Piccies of our growing crops!

[dexterdoglancashire]

Thanks for your comments everyone! Looking forward to seeing your photos! Bernie

[noidea]

Trying this out

This should be a pic of the cucumbers that live in my wee ones bedroom.... I had to give some away as they were going mad!

It worked!!!!!!

[Alice]

Good indoor cucs Noidea. Congratulations on posting the pic. Look forward to seeing many more.

[Mrs Dobby]

We've been a Harvesting today!

First batch of overwintering onions were pulled, 47 lovely sturon onions, ranging from medium to very large sizes, now drying on a wire rack in the back bedroom!

Also harvested the thermodyne overwintering garlic, 46 bulbs, ranging from a singe clove (about 5 of them) thru to very large indeed, all now hanging upside down in the back bedroom!

Also harvested the first early spuds, Pentland Javelin, about 30kilos from 2.5 kilo planted, some very nice sized spuds and some smaller new potato size! All the haulms had died back so we thought we'd best get them dug up, gives us somewhere for the leeks to go into tomorrow too! Bonus!

Also harvested more mange tout, 3 baby courgettes, more bored beans, 4 baby carrots and lots of rasps and blackcurrants! All but the fruit will be sampled tonight in a Plot Pot Rissotto! Cant wait!

[bramble]

Is'nt it just great to be able to dig up your own crops and eat them on the same day. Theres no taste like it, especially those new potatoes. Well done you two, you deserve it after all your hard work.

[Alice]

It is great Bramble, here's some of what's already eaten and what's to come.

[Hazel at the Hill]

How lovely, Alice! Can't wait for my first courgette!

I'm scrutinising your brassica bed - are those red cabbage at the top? and if so, when do you expect to crop?

[Mrs Dobby]

Some very nice crops there Alice, I'm impressed!

Thanks for the kind words Bramble!

[Alice]

Yes Hazel, it's red cabbage but I don't expect it to crop for quite a while. The other cabbage is Protovoy which I'm growing to get little 2 person cabbages. They have hearted up well and I expect to be eating them before summer is over. Best of all, my caulies have little curds and I'm well pleased about that. I was a bit worried about the brassicas as I'm growing in a raised bed and thought it might not be firm enough for them, but absolutely no problems sp far. I'm just waiting to see how the sprouts get on.

[Sebbster]

Alice, your crops looks lovely, hope you like courgettes looks like a bumper crop

[bramble]

Fine big potatoes Alice and good looking carrots. What variety are they?

[JennieAtkinson]

Great pics Alice. What sort of carrots are they? Mine have huge green tops which flop around all over the place. Yours look nice and neat!

[firsttimer]

havnt got any photos my camera doesnt work in the rain!! but do have quick ?? you mentioned keeping some of your potaoes for seed potatoes next season. how do you keep them ? i would like to save a few pennies by doing the same with my crop this year.

[noidea]

Alice... your crops always fantastic!

C

[Alice]

Hello Jennie and Bramble. The carrots are Early Nantes, grown in a rose pot. I've got some in the ground, so waiting to see what they are like.