What are you growing?

RenewableCandy · Post by **RenewableCandy** » 10 May 2012, 12:05

In answer to the Transatlantic question, we're planting King Edwards and Maris Pipers. They've been slow to come up, mind: some of them, having been "chitted" indoors since February, have been "asleep" out in the earth for nearly a month. Just beginning to appear.

emordnilap · Post by **emordnilap** » 10 May 2012, 12:43

RenewableCandy wrote:some of them, having been "chitted" indoors since February, have been "asleep" out in the earth for nearly a month. Just beginning to appear.

Yeah, a lot of our spuds have been in the ground for some time. They're getting on with things now, though.

biffvernon · Post by **biffvernon** » 10 May 2012, 13:43

RenewableCandy wrote:They've been slow to come up, mind: some of them, having been "chitted" indoors since February, have been "asleep" out in the earth for nearly a month. Just beginning to appear.

Which is very clever of them, since there was a frost last Saturday/Sunday night.

Nicko · Post by **Nicko** » 10 May 2012, 13:54

biffvernon wrote:
RenewableCandy wrote:They've been slow to come up, mind: some of them, having been "chitted" indoors since February, have been "asleep" out in the earth for nearly a month. Just beginning to appear.
Which is very clever of them, since there was a frost last Saturday/Sunday night.

Maybe in your garden.

Nick

Nicko · Post by **Nicko** » 10 May 2012, 18:19

Nicko wrote:100 or so Painted Mountain flour maize seeds germinated in news paper pots in the last few days. They are meant to be high in nutrients, 13% protein, cold resistant, and very pretty.

Nick

Well I'm excited anyway.
here is a link to the seed breeders website.
http://www.seedweneed.com/

Nick

UndercoverElephant · Post by **UndercoverElephant** » 10 May 2012, 19:26

Can't say there's much actual growing going on in my garden right now.

When's it going to stop raining?

Bumper crop of St George's Mushrooms this year though - all over the UK right now.

This is actually somebody-else's garden, but the house was empty and for sale so I thought I'd help myself.

hardworkinghippy · Post by **hardworkinghippy** » 10 May 2012, 19:37

Good for you !

Here too, they're everywhere after the wonderful rain.

We've had them a few times this week for lunch. (They go well with chard !

)

UndercoverElephant · Post by **UndercoverElephant** » 10 May 2012, 21:20

I have got some chard growing. Very slowly...

RenewableCandy · Post by **RenewableCandy** » 05 Jun 2012, 17:14

I am growing fed-up of it being so effin' COLD. Mind you, the broad-beans on the Plot are beaning away merrily, they're more robust than I am. The spuds aren't doing to badly either. Would like to plant out the runners and French, but I've been grounded for most of 1/2term because everybody's small people seem to kind-of gravitate to our house.

JohnB · Post by **JohnB** » 05 Jun 2012, 17:20

I'm growing plenty of grass, and plants in the wrong place (aka weeds

). After digging some pretty nice compost out a big bin that was full of grass cuttings, I'm looking on this as a really useful resource, so have started scything it to compost. Hopefully I won't make too many more holes in the hosepipe (that isn't mine) that was buried in what I cut yesterday!

emordnilap · Post by **emordnilap** » 05 Jun 2012, 17:54

RenewableCandy wrote:Mind you, the broad-beans on the Plot are beaning away merrily

Our BBs have been successful this year; there seems to be one outstanding crop each year (plums one year; peas another; garlic another; cabbages another - we need to get some acts together) and it looks like these are going for the record.

Nice to have some in the freezer but fresh, very lightly steamed, broad beans are one of life's 'moments'.

Nicko · Post by **Nicko** » 06 Jun 2012, 11:04

Just sown a bed of amaranthus. I decided it would be easier than quinoa (saponin problem). I doubled fleeced it which I'll remove after germination. Using this and the painted mountain corn we are hoping to reduce our use of wheat and rice. We've most other things covered.

Talking of the painted mountain, I am trying a two sisters thing using Lady Godiva squash as the ground cover. Lady Godiva produce seeds without shells so are easy to just dry and store. We have had success with them in the past.They are very vigourous plants so I am not growing them amongst the other squash incase they out compete them.

Nick

Nicko · Post by **Nicko** » 06 Jun 2012, 14:12

,,.. I say two sisters because the painted mountain corn only grow about 5 foot and I don't think they would provide much support for the third sister(beans).

Nick

emordnilap · Post by **emordnilap** » 27 Jun 2012, 15:04

Good crops of strawberries at the moment, both cultivated and wild. We seem to get a different fruit each year that's very successful - the rest must look on and be grateful for the break.

There's a have a huge rock next to the front gate which is covered in ferns, grasses and a really big patch of wild strawberries facing south. A pair of blackbirds spend a lot of time each day devouring them.

I don't begrudge them a single one, they're a pleasure to watch.

The cultivated strawbs are being devoured too, luckily by us. They're big but not as tasty as the wild variety.

RenewableCandy · Post by **RenewableCandy** » 27 Jun 2012, 18:01

First few strawbs from the Plot today! And, I've planted-out some sunflowers, 2 brussels, 2 brocs and a Globe Artichoke.

The Plot is looking a bit overgrown at the mo, lots of other stuff keeps getting in the way.