2017 GROWING THREAD

Oh I got some flowers on my strawberry plants too should be picking rhubarb this weekend with a bit of luck.

 

Bridgwater beans are up

I got Strawberry flowers too @Linz

 

Been earthing the tiddies up with the coarse stuff from compost sieving

Water Cress and mint are coming on

 

Might be time for some rhubarb and custard

 

Filled trenches with kitchen waste compost.



Then levelled with sieved garden compost.


Bridgwater beans are ready to go out, not been a frost for a week

 

Sowed 24 pots of giant corn (maize) and I'm not quite sure why as there's no UK competitions with a tallest corn class, no UK record for it, and even if there was I'd have to transport something probably around 20 foot long for a 100 miles or so, plus the cobs aren't fit for eating, only feeding to hens, and they need such a long growing period that there's only a small chance the seeds will be mature enough to save, even justvfor hen feed.

0 Deg C forecast next Wednesday at dawn for my nearest town, so will probably be something like -3 deg C at my plot.

 

Yes the forecast is hellish gardenwise I have had spuds in for about 3 weeks now and preying they don't make an appearance too soon. I have cheapo plastic cloches over the rows but not sure how much protection they will give. I do have a big roll of horticultural fleece. Maybe a good idea to put a couple of layers of that over the cloches when the forecast is for below freezing?

 

3 of mine went to flower, stopped the shenanigans. The b*ggers.

Was told it's -2C tonight..? Who knows, eh!

 

Put some protection round me beans, need to get some fleece to go over the top.

 

Still have my daughter's old swing in the garden as we couldn't get a sensible price for it years ago so I tucked it away as I thought it was worth more as materials for some future project. One like this:



I've also got 2 x 10 foot x 2" dia. aerial mast tubes and a connector. I've also got a plan

A combined bean frame/sunflower support structure, 20 feet long x 8 feet high, with one leg of each A frame set vertically, other legs raised and supported by timber posts:



I'm really pleased to finally get another use out of it, and it will still be capable of reverting to its original use.

 

I like the rocket thrusters you drew at the base Scrunge

Last weeks lunch has sprouted

 

Spuds are not looking good after the frost

Before...



After...

 

Ahh zigs, gutting. Think they'll recover? Mine have had a bit of frosting but not that bad

 

Ta Linz

 

Ere, @"M" Remember those date stamp up tomatoes you gave me?

Pricked out some of me Manx Marvels too

Moved the Strawberries out of the greenhouse and into cold frames to make more space.