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Picked from the garden today
Today we gathered these from the garden, they looked so beautiful I thought I would share them with you. The chard is still growing and looking lovely, I picked it every couple of days and is one of our favourite vegetables. The tomatoes are still cropping, I just cant believe it, it is amazing. The carrots have been a huge success, grown in tubs, some have forked a bit but then only the EU care about that! The beetroot, also grown in tubs have produced small round little jewels that brighten a salad plate or make a great vegetable served hot or even better in a soup giving it a really deep and earthy flavour. The prize is in the centre, scotch bonnet chilies, still growing although I have moved them into the shed by … Read entire article »
Filed under: Gardening, Veggie Plot
Recycling and Potting on.
I potted on some of the tomatoes, as they had outgrown the seedling paper pots and seedling trays. To pot on I have been using recycled coffee vending machine cups that I have washed and cut three holes in the bottom. They are big enough to let out any surplus water and will take most plants up to the planting out stage. Of the tomato seeds planted most have done well, without too many losses. The Alicante and Black Russian in particular have done well but also the smaller varieties such as Tiny Tim. The potatoes planted early this month are starting to break through the earth, and are being banked up to encourage them further. The carrots are now up and flourishing in the planters that we have used again this … Read entire article »
Filed under: Gardening, Veggie Plot


