It seems Autumn is finally upon us, with a drop in temperature, and those evenings where it's dark by 8 o'clock.
Plenty to do in the garden, but struggling now to find the time. There are ; however, a few snippets to update you on:
As you can see, my first row of Christmas spuds (v. Maris Piper ) are doing really well.These were planted just 3 weeks ago.
I've yet to plant the rest out - maybe I will do that today ?
I've got 2 beds available for further planting, one of which was home to the outdoor tomato crop (v. Moneymaker ) which have all but finished cropping.
Yet again it looks like there'll be plenty of green tomato chutney this Christmas.
My Curly Leaf Kale (v. Frosty) is still growing at a tremendous rate, though I am concerned about the leaf damage. I'm hoping this will reduce in the coming weeks as the temperature drops off a bit, and combine that with cutting out the affected leaves, there may be a chance of getting good crop.
My Runner beans are still producing a good weekly crop of tasty beans, but as the temperatures drop off in the next couple of weeks, I will leave them to go to seed.I've many enquiries about supplying seed to other growers, which i am more than happy to do.
As soon as they have dried sufficiently, I will wrap and post them out.
Let me know if you want any - I'm only going to charge for the postage and packing ( I'm not a Charity ! ) , and will send seeds in multiples of 25. If you want a larger amount let me know.
My trial crop of leeks are doing well, and will soon be ready for the table.I'm really pleased with this crop and will be planting a lot more next year.
Can anyone recommend a good variety ?
Not sure whats gone on here ! I did have a couple of rows of Beetroot seedlings but they seem to have vanished !Probably birds or mice or combination of both took a liking to the fresh salad type leaves!
Thats about it for this week ! Hope you have enjoyed the little update. I look forward to seeing you again next Sunday.
TTFN.
2 comments:
Good to see the Christmas spuds growing well. Sorry about the beetroot. I was talking to a 90 yr old gardener who said that birds, particularly sparrows, are much more of a problem now than they used to be. For the last couple of years he has had to cover his seeds up, if he wanted to keep them.
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