chickencam Posted November 7, 2008 Share Posted November 7, 2008 Now I wish I had one of those The sprouts were lovely and there are more for tonight and suprise suprise more turkey Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Egluntyne Posted November 18, 2008 Share Posted November 18, 2008 The chap who digs over the garden for me now and then found a whole cache of "new" potatoes hiding in a potato planter. They look OK. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chickencam Posted November 18, 2008 Share Posted November 18, 2008 Some huge carrots, 3 leeks, and a swede Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valkyrie Posted November 19, 2008 Share Posted November 19, 2008 3 beetroots. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lesley Posted December 2, 2008 Author Share Posted December 2, 2008 Beetroot and leeks. The brassicas are picking up a bit - we may get something worth eating off them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiggy Posted December 8, 2008 Share Posted December 8, 2008 cabbage, not much else anywhere at the moment Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lesley Posted December 22, 2008 Author Share Posted December 22, 2008 Leeks and herbs - to make Egluntine's Leek and Cheese Pudding. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valkyrie Posted December 23, 2008 Share Posted December 23, 2008 My girls have had a go at the leeks - I don't think they like them. I shall be digging some up tomorrow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs Webmuppet Posted January 10, 2009 Share Posted January 10, 2009 I've just dug up nearly a black buckets worth of Jerusalem artichokes...............and that's only half of the patch. They appear to be even bigger than last years, something to do with chicken manure me thinks. Now just the tricky job of using them up & giving some away ( already got rid of some to my neighbours) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valkyrie Posted January 11, 2009 Share Posted January 11, 2009 I am looking forward to receiving my own artichokes which should be arriving in the post in the next few weeks. Maybe, Mrs WM, you are a greenfingered person with a special touch for the chokes! At the moment the leeks are fenced off so that the girls can't pull off the leaves and drag them along the paths, but the leaves are all looking very sad with all the heavy frosts anyway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs Webmuppet Posted January 11, 2009 Share Posted January 11, 2009 I do have green fingers............I just can't seem to grow the really ordinary things though. I have never managed to grow carrots (even LMW can get them to grow in a flower pot) Personally I think its chicken poo that's made the garden grow bigger and better. Must keep them away from the overly lively climbing rose! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valkyrie Posted January 11, 2009 Share Posted January 11, 2009 Our carrots have always been rubbish too, but this year I tried them in flower pots - the really long ones that have had something like clematis in before - and it was successful. We had 9 carrots from 15 seeds sown - no fly damage and really tasty and so huge that they had pushed the sides of the pot out skewiffy. I did keep them in the greenhouse though. Ooh, do have another try, just a few seeds as a tester. I remember years ago I was growing dwarf nicotiana - should have been 18 inches high, but ended up having to thin them out drastically as they eventually reached 4 ft! Same thing still happens with marigolds (French and pot) are bigger than they are supposed to be when I grow them here. Can't explain it - perhaps it's the moon cycle? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
