Locking Bar Eglu Classic

[Lizzie50]

I have just sown out tiny seedlings of sweetcorn and chilli pepper but leaves are already turning brown what should I do now!!!

[Cinnamon]

You need some garden fleece to cover them at night,or a mini cloche or something...

I would say its too early for something tender like a Chilli to be out (I grow mine in the Greenhouse,always)

[Valkyrie]

The broad beans are in and I'm going to put the peas in today - with bubble wrapped round the outside for protection. I seem to do much better when they are in a wigwam rather than a line, so that's what I'm just off to do.

[Cinnamon]

I have found that if you do them in a line,but zig-zag them, spaced about 1.5 inches apart,that works well.

I too have some shorter growing patio peas in a pot on a wigwam,& they did really well last year

 

There is NOTHING like a fresh pea!

[bronze]

My courgettes aren't even peeping. Theyre the only thing that haven't

[Lizzie50]

thanks Cinnamon, will do that

 

Christian, wish you had told me about your strawberry plants when I was visiting last Sunday, I would have taken a few!

 

Lizzie

[Guest]

my courgettes are going well so far, fingers x'd. Never done them before. They're in the conservatory and i was surprised at how big the seedlings are, they're about an inch high with 2 big fat leaves each and a little leaf just growing in the centre.

 

So much for my chard, mizuna and lettuce at the bottom of the garden! The bantams scaled the fence and dug up all my newly planted seeds while Ian ran round trying to catch them...Ian's then panicking cos he can't find one of the chickens, meanwhile she was in the kitchen eating the dog's food and pooping all over the floor!

[bronze]

Your posts has reminded me I wish I had done chard

 

I lied btw my courgettes have shot out of the soil overnight

[Christian]

Christian, wish you had told me about your strawberry plants when I was visiting last Sunday, I would have taken a few!

 

Lizzie

 

Pop over and help yourself Lizzie! But save a few for Koojie - I promised her some and still haven't been over and delivered them Sorry Koojie!

[Blackrocksrock]

I have transplanted 2 courgette plants - I sowed everything in the greenhouse with bubble wrap round the windows and inside propagators inside large polystyrene boxes with perspex over the top for light and warmth. There are 2 different tomato plants up, lettuce all up, but no chilli or peppers as its too cold. The courgettes were about 2 inches high already.

[Saronne]

Down at the allotment I've planted sugarsnap peas, red lettuce and beetroot. In pots in the greenhouse, I've sown butternut squash and basil. Someone at the allotment gave me some sprouted Jerusalem artichokes to plant..I've found an area and they're in. Will they eventually need support, when are they ready and what, other than soup, can you make out the them?

 

Saronne x

[chickencam]

Loads of coriander and parsley. I also bought a really pretty apple mint plant, it is quite fluffy and has a lovely minty fragrance, and an oregano plant. I am hoping for a few showers overnight then I will do loads more sowing tomorrow.

[Christian]

Rain forecast here overnight and the garden could do with it.

 

Managed to get a couple of rows of carrots on, amongst the onions.

[Cinnamon]

Rain forecast here overnight and the garden could do with it.

 

Managed to get a couple of rows of carrots on, amongst the onions.

 

Thats a good idea !

I am always looking for those sneaky little spaces to sow an extra row of something,& have a whole bed of onions.....

[Valkyrie]

No worries Christian - no rush and I have the perfect spot now that we've dug up some old patio roses that always looked weedy. You can always have some of my Gladstone peas. As Poet says there's nothing like a pea fresh from the garden - Erin would agree too - she scoffs lots before I even get a chance to cook them - let alone freeze any!

Well I won't have to water the plants today! Hopefully we have some water going into the butt - it was empty!

[Christian]

Rain forecast here overnight and the garden could do with it.

 

Managed to get a couple of rows of carrots on, amongst the onions.

 

Thats a good idea !

I am always looking for those sneaky little spaces to sow an extra row of something,& have a whole bed of onions.....

 

It works well Sarah, the smell of the onions, stops the carrot fly!

 

Thanks for the offer Koojie, I love fresh peas (mine don't make it to the pot either)!!

[Valkyrie]

OK, have put a few by for you - the sweetest peas I've ever had.

 

The water butt is 2/3rds full! Must have rained loads in the night - it's not exactly a small tub either!

[ValerieR]

Saronne I think artichoke is fab on pizza! (with anchovies yum!)

 

Can anyone advise me on cucumbers in the greenhouse - how many do you get off a plant and how much space do you need? Are they trailing or climbing?

 

I love this time of year - it is so exciting seeing the seedlings poking through isnt it!

[Saronne]

Saronne I think artichoke is fab on pizza! (with anchovies yum!)

 

 

 

Are those globe artichokes, or Jerusalem?

 

Saronne x

[ValerieR]

Globe. Were you talking about jerusalem ?

 

http://www.jamieoliver.com/recipes/vegetarian-recipes/sauted-jerusalem-artichokes-with-garlic

 

Good old Jamie Oliver has a good recipe here!

[theherd123]

Planted 6 trays up today - peas, sweetcorn, rocket, pumpkin & butternut squash and some morning glory to grow up the fence!

 

I cant believe that i havent got any courgette! I searched the seeds basket but I must have used them all last year!

[ValerieR]

Hi Emma how do you grown butternut squash and how does it do in this country? Never tried it... It's not too late to pick up some courgettes! I ended up doing mine in late May last year as the first lot died in the cold - and they were fine.

[theherd123]

Thanks Valerie I have asked for some courgette in the seed exchange

 

Im not too sure how the butternut squash will do TBH as this is the first year I have grown it. Im not a huge fan but my daughter likes it. Pumpkin usually does quite well so Im hoping the b'nut squash will fair ok too

[Cinnamon]

I grew 1 Butternut Squash last year & got a decent srop from it...I have 4 as seedlings at the moment.

They do need a lot of space,good watering & preferably something to clamber up,but really are similar to grow to courgettes.

[ValerieR]

Hi Sarah do you do them in the greenhouse or in the ground? Do they like manure, like courgettes? Do you tie them to stakes like tomatoes? I have never even seen a butternut squash plant!