Lots of lettuce
Oak Leaf
Lollo Rosso
And Cos
And not much else really..
My carrots that were sown in April are almost ready and my peas and broad beans are in flower -not long now! We also picked our first strawberries this weekend..
My belle de fontenay potatoes that I planted out in March are ready too but I’m resisting the urge to dig some up just yet as I want to wait for the carrots and peas ..
Over the past seven to ten days I’ve been living and sleeping lettuce.. well.. that’s what it certainly feels like.. having forty to chomp through..
I’m now developing a nose twitch along with a spring in my step.. Lol
Thankfully this site has given me some ideas..
Things have come on leaps and bounds since these photos were taken..
To the left of the enviromesh under the green tunnel I have beetroot parsnips, swede,celeriac, fennel – and just in front of these a carrot bed.The tunnel has been removed now and they are all doing well, though the jury is still out concerning my celeriac.Time will tell… I just need to sow some more carrots [ I sow a couple of rows a few weeks apart] and put in the rest of my fennel..
In the middle bed there’s cauliflower cabbage and romanesco, and my strawberries to the right of the brassicas have teeny fruits.
My peas after the shock of the cold spell are now starting to spring into action and gaps are filling in – I thought I would need to sow some more but its not necessary now..
The smaller tunnel near the peas is now home to my peppers and aubergines that I put out over the weekend when we had an impromptu bbq at the plot Saturday evening..
In between eating/drinking I also planted out my tomatoes,”you can see the poles for my tomato bed in front of the peas” along with cucumber, squash, courgettes, pumpkin, runner beans, asparagus beans and french beans.. Hick!
Ever tried constructing a wigwam after a few glasses of wine?
Actually it’s green
Now, it’s never been a bright pink, more green with pink stripes/splashes of pink but this year its totally green and frankly it’s no use to me with a family who point blank refuses to eat green rhubarb.
So off I went on the rhubarb trail trying to find out why this year its green.
The rhubarb I grow is Victoria and comes in all shades from fuchsia pink to green. Some varieties never go pink.
“I never knew that! I thought all rhubarb was pink.. oh what a sheltered life I’ve led.”
Still, it didn’t explain why mine was pink and is now green, though it still tastes the same if not slightly sweeter..
If only I could convince my family that its safe to eat and I’m not trying to poison them.. Lol
Anyway.. after a lot of time spent on google I came across a site that suggested the ph of the soil could be the reason and I should fork wood ash around the crown at the end of the season then next spring my rhubarb will be pink again.. Brilliant!!
Hope it works or it will be there solely for the compost bin
No one else will eat it apart from me!
