I've harvested a couple of handfulls of sugarsnap peas, eaten immediatley. and I've picked a few of the savoy cabbage leaves, leaving the plant to still grow, just cooked with potatoes and butter. lovely. also eating chard , kale and collard leaves.
very much a jungle, the aubergine has flowers but no fruit, the peppers not even flowered, the lemon cucumber is taking over, and I've eaten a few of the small round cucumbers it produces, the tomatoes are flowering but no fruits yet.... and I've two friends report that they have tomatoes growing... so I don't know why its all so different.
the potatoes looked healthy enough but only produced three small potatoes from the bag... think a bucket would have been better as the soil that came out of the bag was very wet. i'll leave the oustide potatoes for about another month or so before seeing whats in there.
the cougettes and pumpkin in the garden have failed totally... being eaten from underground and the tops. they started off well but can't cope with the slug population. slug nematodes are not available to buy anywhere and i won't use chemicals. there's a couple of beer traps out and i go hunting with a pair of scissors, lifting bricks to see whats under ,,,, also in the evening if its wet/cool and i can find them out and about.... cut them in half. leave the bits for the birds.... i've seeded another courgette and pumpkin , the pumpkin planted out this morning, not sure if i want to plant the courgette out or try to stuff it into the greenhouse in a bucket.
using the temporary coldframe..carrots and beetroot sown directly have done reasonably well, peas and beans that were sown directly under the coldframe are looking good , it was lifted off them when they started to touch the glass. the beans planted out.. gifted... haven't grown at all. the broccoli , cabbage, all the greens... all looking reasonalby good... have been eating a few chard and kale leaves.
in the greenhouse, potted into growing spaces are... two fat tomatoes, two cherry tomatoes, one each of pink and green tomatoes. Two cumcumbers, two green peppers and two aubergines. There are some potatoes growing in a compost bag.. hopefully some ready to eat soon, some carrots in a pot which are small but can be eaten, and a tray of lettuce that I've just started eating, it should do a few days.
8/4/21 19.6 5.6 -1.5
10/4/21 23.8 22.3 -1.2
11/4/21 20.5 18.3 -1.2 out of room in the greenhouse, no more seed trays.. lol... I’ve a few old yellowing lids in the shed, will dig them out. Turned over the middle bed with horse poop, need to get more worms too.
16/4/21 29.3 14.3 -1.9
17/4/21 27.9 11.3 2.2 greenhouse gets too hot. Poor germination with onions and red/green sweet peppers, have re-sown Walla Walla and Rossi oninons , also Asti Rossi and Frigitello sweet peppers.
19/4/21 30 14.5 4.2
20/4/21 37.7 13.8 8.3
21/4/21 45.5 ... 5.5 eeek. hot hot hot
24/4/21 greenhouse reaching ridiculous temperatures during the day.. but is cold in the shaded part.. is a conundrum... . have seeded today, in the house but intend to put them in the greenhouse tomorrow... Tomatos.... Pomodoro Costoluto Fiontentino.....Pomodoro Ciliegino a Grappolo(F1 Red Bunch)...Tomato Tigerella.. Tomato Raspberry Oxheart. .
I'm tired out from work, weary of the changing weather.
following are temperatures and what's been sown in the greenhouse, as typed into my garden diary adn copied and pasted to here.
22/3/21 18.7 11.8 3.8
27/3/21 19.1 9.9 2.2 sown ===some more Cipolla Rossa Di Tropea Onion as they just don’t look like germinating, Blumen Sapore Italiano. === Pepper Largo De Reus Pairal, More Veg.=== Pepper Quadrato Asti Rosso, Blumen Sapore Italiano===Carrot Ideal, baby type.. for little first carrots.Suttons===Courgette Black Beauty===Pumpkin Small Sugar===Cucumber Lemon===Leaf Beet Perpetual Spinach, More Veg===Spinach Giant Nobel===
31/3/21 21.2 9.7 4.2
2/4/21 21.9 2.1 0.3
3/4/21 27.3 21.9 2.1
4/4/21 20.1 12.8 1.5 sown === Cauliflower Romanesco, Suttons === Cauliflower Snowball Y Improved, Sow n Grow=== Broccolli Continuity,Suttons === Broccoli Walthan, Sow n Grow=== Kale Vates Blue Scotch Curled, Sow n Grow=== Cabbage or Kale Cavalo Nero di Toscana, Blumen Sapore Italiano === Cabbage Winter Jewel, Suttons === Cabbage Savoy Perfection, Sow n Grow=== Green Pepper Pepperone Friggitello, Blumen Sapore Italiano=== Chard Ruby Red, Sow n Grow === Chard Lucullus, Sow n Grow=== Collards Vates, Sow n Grow=== Brussells Sprouts Long Island Improved, Sow n Grow === Arugula, Sow n Grow=== Anise, Sow n Grow===Fennel, Sow n Grow===
not taken record of temperature every day, max 21.9, current 11.5, min 3.9. Not been the nicest weather though its not freezing, typical of my days off .. its raining and cold.
seeds planted today, 7 of Aubergine de Barbentane (More Veg) and 6 of Pepper Quadrato Asti Rosso (Blumen
Sapore Italiano).. these are in a wee mini plastic propagator from B&Q on the windosill in spare room.
this time last year I was enthusiastically cleaning out the greenhouse and starting seeds. ... just before lockdown and then was unable to get compost or seed trays as everything was closed down. I'm slightly more organised this year, I have one large bag of compost and several seed trays with new clear lids, still need some stuff but again the shops are ... some open some closed some selling some only selling some stuff .... I hope to get some inner trays, and some larger trays for the tomatoes to sit in.. maybe buckets for them too. will have to wait and see.
so... seeds left over from last year... and two seed collections from ebay.. its taken some time to type out , seeds are irresistable.. there are worse habits... lol
Seed List 2021.... eeeeeeek...... lol
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