What I did today 2024.

[Bren In Pots]

Pulled up the courgettes that have finished.

[Plot70]

Turnips and beetroots.
Spuds.

[peanut]

Started pruning my huge pyracantha, the amount of growth these shrubs put on in a season is ridiculous! I now look like I have been trying to wrestle a wild cat into a cat box. Not good

[Mark Rand]

Sowed the lawn.

[peanut]

Now shredding the evil pyracantha.

[Jungle Jane]

Tomato seed saving at the moment black krim & also German lunchbox,loads more to do,some are soaking some are drying

[Florence Fennel]

Cut down almost all the dahlias, got rid of the.annual bedding and the tomato plants. More to do tomorrow and I'll be shopping for winter bedding for the empty pots and containers.

[Mark Rand]

Cut down the runner bean plants and half of the tomato plants. Got four runner beans and 3.5kg of mostly green tomatoes in the process.

[Jungle Jane]

Pruned a lot of the grapevine. Fed my leeks with nettle fertiliser. Bought ‘electric’ red onion sets from the garden centre a few days ago,I only went in for bird seed,also bought a mop & some sweets 😏

[Bren In Pots]

Put some Black cherry and Mini Bell tom seeds on kitchen roll to dry for next year, removed lettuce that's finished along with most of the basil.

[peanut]

Had a bt of a tidy up. Cut back the Jerusalem artichokes that grow around the oil tank, cut back a few other bits n bobs and emptied out a few pots. Not a lot, but its something

[MelanieSW]

Managed a quick run to the allotment before work and put the garlic and onion sets in

[Bren In Pots]

Removed Mini bell toms and cucumbers from my self watering system it’s been dismantled and I’ve given it a good clean.

[peanut]

Hoe'd the brassica bed and the spectacular bed of failures aka sweetcorn and squashes, of which I had none! Oh and I decided to grow a couple of courgette plants for the first time in years, didn't get a single fruit, actually, no, I did, it just grew to the size of a cocktail sausage and dropped off!
2024 - Worst Year Ever!

[Andraste]

Today I spent far too much time browsing all the posts I've been missing whilst too overwhelmed with work to skive off & visit over the last couple of weeks

I'm not sure it's been a great year for squash type stuff peanut - our 'Uchiki Kuri' grew really well, put out lots of flower, set lots of fruit, but then the weather decided we weren't getting any more proper summer weather & soooo many went squishy & rotted before getting past ping-pong ball size. We got 1 fruit off each plant (only grew 2 plants lol) but I'm actually quite pleased as I grew plants for my Mum who has better weather & soil but grew nothing edible at all.

I don't grow sweetcorn - I'm not keen on it really (although it's hard to say you don't like something until you've tried home-grown) & don't have the plot space - but it seems a lot of seasoned growers struggle with getting a consistent year-on-year success with UK weather.