Home Grow Veg !

[HOBIE]

Could do with some Sunshine

 

[HOBIE]

Have just come in after watering toms, nice in the garden tonight 😉

 

[bakebeans]

I’ve got 3 tomato plants all with some lovely flowers on now so hopefully will have some tomatoes soon. My strawberry plant is looking really healthy but there’s no sign of any fruit.

Just been out and deadheaded my hanging baskets and pots I’ve got tomorrow off work, can’t wait to get out and cut the grass and have a good tidy up

 

[Sally W]

@HOBIE . Don’t seem very advanced to me. Do they look ok? As you can see some nibbling of runner beans so had to put pellets down. First pic is courgette

 

[HOBIE]

To me they look like they want some more SUN Good luck Sally, keep going & well done ! 😎

 

[Sally W]

@HOBIE. Sun!? What’s that? I’m more familiar with rain where I live! The courgette plant is in a plastic raised bed with a cover and it gets warm even in this damp weather. I hope to get good results. How’s your garden doing?

 

[HOBIE]

@HOBIE. Sun!? What’s that? I’m more familiar with rain where I live! The courgette plant is in a plastic raised bed with a cover and it gets warm even in this damp weather. I hope to get good results. How’s your garden doing?

Toms are now where near with flowers on pea plant not to happy but sunflowers are good. I am happy & hope ur Sally 😎

 

[HOBIE]

Had my FIRST strawberry this morning. Did not make the house. Gone made me feel good 😎

 

[HOBIE]

Been out this morning, bright but cool 🙂

 

[Docb]

Revived this thread because I picked my first runner beans of the season this morning. The smell of fresh runner beans never fails to take me back 60 odd years to the days where we only ate what we grew.

 

[eggyg]

We’ve been picking broad beans and mangetout for three weeks now, considering we’re up in the frozen north I’m surprised. Although my neighbours veg is well behind, we think it’s because we have installed raised beds this year. Made ratatouille with our courgettes last night, our first plants died but these have been smashing.

 

[Robin]

We’ve been picking broad beans and mangetout for three weeks now, considering we’re up in the frozen north I’m surprised. Although my neighbours veg is well behind, we think it’s because we have installed raised beds this year. Made ratatouille with our courgettes last night, our first plants died but these have been smashing.

I love the little pink dress your Head Gardener is wearing!
We picked our first courgette yesterday, it’s a bit wonky and misshapen, but it won’t show once it’s chopped up!

 

[eggyg]

I love the little pink dress your Head Gardener is wearing!
We picked our first courgette yesterday, it’s a bit wonky and misshapen, but it won’t show once it’s chopped up!
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That’s Lady Sadie, head gardener and all round bossy boots! She keeps picking the peas and “ unzipping” them as shown by Gaga, puts the peas in her mouth, has a chew and gives them to me! We have trained her to put the pods in the bucket that we empty into the compost bin though! 🙂

 

[Jodee]

wow you are doing great everybody. My courgettes keep getting eaten by the slugs. currently enjoying peas, cucumbers and bluberries + shortly going to be harvesting tomatoes and lettuce . 😛

 

[rebrascora]

I am enjoying the odd apricot off my first tree. They are massive (the size of a normal size peach) and quite sweet and juicy but will not keep. I got away with half at a time the other day but ate a whole one last night with some Gorgonzola cheese and unfortunately spiked up to 14... I was on 10 before eating it, so it was not as bad as it could have been. Only a few left on the tree as germination was poor this year.... need to have a word with my bees about that!!... but may have to give the remaining ones to family. My second tree only has 3 smaller ones on it and they are not quite ripe. Blueberries are just starting to ripen and there is a bumper crop but I have a horrible feeling that my chickens will harvest them before I do.... Some of them absolutely refuse to stay in their pen! Grrh!
Has anyone tried aquaponics?.... the water medium veg growing version rather than the fish/veg combo? I am considering trying this in my walk in attic where I have my hot water tank. It is warm all year round and there is a skylight although I would almost certainly need supplemental uv lighting. I was thinking of trying to producing lettuce and maybe tomatoes as well in the winter and possibly herbs. Just seems a good way to make use of the warm space and grow bug free salad in winter.

 

[Jodee]

Great Barbara, lovely apricots. Interesting to hear more if you do go ahead with the aquaponics, I've watched lots of you tube videos on it and would to do it but I just don't have the room at home.

 

[eggyg]

Courgettes anyone? Been away for the weekend and came home to these! Obviously those two monster ones were hiding from me, Mr Eggy currently making courgette and tomato chutney. Think we’ll just have the one plant next year as there’s just far too many even with giving some of them away.

 

[SB2015]

Spiralised and used in place of spaghetti?

 

[eggyg]

Spiralised and used in place of spaghetti?

Actually just talking about that, my daughter suggested slicing longways and using in place of lasagne sheets. I think I would probably fry them off in some garlicky olive oil on a griddle. Have tried them “ spiralised” but I don’t have a spiraliser so just cut them very thinly, they were ok. Just had pork chops and ratatouille for tea, very nice it was too. 🙂

 

[Jodee]

Courgettes anyone? Been away for the weekend and came home to these! Obviously those two monster ones were hiding from me, Mr Eggy currently making courgette and tomato chutney. Think we’ll just have the one plant next year as there’s just far too many even with giving some of them away.

Wonderful, I got one beautiful courgette from my plant, the slugs had the others 😡 but the one I had untouched by slugs was delicious.

I have abundance of tomatoes at the moment and am getting excited as my eggplant plant is producing lots of baby fruits 🙂