tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8983898767534428385.post1908748775092612227..comments2024-03-17T17:14:03.259+00:00Comments on The Urban Veg Patch: Brrrr - It must be the beginning of JulyCarohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11317388242574705433noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8983898767534428385.post-10426051375414702262016-07-07T09:32:43.602+01:002016-07-07T09:32:43.602+01:00It has been a remarkably cool wet summer so far. G...It has been a remarkably cool wet summer so far. Great to hear about all your growing - we have similar tastes I think as I'm also growing Cobra, Borlotti and red epicure broad beans. The weather has been brilliant for fruit so far too - fantastic strawberries and now summer raspberries and red gooseberries. I planted a very small quince tree in garden this year - I love the texture and colour of its leaves. My first sowing of achoca was lost to slugs (along with first sowings of almost everything!) but I have a second batch waiting to plant out so may do that today. I'm just wondering if it may be better to start with new one-year old asparagus crowns at the allotment. (Mail order they work out at about £1/crown.) Asparagus doesn't usually transplant well and you would have plenty of time to prepare a good sunny bed before planting time next Easter? Growing your own is such a roller coaster it is good to read about everyone's experience. Sarah https://www.blogger.com/profile/14230327066600698804noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8983898767534428385.post-29131553514292039252016-07-04T20:21:38.006+01:002016-07-04T20:21:38.006+01:00We have had so many slugs and snails! After the sl...We have had so many slugs and snails! After the slugs had my first sowing of achocha my second sowing has been more successful and is now climbing up the poles! Sarah xDown by the seahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06148800326418238027noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8983898767534428385.post-17690900183562401962016-07-04T15:33:34.506+01:002016-07-04T15:33:34.506+01:00Good to see that your patch is doing okay. Enjoy t...Good to see that your patch is doing okay. Enjoy the flower show and have a good week. Flighty xxFlightyhttp://flightplot.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8983898767534428385.post-34217135017241406092016-07-04T12:23:24.245+01:002016-07-04T12:23:24.245+01:00The allotment is horribly slugged out - peas and b...The allotment is horribly slugged out - peas and beans eaten, and the first achochas I planted out didn't survive. Am trying again but the new batch of seedlings look seedy - maybe a duff bag of compost?Lucy Gardenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17859302189234380815noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8983898767534428385.post-44947419051003111862016-07-04T11:59:30.564+01:002016-07-04T11:59:30.564+01:00Lots of broad beans and Little Gem lettuces and Ch...Lots of broad beans and Little Gem lettuces and Charlotte potatoes. Beetroot coming along nicely as is spinach and curly kale. Oh and blackcurrants like never before probably because I pulled out a sea of Love in a Mist in April.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8983898767534428385.post-71520558750442491412016-07-04T10:36:18.999+01:002016-07-04T10:36:18.999+01:00Most of our cherries dropped off and no not everyo...Most of our cherries dropped off and no not everyone os eating broad beans - soon though.<br />Will you rearrange your growing plans now you have the allotment and grow most of your veg there?Sue Garretthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08164518448098182276noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8983898767534428385.post-54387438542025669532016-07-04T05:04:01.593+01:002016-07-04T05:04:01.593+01:00all those wonderful things! I love cherries when t...all those wonderful things! I love cherries when they just start to get their blush, it's quite pretty. <br />enjoy the Hampton Court flower show!e / dig in hobarthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03448702578845994922noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8983898767534428385.post-18693927219663113442016-07-04T04:29:13.439+01:002016-07-04T04:29:13.439+01:00Glad to see your bounty! Never mind the slugs and ...Glad to see your bounty! Never mind the slugs and snail, still a good harvest you've had. I'm glad this week is turning out to be really fine for a change.Mark and Gazhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09427245730390252976noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8983898767534428385.post-43049283094477082322016-07-03T23:19:19.899+01:002016-07-03T23:19:19.899+01:00Lovely to catch up with what's growing well an...Lovely to catch up with what's growing well and what isn't, I think we're all have similar problems. My broccoli and cabbage are destroyed by slugs but the kale is doing fine...touch wood! Good that you now have the plot to move the asparagus too, it used to grow wild in my garden, but then it was grown here [Formby] for years. Just love the caro radishes!You'll have to show us them.xxx Snowbirdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08572555410663928295noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8983898767534428385.post-84401113373002718492016-07-03T22:00:59.778+01:002016-07-03T22:00:59.778+01:00A mixture this year. The plum tree at the allotmen...A mixture this year. The plum tree at the allotment, which has only been there a couple of years, has almost no plums on it but is growing like a weed. Plenty of apples, but out of the two pear trees only one has any real amount of fruit. Replacement runner beans doing well now. Climbing beans almost non-existent. I re-sowed not long ago. The achocha you kindly let me have germinated brilliantly, but when I put them out the weather turned and I thought they wouldn't survive. They're looking much better now though. I lost a lot of cucumbers the same way, I could really do with more. The garlic had terrible rust this year. I shall buy new bulbs and plant at home next year I think. The mice are eating ALL of the allotment strawberries. Or at least picking them all. I found loads of them stashed under the broad beans, rotting. Broad beans doing v well though! Tomatoes looking good, although I've planted them too close together this year. I was trying to squeeze more in and I got carried away. Herbs also doing well, and lots of figs in the garden. Gardening is always a bit of a mixed bag isn't it. I really struggled with radishes this year, they were all a bit woody. I might sow some more and see how they do. I usually find they don't do well for me sown in the middle of the summer though. CJ xxCJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14311693185700341580noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8983898767534428385.post-33312012423726371782016-07-03T21:24:08.544+01:002016-07-03T21:24:08.544+01:00Definitely slugged out, I've never known a yea...Definitely slugged out, I've never known a year like it. But in the swings and roundabouts that is gardening, it sounds like you're coming out on top. Have a great day at Hampton Court.. oh I wish I was nearer!rusty duckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12238493821002258459noreply@blogger.com