THE VEGETABLE GROWING THREAD 2018

That's a shame. It could have been the weather. A couple of years ago my parsnips bolted but it was too soon to harvest. Left them until it was but very tuff, they were ok after cooking.

 

Todays Crop from my little veg patch, really pleased so far

 

I can't answer that because I decided not to buy anything from that seller.

If you want to buy reliable giant marrow seeds, purchase them from either

Giant Marrow

or exhibitiongarden | eBay (marrow seeds sold out at the moment, but should be available towards end of year).

 

Picked my first runner beans for dinner.

 

I got my first beans off today as well

 

My courgettes, blink and they're marrows, going (growing) mad!

Lettuce not doing so good, it was but spotted Carol feeding it to the chickens

 

Bookmarked.

And, thanks. I very much appreciate the heads up.

 

At the end of May this year.



One 80L container (well, actually two broken ones slotted together).

About 60L of spent compost with a bit of top soil and fish blood & bone fertiliser mixed in.

Two spindly butternut squash plants.

The question was:

Will there be fruit?​

 

Meantime, I harvested some of the Boltardy beetroot.

 

Last year, the general consensus was two.


But, this year...


Three already with the real possibility of five or six in total.



So, yes!

Marginal gains, marginal gains.

 

You sure its not those stripey snails hiding under the leaves?

 

Planted a few French Bean earlier this year... a first for me.. and getting a great crop now which I'm really pleased with....cause they taste fantastic!
Just started pulling my carrots too..."Resistafly"...I didn't thin them enough but still despite the odd shapes and odd small stumpy one the taste difference compared to shop bought is like night and day..
I'm hooked on veg growing now!

 

Picked my first Snackbite sweet pepper today.


Here it was a moment ago.



This variety really lives up to its name being both sweet (sweeter than a ripe red bell pepper) and sized, well, just right for a snack.

Roasted, stir-fried and stewed is how I normally like them but this one I can tolerate eating raw.