The First of……2024

[Mark Rand]

First of the fox gloves. This one was self seeded. Got some more nearby which were from seed collected from a white foxglove, they look mostly white but some coming in pink.




First of the cucumbers. La Diva almost ready for harvesting.

[Containergardener]

Wow I am nowhere near stems on either

[Andraste]

Very jealous of your cuc Mine are nowhere close to fruiting yet!

[Nicos]

Wow Mark…..I’m really impressed!

[Nicos]

This past week has see the first picking of cherries, gooseberries,raspberries and lettuce.

[Andraste]

At the weekend we picked our first mangetout (3), tayberry (1) & loganberries (3) - hopefully larger quantities to come

[bramble]

Picked my gooseberries today.
Not a huge crop but better than the last two years when the saw fly decimated them.

[Plot70]

My first climbing bean has set.
It is a French climber.

[Bren In Pots]

The first radish of the season, the only one to grow out of those sown.

[Containergardener]

Awww worth it though

[bramble]

My first few tomatoes...Gardeners Delight.

[Bren In Pots]

First Beth Alpha cucumber yesterday.

Then today first few blackberries and a bucket of Charlotte potatoes.

[Andraste]

We had our first autumn raspberry (just the one), dug our first 1st early spuds and some red gooseberries at the weekend. We also pulled some radish last week but only one was big enough to eat

[Containergardener]

First mini munch cucumber yesterday .

[Andraste]

First harvest of calabrese today