Beginning to get excited again

[blossom]

So far my veg growing year hasn't gone too well. My radishes planted at the beginning of March still haven't got anything worth eating, slugs ate all my mange tout plants, my beetroots doesn't seem to have grown, my carrots all got eaten by slugs, my spring onions were dug up by squirrels and my garlic all got eaten.

Well my potatoes are all beginning to be ready, and we ate our first ones last weekend. Yay.
I have some lettice which looks nearly eddible, and my one mange tout plant which didn't get eaten has a flower!!!!!
Even my cougette/squash thingys (spaceship looking ones) seem to be doing well. And my aubergines are growing (if a bit slowly for my liking).

I have planted some more carrots with the hope that there is more for the slugs to eat elsewhere (and that the nematodes might kick in). And planted some raddishes further appart (think that may be where I went wrong).
By the way, are raddishes supposed to form flowers?

Anyway, it doesn't all seem quite so hopeless now.

[blossom]

Ohhh, and I have gooseberrys, not many, but they are there. And rasberry and strawberry flowers.

[poultrychat]

blossom I'm really glad that at least some things are working for you - so far touch wood my stuff seems to be going ok, peppers etc are a little small and the rocket first earlies aren't early and a bit tasteless but I haven't so far lost much to wildlife, that will probably happen later in the year

[leona]

my radishes were edible within a month with no flower.

[Alice]

Really happy for you Blossom and it's all lessons for next year. Maybe your radish were too close together as usually about 4 weeks from planting to eating.

[smallblueplanet]

Its great getting things to grow isn't it!

...and if everything doesn't quite work out this year, with the things you've learnt next year will be better!

[Jaxom]

Blossom. If your Raddish has flowers then it's gone to seed. I have some in my garden and the white flowers add a wonderful touch to the flowerbed.

[Shortie]

On the subject of vegetable flowers.....

I have a couple of carrots that have grown in last year's spot (must have been some ungerminated seed in the soil?) and they have healthy foliage etc but don't look very big yet.. Nayway, today I spotted what I can only think id a seed head (though I didn't see the flower ). Looks like a mini sunflower head. Does that make any sense or is it a mutant?

If it's a seed head I'm happy to let them keep going so I can have seed next year (so they stay true to type - can't remember what I'd planted but they were lovely)

[blossom]

If my radishes have gone to seed does that mean I should give up on them and plant some more, not so close to each other?
Thanks

[Jaxom]

I would start again. Radishes take just a few weeks to grow. In less that eightweeks you will be eating young tasty radish.