missuscluck Posted July 30, 2008 Share Posted July 30, 2008 Koojie, I love your greenhouse too. I thought the feather thing was a bit of a faff. I have never had any problems, but I have to say the feather lady's toms are rather spectaular! (better than mine by far ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lesley Posted July 30, 2008 Author Share Posted July 30, 2008 Our tomatoes are doing well enough without pollinating by hand - the sides open on the polygreenhouse so it is always full of insects. Koojie - we have 10 aubergine plants with about 4/5 fruits on each. They are about 4" long at the moment Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valkyrie Posted July 30, 2008 Share Posted July 30, 2008 Unfair Lesley, rub it in! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lesley Posted July 30, 2008 Author Share Posted July 30, 2008 Sorry! - but I've never grown them successfully before! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valkyrie Posted July 30, 2008 Share Posted July 30, 2008 Well done (she says through gritted teeth)! Mine are only just about showing, so no bigger than a finger nail, boo hoo! Didn't do too well last year, but the year before that was good - Rosa Bianca, round white and pink - really creamy. All peppers, aubergines and toms sown roughly the same time, but the aubergine seeds (Long Purple) had a lie-in! The chillies were sown ages after and they have loads of peppers on them. Perhaps the seeds were too old. Never mind, still time to swell up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs Frugal Posted August 2, 2008 Share Posted August 2, 2008 We went to the lottie again today and came home with MORE french beans, runner beans, borlotti beans and another trug of potatoes. No courgettes today . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valkyrie Posted August 3, 2008 Share Posted August 3, 2008 A pepper - green and it had a mark on the side so I thought I'd have it before it went yuk. Runner beans and one apple - and two tiny courgettes (I think I can manage those ). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cinnamon Posted August 3, 2008 Share Posted August 3, 2008 A BIG pile of huge carrots, 6 Beetroot & a lovely big cabbage, all of which we are having with a jint of Beef tonight,with leftovers bubble & squeaked for tomorrows supper I also had a decent sized cucumber Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redhotchick Posted August 3, 2008 Share Posted August 3, 2008 3 little tomatoes! They were delicious. I left one because it didn't look quite ready, but the chickens decided it was ready and ate it later on! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chickencam Posted August 4, 2008 Share Posted August 4, 2008 We had another huge cabbage yesterday, they are really big now you can almost hear them growing. A small and not very pretty but perfectly edible cauliflower,turnips, carrots,potatoes, spring onion radishes, tomatoes. French beans are nearly there. A large courgette and a smaller one shaped like a tapered candle with the flower on the top flame shaped . I was going to photograph it but hubby cooked it before I could. I too am very jealous of your greenhouse Koojie, you can bearly swing a cat in mine, but it does the job Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WitchHazel Posted August 4, 2008 Share Posted August 4, 2008 This covers the last three or four days: many, many kilos of tomatoes. Most have been roasted and turned into passata' some have gone to provide hentertainment,l and I've been guzzling the cherry ones as I dont have anyh other fruit in the house at the moment. The Broccoli has just started, so had that for my dinner one evening, That and some tomatoes, some fried courgettes, and the remains of the "Salad Blue" and "Shetland Black" potatoes. I;m harvesting the latest crop of salad leaves, and had a couple more spring onions. I've had enough of courgettes now, and so the last lot picked were like mini marrows. I've also finished the sugar snap peas. They didn't get as far as the house, as usual, they are just soooo scrummy raw. The slightly manky ones were podded and fed to the chooks by my DH (who, you may remember, didn't want chickens). Sweetcorn should be ready soon, yum! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
missuscluck Posted August 4, 2008 Share Posted August 4, 2008 My mum in law came for her lunch yesterday and we had one of our chickens roasted with some home grown veg and a pavlova made form our hens eggs and rasperrys form the garden. All sounds lovley except the broccolli was full of somethng else home reared (unintentionaly) Caterpillars! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs Frugal Posted August 4, 2008 Share Posted August 4, 2008 A big bowl of cherry tomatoes Lots of Peas Lots of Runner Beans Lots of French Beans Even more young Borlotti beans A nice bowl of Blueberries A handful of blackcurrants A handful of raspberries Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valkyrie Posted August 4, 2008 Share Posted August 4, 2008 Wow! I don't know what happened to my currants, I suspect naughty blackbirds. We did pick raspberries yesterday from the PYO place again. My aubergines are growing - now showing about just over an inch - at least 7 to go. More toms picked and given to neighbour. A Tesco carrier bag full of French beans (neighbour had some of those too). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chooklady Posted August 4, 2008 Share Posted August 4, 2008 Some runner beans, french beans and suger snap peas, mine don't make it to the house either!! I've also got loads of flat leaf parsley and fresh basil, lovely. I don't have a massive amount of space but we manage to grow a variety of things. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valkyrie Posted August 4, 2008 Share Posted August 4, 2008 Ta da! They have grown since this morning! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daisy & Hattie Posted August 4, 2008 Share Posted August 4, 2008 The first ripe cucmber woohoo. I don't like them but the chooks seem to think that they are 'heaven on earth' which is why I grow them. Plus they look lovely growing in the greenhouse. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AJuff Posted August 4, 2008 Share Posted August 4, 2008 The first ripe cucmber woohoo. I don't like them but the chooks seem to think that they are 'heaven on earth' which is why I grow them. Plus they look lovely growing in the greenhouse. Now there's an idea! I grow salad and courgettes for my girls. how quickly do cucumbers grow? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daisy & Hattie Posted August 5, 2008 Share Posted August 5, 2008 I grew them from seed in April I think and there are lots of tiny cucumbers now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chickencam Posted August 5, 2008 Share Posted August 5, 2008 Here is a picture of some of my weekend haul Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valkyrie Posted August 5, 2008 Share Posted August 5, 2008 That cabbage is HUGE! I love cauliflowers, but they seem to go to seed too quick and cabbage always grows about 6 inches above the ground and keel over - please can you divulge the secret of your success Chickencam? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chickencam Posted August 5, 2008 Share Posted August 5, 2008 9 years of failure We have a club root problem on our allotment site, so we have struggled to grow anything brassica related. We saw on a gardening programme a tip about sprinkling lime direct into the holes when planting and being quite generous with it. Our soil is in better condition after a few applications of manure over the years, sandy soil and brassicas don't mix. We grow the plants to a good size feeding them regularly in 3 inch pots then when planting make the hole with a bulb planter which gives a good firm fit for the root ball which they like then water like mad every day for the first few weeks unless nature intervenes which it has quite a lot so far. The variety is golden acre and they were planted in a seed bed under enviromesh in our raised beds at home then potted up into 3 inch pots and grown on. I think that all of the conditions were just right this year, that is why I keep photographing them because this may be the only year that I have cabbages this good. All of our brassicas are doing pretty well this year. it is cabbage with everything in this house at the moment, we have just had spag bol for lunch with cabbage on the side Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiggy Posted August 5, 2008 Share Posted August 5, 2008 I've been picking broad beans peas letttuce spinach raspberries blackberries potatoes, mini cauli & broccoli- courgettes were a total failure so far I've had 1 I've got lots of green tomatoes no sign of them ripening yet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Egluntyne Posted August 5, 2008 Share Posted August 5, 2008 I've picked 4 cherry tomatoes today. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chickencam Posted August 5, 2008 Share Posted August 5, 2008 We had the first ripe Alicante toms out of the green house yesterday, they were lovely. The outdoor hanging basket tomatoes always ripen first Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
