Just a small update from the greenhouse this afternoon…
The tomatoes are looking really really good and wont be too long before they are ripe and ready to be harvested.
The peppers are looking fantastic too… plenty of flowers and a few fruits forming, I have another 5 plants just like this one so we’re going to have loads of peppers 🙂
Organic Lady Balfour Seed Potatoes (Second Early)
I got an absolute bargin at my local garden centre yesterday, I picked up 3 x bags of seed potators for 50p each! I will do a write up for each one individually, so here is the first one.
“Excellent resistance to the major potato diseases including blight scab and virus Y, it also has strong resistance to eelworm. The variety also gives very high yields even in soils with low fertility.”
“This means that in most seasons it can be grown without the use of chemicals and with little fertiliser making it easy to grow and ideal for organic culture.”
“The pink-splashed tubers are very attractive with tasty creamy flesh which is moist and firm meaning Lady Balfour is best suited to boiling and roasting.”
A bit of a mixed reaction with the growing season so far… it started out great, lovely and warm, then it kinda went downhill after that.. its not been that sunny and it has rained a fair bit, and I think this has had an impact on the veggies growing both in the greenhouse and in the garden.
Here is an up to date report on some of the veggies growing in my garden..
First of all the peas… I have some planted straight into the garden and also some growing in a trough on the high wall..
Both were sown inside the greenhouse then planted out about 2 weeks apart, the result for both is that they have grown about 10 – 12 inches tall (not really that big), they have produced pea pods, but not that many of them, I’d be lucky if there was enough to serve up onto one plate let along freeze a bag of them so we could enjoy them in winter.. so verdict on the peas 1/10 really disappointed.
Now on to the tomatoes in the greenhouse… I have around 10 plants all seemingly doing well but not a lot of fruits, in fact I had to take 2 off the plant this morning as they had blossom end rot, I always remember my dad moaning about it when I lived at home, cursing the blossom end rot lol, now i’ve got it!
The micro tom tomatoes… I dont think I will be growing these again, for me, its a bit of a messy looking plant and the fruits are too close to the soil.
The Potatoes are doing really well (I think)! Grown in big spud bags, they should be ready to harvest quite soon.
Next… the onions, I’m not sure if they are doing well or not to be honest, I would have expected them to be bigger than they are, but we shall wait and see what happens..
The Carrots seem to be doing ok, must get some weeding done this weekend before the weeds take over..
Courgettes… well they seem to be doing just grand, in full blom at the moment, here’s hoping I get fruit this year, last year they rotted away just after forming because it was soooo wet.
I have some flowers growing in the garden too, which are adding a lovely splash of colour….
I have been busy in the greenhouse today, potting on the seedlings
Firstly we have the Courgettes, I have around a dozen plants, last year was so wet here that my courgettes were a bit of a disaster, the flowers came and the fruits formed, then, promply rotted away, so fingers crossed that this year is better and not so rainy!. Its my plan to put 10 plants out into the raised beds and keep a couple in the greenhouse, just incase.
Next we have the Coriander or Cilantro as its known in other parts. My daughter planted the seeds and they are thriving away nicely, i’ll be transferring this clump into a bigger pot this coming week.
My tomato plants are growing like mad, I have several different varieties growing here…
Gardners Delight
Microtom
Moneymaker
Totem &
Yellow ones who’s name has escaped me (my memory is shocking..will probably remember 2 days time) 🙂
My early peas are doing just grand too, these will be hardened off over the next week then planted out into the raised bed. I have another large batch on the go too which were sown 3 weeks later than these ones.
The chives look fantastic, tiny green spears shooting up towards the sky.. i’ll be re-potting these too next week, then hopefully find a space for them out in the garden somewhere.
My daughter’s sweetcorn is doing great too, i’ll be repotting these into bigger pots this weekend and wait for the weather to warm up before planting them into the garden.
My little tomato plants have started to sprout flowers… now last year the tomato’s were my OH’s pride and joys.
I’m not sure if I should nipe these flowers out (I think I should) otherwise they will be producing fruits and not growing any bigger… Will consult with him later on today when he finishes work and see.
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