Piccies of our growing crops!

[Alice]

Thanks MrsD. I could never have cucumbers as far on as that from an April sowing. Maybe it's just what a few degrees of latitude can do, or maybe MrsD just has the kiss of life. Enjoy your cucumber. I'll be waiting a while for mine.

[dexterdoglancashire]

Dobby and Mrs D - I'm Soooooooooooo impressed by your lettuce! Did you feed it with anything/do anything special to it? I only planted mine out yesterday so have a bit to wait.

I'm so enjoying looking at everyones photos - please keep 'em coming! I think it super to see what everyone is up to, and also helps me see what things should look like when they are ready for eating!

Bernie

[Dobby]

Thanks everyone
the only food we have given any of our crops is tomorite
or Blod fish and bone and growmore
also saying to it Growwwwwwwww seams to work
as we did not have time to put any muck on our plot what with all the digging we had to do
hopeing to get some muck this year
everyone seams to have more growing than us

[dexterdoglancashire]

Thanks Dobby - I thought you had some secret ingredients for your huge lettuce! Fingers crossed for mine! Bernie

[Alison]

and the first ripe toms from the plastic greenhouse in the back yard

What variety of toms are they Mrs D and when did you plant them? I'm not far from you but have never had them so early (or cucs either). Can't remember without looking when I planted all mine up now but know it was quite a bit later than a lot of the folk on here. Mind you, all the indoor ones are planted up in their final positions now and the toms are starting to flower so I should have little fruits shortly.

[moggssue]

fantastic photos all - please keep them coming! I dont have any produce to share yet, just lots of baby plants, but I'm hoping to catch ...some... of you up. Cant imagine growing a lettuce that size tho!! Where in Cheshire are you? I used to work in Tattenhall, lived nr Chester for many years before moved in with OH. The difference in season here has thrown me, everything seems to start a good few weeks earlier but me!

[heebiejeebie]

My lettuces ain't that big yet...

[Alice]

Enjoyed your blog HeebieJeebie. Nice garden. Nice Lottie. Specially like the container the lettuce is growing in. Hope you find the place you are looking for.

[heebiejeebie]

Ta!

I have a salad & herb bar on the terrace. The idea came from the first copy of GYO that I bought - it's made from an old CD rack and some planks. The plants are all growing in brass or copper pots and colanders bought off ebay. My fave is the rosemary growing in a big copper "chantie". Must take a pic of the whole thing!

[JennieAtkinson]

That sounds fantastic heebeejeebie!! You must show us a picture.

Your blogs are very interesting - how do you manage to do all the running!

[Mrs Dobby]

What variety of toms are they Mrs D and when did you plant them? I'm not far from you but have never had them so early (or cucs either). Can't remember without looking when I planted all mine up now but know it was quite a bit later than a lot of the folk on here. Mind you, all the indoor ones are planted up in their final positions now and the toms are starting to flower so I should have little fruits shortly.

The first toms we've got ripening are in a hanging basket, cherry toms of the Gartenperle variety, planted on 18/2/07, then planted into the hanging basket in late March. The hanging basket has been hanging in the plastic greenhouse since it was planted up, and we've had the first ripe one (cut in half, about a bite each it was, and very nice too), the second tom should be ready by early next week, and loads more flowers and small fruit! They've been regularly fed with tomorite and watered regularly too, but other than that nothing special, just lucky with the warm April and Mr D planting everything very early too methinks!

[Alice]

Oh please do post a pic of the salad bar HeebieJeebie.

[heebiejeebie]

OK I'll get the camera out tomorrow

[heebiejeebie]

Here it is! The herbs sown this year are still very small - barely germinated! - and the rosemary isn't happy in the chantie so I need to transplant it somewhere in the garden.

[Alice]

Thank you HeebieJeebie. I love all your different containers.