Author Topic: the veggie plot.  (Read 257824 times)

Fluffywelshsheep

  • Joined Oct 2007
  • Near Stirling, Central Scotland
Re: the veggie plot.
« Reply #180 on: March 11, 2008, 04:39:22 pm »
Ok the weather here has been okay up until about 2.00 o'clock, so i went out and did a little bit with the cultivator, then came back in for a rest  cos with the winds we get here it can be a bit much for me sometimes, I put everything a way and then hubby decided that he would do some cultivating too so out came  the cables and the cultivator , he got to work while he was doing this I was busy setting up the new 'mini' Polly tunnel system I bought recently in lidls. I have been able to put them over two of the raised beds not sure if they will survive in the weather we have but you can only try these things, while hubby was still using the cultivator I came back in doors as it started to rain but before I started the dinner I planted a few seeds to go in to the raised beds, I have plans to make some more raised bed in the near future.

The seeds that I planted in to the individual trays

they are

Leeks musselburgh they where great last year in the front garden so am gona try them again but I am giving them a head start by planting them in to seed trays first.

lettuce -Crisphead

Corn salad 'Baval

and  finally some Cabbage 'Copenhagen Markert' (summer)

hope fully they wont take too long and the frost and the snow will be warming up soon so I can plant them out.

rustyme

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Re: the veggie plot.
« Reply #181 on: March 11, 2008, 05:35:05 pm »
Well done Linz ( and Hubby) ,
                    sounds like you had a productive day inspite of the weather ?  It can be a gamble , (seed sowing ) , this time of year ,but if they get through ok then at least you have a really good head start to the seasons first crop !!! The leeks should make it through anyway , tough as old boots as a rule. Although I don't know what your weather is like for growing in ?  Mini poly's   
 ( cloches ) can sometimes take off like really good kites in the wind !!!! ;D, yes, it has happened to me a time or two !! Yours should get a fair bit of protection from the house and the fence though !!! fingers crossed anyway .

Fluffywelshsheep

  • Joined Oct 2007
  • Near Stirling, Central Scotland
Re: the veggie plot.
« Reply #182 on: March 11, 2008, 06:14:08 pm »
lol yeah the cloches are waited down and pined down with stones and 'tent pegs'
they are not gona stay on for long just untill the wind dyes down and the weather warms up.
the seeds are in the kitchen sitting on a drainner at themoment and will do untill their is live, they are the wee individual cell trays so they can't say in them for long, was gona go out and take some photos but it rainning to much i think just to stand out in the rain for pictures.

rustyme

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Re: the veggie plot.
« Reply #183 on: March 11, 2008, 06:25:44 pm »
yep, belt and braces ( stones and Tent pegs ) , better safe than sorry !!! ;) .   No point in getting soaked just for a few pics, there will be dry spells to pop out in to do that , won't there ??? ::) ::)

Fluffywelshsheep

  • Joined Oct 2007
  • Near Stirling, Central Scotland
Re: the veggie plot.
« Reply #184 on: March 11, 2008, 06:28:44 pm »
mm few and far between lol,
Just had an idea and popped to the green house and found the heated propergator and pop the need seeds on to it the warm their feet
no lid as it think it might be a bit better

it to big  for plastic bag over the top




rustyme

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Re: the veggie plot.
« Reply #185 on: March 11, 2008, 06:34:44 pm »
isn't it dark there yet with you ? It is almost dark here !!! can just still see to walk around . I have heard of gardening by the moon before , but didn't really think people did it ? lol ;D

Guy

  • Joined Feb 2008
  • East Devon
Re: the veggie plot.
« Reply #186 on: March 12, 2008, 04:35:37 pm »
well at least you have all seemed to survive the weather (touch wood)i have spend today on damage control - all fencing and trellissing back in place now - although the broad beans are still looking battered. The polytunnel faired better than i expected ( i guess the hole the pigs chewed in the side of it allowed the gales to blow straight through intead of taking off!! :D) luckily this hasnt stopped my early lettuce developing - i reckon another week or so and they will be ready to start harvesting ;D

potted on the tomatoes today - we now have 100 tomato plants of different varieties and the conservatory looks like a nursery -  i plan to keep 20 plants and sell the rest on (as with all surplus plants this year) what price should i charge for an established tomato plant?? i had thoughts of about £1000 therefore creating an income of £80 , 000 - but im not overly sure if my marketing skills would create enough interest :D lol -

the caulis are doing wonderfully well also so they will need potting on soon to ;D

Welldone with all you have done Linz - sounds like you are making great inroads

Russ , what can i say!!! the video has confirmed my worse thoughts - on a serious note though i hope the ground is starting to dry out and you can get out and about a bit more - nothing worse than a forced stop to work  :)
relax and enjoy life - let others do the worrying

rustyme

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Re: the veggie plot.
« Reply #187 on: March 12, 2008, 04:52:46 pm »
yes ...no news is good news , so they say ?,  no horror stories !!! lets hope everyone got away without too much disruption .  The weather was a bit blustery here today , but blue sky most of the time, nice and warm too. I did a little bit of digging too ...hehehe... I think it is back to lots of heavy rain though soon , oh well ..back to normal.
       Good news on the lettuce being nearly ready Guy.....and think of all that money you can spend when you sell the toms....  what type were they ? Moneymaker ?  ;) :D ;D 
     Oh yes ...as you have no doubt guessed ...I escaped ...hahaaaa   heheee  hohooo

Guy

  • Joined Feb 2008
  • East Devon
Re: the veggie plot.
« Reply #188 on: March 12, 2008, 04:58:35 pm »
welldone on the escape!! - yes , my plan is to sell of the excess toms and cauli plants to pay off my mortgage - cant believe i didny think of it before doh :D.

v. close with " moneymaker" though - they are maskotka - spooky eh!! we also had a "ping pong!!" to plant on in hanging baskets - we thought this would be a novelty seller? time will tell.
relax and enjoy life - let others do the worrying

rustyme

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Re: the veggie plot.
« Reply #189 on: March 13, 2008, 04:38:52 pm »
ok ...did a bit of digging on the plot ...just trimming edges mainly , but did cut back a bit at the far end , to widen it up and make it more even sided. However, the weather was a bit drizzly and was threatening  to tip it down . I couldn't go onto the dug ground as it is still far to wet to stand on , so couldn't do much else , the rain settled in to more steady stuff so knocked it on the head for the day . Still got a bit done....I must start on the J. Artichoke bed next , as the ones I have ready to plant are starting to sprout. So back to heavy digging , this will be on virgin ground too, covered in a thick mat of tufted grass and brambles. It is mainly ,clear bramble and grass and then hit it with the pick axe, far to stoney to try the spade or even a fork.
        Maskotka toms !! are they cherry type ones ? I think I have grown them , very nice they were too...if I remember correctly ?
        Thanks for the guestbook message (on my stud dog web site) Linz and  Jan, Kate and Townie , I always forget to check that page !  Steve is always the one who gets the aaahhhhhhs and oooooos , well he is named after Steve McQueen after all !!!!

Guy

  • Joined Feb 2008
  • East Devon
Re: the veggie plot.
« Reply #190 on: March 13, 2008, 08:10:07 pm »
good luck with the artichoke bed russ - sounds heavy going! the maskotka are a general purpose tom( so it says) but hopefully tasty!
relax and enjoy life - let others do the worrying

Hilbillie

  • Joined Feb 2008
  • St. Mayeux, Brittany
Re: the veggie plot.
« Reply #191 on: March 14, 2008, 08:41:35 am »
We have a large wooden hangar which is in a very sunny position and I had planned to put tomatoes in pots all along one side and in hanging baskets, I have planted loads of seeds (Moneymaker) which are now starting to come through in the plazzy greenhouse but now I have been told by a neighbour that no-one in my area grows tomatoes outside as we suffer badly with blight so it looks like I will be growing under cover and will have to scale down my operation to just a few plants in the plazzy  :(.  Maybe I should cover the spud box with netting as well, what do you think? 
Hilary

rustyme

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Re: the veggie plot.
« Reply #192 on: March 14, 2008, 04:27:26 pm »
It may be a very good idea to follow local growers as they have good reason to follow the path they use.      I think I must have been just very lucky as I haven't had too much trouble with it myself , and when I have had a touch of it , I was able to cut down all foliage and after a few weeks compost it with  manure.     I was always told it was ok to do this , as long as you get good heat in the heap and you leave the haulm long enough to die completely before placing in the heap .  Here is a link that seems quite good: http://ohioline.osu.edu/hyg-fact/3000/3102.html      I know it is from the USA , but it does cover the problem in question very well.  I hope that helps some.....
       cheers,   Russ

rustyme

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Re: the veggie plot.
« Reply #193 on: March 14, 2008, 04:46:25 pm »
http://www.packetseeds.com/index.html
 
Just found the above link ....good price compared to some shops I thought...everything .95p  ;D I also found  a really big cabbage  upto 11 lbs    http://www.packetseeds.com/acatalog/Cabbage_Kamienna_Glowa__Brassica_oleracea_var._cap.html    
   thats the sort I have been looking for ....they also do the Maskotka toms as well ( these are the ones I had before I think ):

http://www.packetseeds.com/acatalog/Cherry_Tomato_Maskotka__Lycopersicon_esculentum_.html
    Funny how when looking for one thing you find another ???? ??? oh well I know what I mean ... ;) :D maybe ? ::)

Guy

  • Joined Feb 2008
  • East Devon
Re: the veggie plot.
« Reply #194 on: March 16, 2008, 07:54:43 am »
thats a good link russ - v.usefull i reckon - we now have our first spud coming through in the polytunnel ;D
relax and enjoy life - let others do the worrying

 

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