Thursday 3 July 2014

Lottie update

 All the  early Potatoes, Maris bard,and Kestral have now been harvested, and in their place so far are another 50 Leeks,  a row of Dwarf beans (Kingshorn wax) a yellow variety and a row of Carrots(Nante5)
We still have several tubs of main crop spuds to harvest, a variety called Charlotte.


The runner beans are starting to set after a slow start, the hot dry weather was causing the flowers to drop prematurely



Brussels sprouts are growing well, firmly staked to prevent wind rock and covered with fine butterfly netting to keep the dreaded Cabbage white butterfly at bay.


Broad beans continue to crop well, plenty to eat and freeze.


The Strawberries continue to crop well with at least 25kilos picked so far and 14lb of jam made.

Our single Gooseberry bush has plenty of fruit that is almost ripe, we'll make jam with them soon.


1 comment:

  1. Hi! Would you be willing to grant "Kentucky Gardener" Magazine permission to publish this beautiful pic of Brussels sprouts staking in their next issue? With proper credit to you and your blog of course! Fun read!

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