such exciting news!

[Hanna]

well it is for me anyhow... we have our first ever tomatoes! two garden pea sized tomatoes!!! i cant explain how exciting it was to discover them yesterday morning...i must update my blog...i have nearly three weeks worth of pics to catch up with, what with work, decorating our bedroom and being on slug watch...time has just flown by.
Is it normal to be so over the moon that for once something has actually gone to plan? the variety is Sungold F1, and the plant has gone from a tiny seedling to a huge monster with plenty of flowers and taking over the greenhouse in just over 8 weeks! God help me when everything else is ready to eat...i won't be able to cope with such an ordeal! x

[scarey55]

Well done Hanna I don't think there's anything wrong with being excited. For me, that's the whole point of growing your own - seeing something that you've grown from a little tiny seed turning into dinner

[Potstubsdustbins]

Well done and just wait till you taste Sungold you will never want a shop bought tom again.

If they are in containers now is the time to start with a high potash feed to help grow the fruit.

Colin

[Hanna]

as always..thanks for the advice colin x

[Aberdeenplotter]

God help me when everything else is ready to eat...i won't be able to cope with such an ordeal! x

Unbridled enthusiasm is brilliant and infectious. I can't wait till you start growing pumpkins

[Hanna]

Unbridled enthusiasm is brilliant and infectious. I can't wait till you start growing pumpkins

haha! well as it stands the pumpkin seeds i planted a few weeks ago are doing well! i'll keep you posted on their progress!!

[Florence Fennel]

Well done Hanna. I must admit, I'm like a big kid when it comes to pumpkins, they're fabulous. I've even got some blue ones this year.

[Comfreyfan]

Isn't it brilliant! And don't worry, it's completely normal - even after many years of growing my own (25+ years for tomatoes) I'm still just as excited by the first tomatoes of the year. . .and the first potatoes/asparagus/corn/beans/kale etc etc

[chris]

It's like having your first child (if my wife reads this, I'm joking!)


edit: I'm not really, it is!

[Mikey]

Reads it, she could probably hear me from here if I shouted.

[jackie1955]

Hanna , like you I get very excited at the results in my greenhouse and garden , last week I ate my first courgettes and today I dug out a bucket load of potatoes .................I just cannot wait to have some for dinner tonight. This is my second year at GYO and I hope I always feel this way.
Jackie

[Jelliebabe]

I just ate my first EVER home grown cuke! SQUEEEEEEEEED!

[Hanna]

well by the looks of it tonight there will be plenty more on the way by the end of the week, and the big news of the blowaway today is that a 'cutting' i took from the tom plant a while ago, and had in water on the window sill in the kitchen to grow itself some roots) that i potted up about three weeks ago, has its first lot of flowers!! it worked...im sooo pleased! and the sparkler radish seem to be doing fantastically well! What wonderful weather we had today...may it continue!! xx

[Germinater]

I lave this time of year everything is starting to grow.everyday is a fresh adventure in the garden noticing something new that is growing or the amazement at the amount of growth a plant has put on. Only had strawbs,salad leaf ,cabbage and spring onions so far from the garden but the fumes are grown loads as are the courgettes and toms .so soon very soon I hope!!!

[Chitfaced]

Hi Hanna
So pleased for you, I share your feeling of glee!! Will get on to your blog sharpish to see the pics. My lot is growing great guns as well. Although no ripe toms yet I have had radishes, beans and courgettes. Happy days!