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Looks amazing. What varieties have you got?
And what do you do with all those tomatoes?
There's quite a few varieties - some completely new to me. I might have missed one or two but I've planted;
Gigantomo F1
Big daddy
Giant tree
Montecarlo F1
Romanesco
Marmande Superprecoce
St. Pierre
Sub artic plenty
Ukranian Purple
Omars Lebanese
Mortgage lifter
Speckled Roman
Red / black / golden cherry
The larger ones will likely struggle a little unless we get a really good summer. We give a lot away in the past but now that the honesty box is up and running (and working) we might try and sell a few at the gate too.
Plan to grow beans up these. Structures still not perfect yet but it will create a ‘porchway’ entrance of veg as we have a 2 foot steel beam sticking out where we made the greenhouse smaller than it was. This will hopefully create a nice shady area.
From the greenhouse outside.
Yellow flowers appearing on sun gold. Will let this grow up the cane then attach to a crossover steel structure of the greenhouse frame.
I took a few photos inside my new poly-tunnel yesterday. Some of the plants have been there for some time and I built the tunnel round them. In theory I will be moving ones like the roses out next Winter.
The greenhouse is a bit less crowded now that a lot of things have gone outside, but there's still plenty happening. The tomatoes and peppers are flowering merrily and setting their first fruits; the cucumbers and melons are about ready to go into their final pots. I'm not sure what to do with my overflow chrysanthemums though. Maybe I'll find somewhere to stand them outside but I'm running out of room there too.
My gardening blog: In Spades, last update 30th April 2018.
Chrysanthemum notes page here.
On the left, a Maskotka tom in a hanging pot with broad beans underneath, two Ildi toms, and two cucumbers at the far end. All interplanted with marigolds (yet to flower).
On the right, onions in the far corner, the last of the Spring greens, just sown basil in the mini mini raised bed, a dahlia, a Harlequin squash, and some parsley (just visible!). Two Tumbler toms in the baskets.
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