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What have been your harvesting highs and lows so far this season?
Lows:- Celeriac - most have bolted,
peppers - something ate most of the leaves
second sowing of radish - cabbage root fly
potatoes - just not many on a root.
I could not live without a garden, it is my place to unwind and recover, to marvel at the power of all growing things, even weeds!
Now a little Shrinking Violet.
HIGHS...Winter veg was good, carrots have been brill, beetroot , turnips, corgettes and new potatoes all in abundance and great. Parsnips looking A1.
LOWS...summer cabbage.
WAITING AND HOPING..Runner beans just started, the tomatoes , peppers , ps broccoli, collis, winter swede, kale , main crop tatties, xmas new potatoes and winter swede.
Highs - Cucumbers, Lettuce, Chard, New potatoes, Peas, Broad Beans, Spinach, Rocket, Courgettes, Shallots - pretty much everything - I still get a kick out of growing veg, even on the larger scale.
Lows - Fench Beans (Sclerotinia)
Middle Ground - Carrots, Spring Onions - I need rain !!!!!!!!
Highs - Cucumbers, Lettuce, Chard, New potatoes, Peas, Broad Beans, Spinach, Rocket, Courgettes, Shallots - pretty much everything - I still get a kick out of growing veg, even on the larger scale.
Lows - French Beans (Sclerotinia)
Middle Ground - Carrots, Spring Onions - I need rain !!!!!!!!
highs - so far getting everything to germinate and grow!! tasted so far : carrots, beetroot, lettuce, toms, runner beans, rocket, mizuna, spring onions, radish, coriander, parsley, strawberries, sweetpeas
lows - think i am growing marketmore cuces in a greenhouse, so now need to move outside!!!! slugs & snails in love with my garden!
still yet to taste - cuces, brussels, onions, caulis, parnsips, squash, pumpkins, sweetcorn, cabbage, leeks, jalapenos, sweet peppers, late potatoes.
Highs: carrots! never had so many (grown under fleece this year); direct-sown lettuce & Cylindra beetroot, just keeps coming; spuds are huge & prolific
Lows: chard - it just keeps bolting. Ditto Coriander.
All gardeners know better than other gardeners." -- Chinese Proverb.
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