This Season's Progress Reports

[johhnyco15]

sweetcorn is really growing now its up 6ft

[johhnyco15]

[galina]

Sunloving, this shows a lot of progress.  Much hard work must have gone into this and so much achieved. 

[sunloving]

Sunloving, this shows a lot of progress.  Much hard work must have gone into this and so much achieved. 

Aww thanks Gallina, it's lovely to be harvesting lots of lovely things and having flowers in the house, but the weeds! The blights really hit the poly tunnel and it's so hard to watch all that hard work go to rot! Here's to a blight free year for us both next year! X sunloving

[johhnyco15]

first butternut today which even for us on the sunshine coast is a tad early however no rain for the last 4 weeks so maybe thats helped

[johhnyco15]

beans yes runner, french, flat french and bolotti bags and bags each day a carrier bag full and i could take another bag full in the afternoon this has been like this for 3 weeks now and no sign of stopping all down my street people are sealing their letter boxes shut so i cant slide another handful through long may it continue i say

[johhnyco15]

it may rain tomorrow so i had to pick some toms this is my 10th load like this  so far this season think the dehydrator will be on for a while

[johhnyco15]

had a fruitful visit to the plot today

[johhnyco15]

gathered up all the windfalls today and some small potatoes  and went to see my mate to get some pig muck and they were waiting as usual waiting for their treat fair exchange no robbery i say

[johhnyco15]

today picked a few more tomatoes for a change and planted some spring bulbs with the good weather may have some more to pick  by the weekend

[johhnyco15]

last day of the holidays for my youngest so  i thought a little pumpkin carving would help pass the time as its Halloween and all that

[johhnyco15]

well its the 4th of november and im still harvesting outdoor tomatoes

[galina]

You really must have some of the most benign climates in the UK, Johnny.  Looking good.

Here we are several months past blight and now also past first frost.  I still have about half a pound of green tomatoes in the greenhouse from a couple of plants that are still hanging on, but that's it.   Enjoy! 

[BarriedaleNick]

I'm just about still picking outdoor toms but I expect to strip all the plants out today.  Haven't been down all week as it is now dark after work but I picked cucumber from the garden yesterday and expect a few more toms will have ripened up..

[johhnyco15]

all seems to be coming along for the winter all 7,680sq foot of it

[Digeroo]

Ground very soggy at the moment.  Have been filling a compost bin with manure so it is ready and waiting for early next year.

Also collected a bin full of leaves, there are a lot this year.  And buried some more where I will have beans next year. 

And planted out some new blackcurrant plants.  Ordered some big ben but they substituted a different variety, so I am now waiting on another company for big ben.

[galina]

Digeroo, very similar here, except that the ground is now just right for digging.  I made good progress yesterday.  Yes lots of leaves.  It is still the quickest and easiest way to mow and let the mower collect them.  What grass is mixed in helps break the leaves down.

Still harvesting and storing apples.  The later varieties are hanging on and on, probably because the harvest was so delayed this year. 

[johhnyco15]

well today iwas back at the plots my new strawberry collection came on friday so i had to get them in today 24 plants from suttons 4 varieties in a 12ft x 6ft bed  all went in no problems

[Tee Gee]

All you need now is an Ice cream maker is there one on your Christmas list?

I tried that membrane once and I was never enamoured with it, particularly at harvest time when I walked on it!  Perhaps you will be able to harvest from either side of the bed!

[johhnyco15]

All you need now is an Ice cream maker is there one on your Christmas list?

I tried that membrane once and I was never enamoured with it, particularly at harvest time when I walked on it!  Perhaps you will be able to harvest from either side of the bed!

yes indeed tg i can reach the middle easy  i  gave  each plant a lot of space i plant every 16" so should be able to control them no prob i used membrane as having 3 plots now trying to do my best to cut down on weeding when ever i can

[johhnyco15]

its starting to get chilli even here on the sunshine coast so i put my cut flower bed to bed for the winter