Piccies of our growing crops!

[Hazel at the Hill]

LOL! Very good Trousers - although clearly not true - at least in the produce department

I only pulled that garlic coz Wellie said she did - and as regards having stuff already, Mrs D, I guess that at least some of that particularly optimistic Jan/Feb sowing outdoors did pay off!

[Bex]

Come on Trousers show us your piccies.

Thanks everyone for the encouragement. Its my first year so everything is such an achievement.

[DirtDobber]

So we have had rain...and rain and more rain...everything is exploding with growth...I swear to you...this is a radish...about 1 month from seeding...

[Alice]

Absolutely fabulous Hazel and Bex ! Wish there was a prize I could nominate you for. Just have to take my hat off to that. All I can say is - be proud.

DirtDobber, all I can say to you is no contest ! The prize is yours. What a whopper. Have you ever had radish like that before, or is this some kind of an abberation. Whichever, congratulations. What are you going to do with it ? Looks too good to eat. If it was mine I would want it gold plated.
Have you offered the pic to any gardening magazines. Might be worth a tenner. Look forward to more of your pics.

[Hazel at the Hill]

Strewth, DirtDobber, what a radish!

Can you stuff it? Is that a one off or have you a whole row of those babies....??

[DirtDobber]

Got a whole row of them...some of them were the globes and some the long cylinders...I have been picking a few every day or so and after the last couple of rains they are crazy...I chopped them all added onion and made pickles of them....We love them that way...although my Dearly Beloved really likes them just as they come from the garden best of all...heck I grill them on the barbecue too...

[dexterdoglancashire]

Here are some photos I took of my poatoes and onions earlier today. The Scarecrow is what my OH made for me! (Trouble is thats my best winter coat - I shall need it back come winter!!!)



Bernie

[dexterdoglancashire]

Hazel and Becks what super photos! I really do enjoy looking at everyones photos - it gives me some idea what I should be doing! Keep up the good work everyone! Keep those photos coming! Bernie

[Mrs Dobby]

Wow DD! Wot a Radish!!

Plots looking good Bernie! Them tatties look fab!

Our latest harvest piccies are below!
1st one is our second lettuce, its going to be forming a salad in about 10 mins time, along with the 1st cucumber and some more radishes (piccy 2 and piccy3), and the first ripe toms from the plastic greenhouse in the back yard (sorry, no piccy of the ripe toms, I'm just going to go and pick em now!)

[Hazel at the Hill]

What a lettuce, Mrs D! Or is Dobby just very very tiny.......? Cuc looks good too - and your radishes are pretty big - what variety are they?

Your pots do look brill DDL, and your scarecrow is more respectable than my Billy No Mates!

[Mrs Dobby]

Hi Hazel, yep tis a big one isnt it! It was one of the first we planted, in the greenhouse, and no, Mr D is not tiny at all!

The radishes are Julliettes, last of our first sowing, need to get some more planted now methinks!

Cucumber is the first one from the first marketmore we planted, its got another 7 cuces on it too, think we should get one a week for the next 7 weeks if it carries on like it is doing!

[Alice]

Brilliant DDL. Thet look great.

And Mrs D. - award winning stuff - well my award anyway. You must be just delighted. When did you plant your marketmore and how did you do it. Just got to know.

I just love all these pics - so lets see some more - please - grapes.

[noidea]

Wow! Everyones stuff looks amazing!

I don't think i will bother sharing my wee pics now! There is nothing at all like any of this to show as yet!

Inspiring though!

C

[sewer rat]

Noidea
Don't sweat it - we are that bit behind our friends further south anyway. Our crops will soon catch up due to the longer daylight hours.
Could be worse - Jennie's in Shetland and last year she was about two weeks behind me !
So go ahead and post your pics - show us what you are growing - we are all here to help, support, share info and just as important, be friends with our fellow grapes

[Mrs Dobby]

Hi Alice! <blushes> Thanks for the kind words, the cucumber was planted at the beginning of April, went out into the cheapo plastic greenhouse about 10 days later, to harden off. It was then transplanted into its final location, in the unheated plot1 greenhouse at the end of April, its growing up a string, which is hanging from the greenhouse roof, looks very spindly (we are both worried about snapping its stem), but is producing fruit, and after having the first dozen slices of home grown cuce, shop bought is nothing in comparison!! We're feeding it with tomorite once a week and watring 2 or 3 times a week atm!

Noidea, please post your piccies, we'd love to see them, it doesnt matter whether you feel they dont compare with others, that doesnt matter, the whole point of this thread is to celebrate all of our successes, regardless of whether its show grade or not!