In the Garden

[Leadinglights]

2 mini courgettes yesterday but plenty of spinach, some strawberries, a couple of cucumbers but everything else is really slow

 

[Nayshiftin]

Well done . We got nice potatoes and mange tout. . Some strawberries and the thought of tomatoes n peppers . anything else oops not survived . My title for this year is : The year the snails ate everything.

 

[Robin]

Well done . We got nice potatoes and mange tout. . Some strawberries and the thought of tomatoes n peppers . anything else oops not survived . My title for this year is : The year the snails ate everything.

Every year in our garden is 'the snails ate everything' but this year seems even worse than usual? They’ve had a feast on our emerging dahlias, amongst other things.

 

[grovesy]

Every year in our garden is 'the snails ate everything' but this year seems even worse than usual? They’ve had a feast on our emerging dahlias, amongst other things.

The snails have been worse here this year, even the local garden centre seemed to have had a run out products to help deal with them. Some days I was turfing 20 or more out of my greenhouse.

 

[Barrowman]

I hate to say this folks but I've hardly seen any snails this year, could count them all on the one hand, so, I guess
they must have emigrated to your areas. My sincere apologies..
.

 

[eggyg]

Touch wood the snails/slugs don’t seem to have invaded the greenhouse but they are having a whale of a time in the raised beds! Mr E put four cabbage plants out. I asked him if he’d sprinkled the crushed egg shells around them. I’ll do it tomorrow, he said. Which he duly did….on the two remaining plants! 😱

 

[eggyg]

I don't have a garden as such. Living in the countryside in an old Mill and with woodland around the deer eat all the roses and other plants. I am totally spoilt though with other wildlife. I have stoats, nesting kingfishers, trout, badgers, foxes, buzzards, a tame robin, wrens but best of all otters. I took this picture this morning as the sun is out and the first butterfly I have seen this year.

I’m jealous! We get lots of birds and the occasional stoat and grey squirrels but I’d give them all up for a daily glimpse of a kingfisher.

 

[AndyGlos]

I’m jealous! We get lots of birds and the occasional stoat and grey squirrels but I’d give them all up for a daily glimpse of a kingfisher.

You can just sit in the lounge and watch them fish and if you're really lucky watch 2 youngsters getting fed and taught to fish. Mind you they are noisy little buggers which people don't realise.

 

[Nayshiftin]

The snails have been worse here this year, even the local garden centre seemed to have had a run out products to help deal with them. Some days I was turfing 20 or more out of my greenhouse.

I have a greenhouse-sized polytunnel and I was doing the same. I felt the neighbours were putting them in my place until I saw they had the same on their side.

 

[everydayupsanddowns]

I took this picture this morning as the sun is out and the first butterfly I have seen this year.

A comma I think, judging by the lovely crinkly edges?

And you have my Slug Sympathies @grovesy We’ve not had s properly cold winter to thin out the populations here, and they are just rampant. 😱

 

[eggyg]

I think all our gardening efforts have been thwarted by the unseasonable weather this year. I’ve had one or two courgettes at last and the main crop potatoes are at last ready to harvest. But we’re most proud that at last the tomatoes in our newly erected green house/potting shed are beginning to ripen. Came home after a couple of nights away to these. Small, but perfectly formed, not unlike myself! 😉 Plus another courgette. Even the veg are happy.

 

[grovesy]

My gardening efforts have been thwarted by firstly snails, and secondly taking a long time recovering from neck injury.

 

[eggyg]

My gardening efforts have been thwarted by firstly snails, and secondly taking a long time recovering from neck injury.

Oh no. There’s nothing worse than a bad neck. It affects your back and shoulders. Here’s hoping for a swift recovery ( and less snails).

 

[eggyg]

Just picked this from the greenhouse. It’s a Hot Lolly chilli pepper. We’ve left it for weeks and no sign of any colour change but we noticed a dark patch and we think it may just rot. I’m making courgette pakoras tonight and I’m going to put it in. There’s loads of other chillis grown too but none as big as this one.
NB it was longer but Mr Eggy couldn’t resist chopping the end off and tasting it, he said it wasn’t hot just tasted of peppers!

 

[Nayshiftin]

Snails i could have a snail , slug variety centre. Im really sad that they eat so much. This has been my first year of no beans n courgettes whatsoever. I gave up trying. Tomatoes snd Cucumbers almost ready .Mange tout , Rasberries , Blueberries and Early potatoes were the winners so far . The rest i might have one Broccoli one beetroot but carrots lettuce salad leaves zilch . Oh I’m depressed this year. They do not eat roses so thats something. Broad
beans black fly have been having a rave together…..

 

[grovesy]

Oh no. There’s nothing worse than a bad neck. It affects your back and shoulders. Here’s hoping for a swift recovery ( and less snails).

Thanks, the neck has been going on for 3 months now. I have not had much improvement in the last few weeks, but have to remember itis much better than it was. The Chiropractor and the massage therapist, have become a regular port of call.
When cutting back Boston Ivy from the patio door this morning I could hear the snails falling to the ground.

 

[Leadinglights]

Quite a few cucumbers, courgettes, broad beans, mangetout, the odd tomato, blueberries, rhubarb sadly very few strawberries, things are very late. Carrots totally trashed again by badgers. Other squashes rambling happily over the tree branch structure that looks much like a bonfire.
Even enough courgettes for OH to made a courgette bread today.

 

[everydayupsanddowns]

Just picked this from the greenhouse. It’s a Hot Lolly chilli pepper. We’ve left it for weeks and no sign of any colour change but we noticed a dark patch and we think it may just rot. I’m making courgette pakoras tonight and I’m going to put it in. There’s loads of other chillis grown too but none as big as this one.
NB it was longer but Mr Eggy couldn’t resist chopping the end off and tasting it, he said it wasn’t hot just tasted of peppers!

The slugs/snails have kyboshed our Chilli efforts this year. First one… then the replacement destroyed overnight when it was looking great, and had flowers on it

When we’ve had success with chillis in the past there has a degree of ‘home grown chilli roulette’ - some just taste like sweet peppers, others are ferociously spicy!

 

[grovesy]

Snails have eating all my annual seedlings, 4 lots of french beans, though I have managed to have some tomatoes.

 

[eggyg]

I’m very excited. Our aubergine plant, which we started in a propagater from seed in January, has a flower and I think maybe another two may be on the way. Not sure if it’ll get any fruit but I’ve got all my ( not green) fingers and toes crossed.