R U ahead?

Jings - I thinl I am ahead.
I'm in perthshire and have no greehouse - but I do have a heated conservatory and good cold frames.
I grow in my own kitchen garden
My tomatoes are outside with nice big fruits on - still green, but it's May.
My cucumbers, courgettes and squash are coming into flower.
My chillies have chillies on and the peppers are flowering in the conservatory
I'll be eating the first of my potatoes before the month is out - with plenty more to come
I've been eating my own salad for weeks
The peas and broadies are well on their way
The brassicas are all out there and doing well
Been eating the rhubarb for weeks
I haven't planted my beans yet - I can wait for them
All in all I'm happy with the way things are going
Oh - and the sweetcorn is out there 4' high with the tassles appearing ( don't ask, long story).
Hope you all get great crops and it doesn't matter if they're early or late.
Mine are so early because I'm growing in a new place and I misjudged the planting times.
I've had to work and sweat to get them there.
I'll plant a bit later next year and save myself a ton of work.

 

"I'll plant a bit later next year and save myself a ton of work"

I know the feeling - I've kept detailed records this year, to be better prepared next year - I hope!

 

You're so right Kristen. I've always kept records of planting times and had it down to a fine art but we moved house, the growing conditions are different and I hadn't bargained for how quickly things would come on in the coservatory.
I've got notes for next year.
It will be lovely to have the early crops but would have saved a ton of work if I had delayed by 2 - 4 weeks.
Well now I know . Big Smiley.

 

Not sure if we're ahead or not, but the Broad Beans are flowering, we've had one crop of Radish and just starting to consume the second, been eating the Salad Leaves for a few weeks. Runners and French Beans have been in for about 3 weeks. The Sweet Corn was put out about a couple of weeks ago (which have been devistated by a Badger!). Just thinned the Carrots and Beetroot, and the Parsnips have poked their heads out of the ground. Brassicas are getting well established, and dare I say it, only one has been attacked by Slugs. No sign of flowers on the Spuds yet, but they appear to be doing well as do the Onions, Garlic and Shallots, despite the Mole. Planted out the Tomatoes, Courgettes and Squash yesterday together with a single Cucumber. The Spring Onions and Spinage didn't appear so we grew some in modules which we also planted out yesterday.

If we are ahead, it's through ignorance. Until I read a few threads here, I thought that temperatures had to go to zero for a 'frost'. It wasn't until I toddled down to have a look one day and saw the Runners and French Beans really suffering that the penny dropped, just as well we'd been collecting Coke and Lemonade bottles otherwise we'd had to have started again.

Mrs Doogle has set-up a spreadsheet documenting just about everything we've done and when, together with what's where so we can get the rotation right. (and also to help me find things. When I discovered what the Badger had done, I told Mrs Doogle that the Runners had been devistated, when she took a look, her only comment was "We'll have to get you on a Horticulture course so you can recognise what you're looking at" )

Fleeces, Cloches etc are all still on standby, there's precious little shelter from the prevailing wind where we are.

 

I have put my Fleece away :thumb:

Had first Tomatoes and Sweet Peppers this week, Beetroot and Kohl Rabi earlier in June.

Purple Sprouting Brocolli has been very quick to flower :(

Cauliflower I sowed in Febrary (Snowball) is finished. They had very open heads, and blew pretty quickly, not sure I'll grow that variety next year.
Strawberries coming to an end. Cambridge Favourite have been good, and Red Gauntlet slightly later and some HUGE fruit.
Picked the first Raspberries today.

Sweetcorn outside have silks (the ones in the greenhouse will be ready shortly I reckon - depending on whether they are well pollinated when I harvest them, I'll definitely repeat that next year. Swifth F1 are very short (presumably so they can get a crop in before the UK Summer peters out!), so don't hit the roof

Spuds are well on stream now ...
Had one courgette ... still look pathetic, so another week or so before they go mental ...

Climbing French beans in greenhouse have been a disapointment so far. LOADS of growth, some flowers, nothing else to see ... :(

Cucumbers have only just resumed cropping - I should have taken off the first few flowers as JWK recommended earlier (I was trying to find that thread to update it with exactly HOW LONG they stall for - must be 4 weeks, maybe more, since I last picked one :(

Sweet Peas ... getting a huge vase full twice a week, and only half of them are in flower as yet (the Autumn sown ones, the Spring ones will be another week or so)

Found two baby rabbits in the veg patch, and a third stuck trying to get through the fence (its only 22mm or so, for goodness sakes ...)

 

"First time I've managed to get one ripened in June"

Nothing like cutting it a bit fine, eh?!

 

I picked the first Mini Pop Sweetcorn (the unripe ones that kids love) from the greenhouse this weekend. The kids were really complimentary (Hope I've spelt that right? I don't mean the kids came free with Cornflakes :D)

Definitely going to do that again next year :thumb:

The Sweetcorn (the Cob ones ) are nearly ready too.

I think the whole "Plant in a block" thing needs thought. I think that encourages sowing the whole packet in one go. I've got 15 plants in the greenhouse, and 21 outside (from the same packet's sowing) - so I could have wound up with 36 plants. They are producing two cobs each, and the harvest will last, start-to-finish, what? a couple of weeks, three maybe? That's between 3.5 and 5 A DAY :(

Next year I'm going to sow in succession, 9 plants at a time - the previous batch will probably still be producing pollen when the next batch is ready to be polinated