Sunday 8 June 2014

The weather has been ideal for growing recently, a combination of warm weather with regular showers has been just the job.
True...its been good for the weeds and slugs as well, but never the less things are doing well.
The Strawberries are beginning to ripen.


 
With plenty more on the way.


Very pleased with the new Rhubarb plants, I planted three new crowns in late winter, they took a while to get going, but are now doing really well, so well in fact I may pull just a couple of stems.


The long pod Broad Beans, sown on 9th December are now producing some nice pods, and no sign of Black fly !


The second sowing made in early spring in the greenhouse and then planted out, are now in full flower.


A very late sowing of Sweetcorn are doing well in the greenhouse, they are growing fast, and should be ready to plant out in a couple of weeks when a bed becomes available, after harvesting my autumn sown onions.


Heres the Senshu (autumn sown) onion sets, just fattening up nicely.


Last years Carrots were disappointing, they were badly infested with carrot root fly. This year I'm trying some carrots in tubs, and covered in fleece to keep the pests at bay.



Also in tubs are my Courgettes.


All three greenhouses are now fully planted, this one has F1 Shirley and Alicante Toms, with some Cos lettuce in the gaps. The Lettuce will be long gone by the time the Toms are fully grown.


The next two shots are more general views, showing Early spuds Parsnip, Purple sprouting Broccoli(under green net) and Broad beans.
In the foreground there are some Garlic plants, I'm not sure how good these will be, because they are infected with Rust(fungi)



1 comment:

  1. Everything looks so healthy and tidy :-) lovely pics it's nice to see it this way as you don't notice things when you're in the midst of it all, bring on the strawberries!

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