 runner beans...... and a partridge in a pear tree (well ok not the latter) just the beans Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cinnamon Posted July 28, 2009 Author Share Posted July 28, 2009 A massive amount of Pink Fir Apple salad potatoes today They look wonderful - all pink & k"Ooops, word censored!"bly Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chickencam Posted July 29, 2009 Share Posted July 29, 2009 I love pink fir apple, we haven't got any this year. yesterday we picked... loads of courgettes onions carrots turnips a huge swede a couple of pieces of calabrese a small cauliflower a lovely pointed cabbage radishes a cucumber and some tomatoes loads of redcurrants and blackcurrants and some blackberries (jam) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valkyrie Posted July 29, 2009 Share Posted July 29, 2009 Toms toms and more toms. I think we are getting blight. Going to nip out the tops and pot em up before the nasty thing gets the rest of them. Tons of beans. All sorts. Something has made my Gladstone peas disappear - when I was saving some for seed. Can't see any damage. There are mice, but they tend to leave evidence. Don't rats sneak off with the whole lot? No sign of rats either. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sjp Posted July 29, 2009 Share Posted July 29, 2009 Something has made my Gladstone peas disappear - when I was saving some for seed. Can't see any damage. There are mice, but they tend to leave evidence. Don't rats sneak off with the whole lot? No sign of rats either. odds on its rats our allottment's lost most of this years peas to rats you'll probly find the pods under the pea plants the bean racks or under the potato foliage Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valkyrie Posted July 30, 2009 Share Posted July 30, 2009 Tis naughty wood mice. Live traps going out. On the up side though, more beans and calabrese. I think I spy a cauli - that looks like it's ready. Fingers crossed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cinnamon Posted July 31, 2009 Author Share Posted July 31, 2009 We lost all our peas almost in a day last year to wood pigeons Just pulled up a massive trug full of Desiree potatoes, all of which are HUGE! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Egluntyne Posted July 31, 2009 Share Posted July 31, 2009 My first crop of French beans. A good handful. And a radish the size of a football. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lesley Posted July 31, 2009 Share Posted July 31, 2009 We'll all be entering the 'Biggest Vegetable' competitions this year!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valkyrie Posted August 1, 2009 Share Posted August 1, 2009 I caught a big slug, but no mice as yet! Today: onions garlic toms chard - rainbow and rhubarb beans cauliflowers (given to the girls - to many buggy things eating them ) Most of it going in veggie soup and the garlic and toms for the passata. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redhotchick Posted August 1, 2009 Share Posted August 1, 2009 Lots of beetroot! It's my first time growing it. I twisted the leaves off, washed it using a scrubby sponge, trimmed the top and bottom off, wrapped it in a double layer of greaseproof which I had buttered generously, then baked at 160 for 45 minutes. There is enough to fill a 1 pint pudding basin. The skins slip of really easily once cooked. I've just sliced some up and eaten it with Scouse. Yum! *edited to add: also some broad beans, rhubarb and courgettes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy chickens! Posted August 1, 2009 Share Posted August 1, 2009 Yummy yellow skinned plums - no idea what they are, but they taste heavenly! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theherd123 Posted August 1, 2009 Share Posted August 1, 2009 Today I picked; 1 courgette/marrow Peas which my little girl turned her nose up at! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chickencam Posted August 1, 2009 Share Posted August 1, 2009 Don't worry she'll learn that baby peas are like sweets. I picked 5 courgette/marrows Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
