Author Topic: So what have we learnt this year? (Read 5434 times)

manian · « **Reply #15 on:** October 04, 2010, 08:36:02 am »

i've learnt that I should thin out better and not spend so much time on seedlings that arn't doing well.
I've also learnt that i don't need to plant 100's of each things want to grow cos i don't have the space......(esp when i spend so much time on the weaker ones!!!!)

who am I kidding

I bet next year will be the same as every other...... thinning is like trying to choose between my children. I just can't kill them!!!!

Womble · « **Reply #16 on:** October 04, 2010, 10:47:53 am »

I have learnt.............

1) That the mice somehow know when you're planning to harvest your beetroot, and will get to them ALL the night before!

2) That hens *LOVE* perpetual spinach, and that you can grow loads and loads of it in a really small space.
3) That Ginny B's rhubarb champagne is superb, and even mellows with age if you let it!

4) That you should look beyond your garden for some of the best wild main courses

5) and desserts

6) That brassicas are a great way to say "I love you"

7) But that you should always check them thoroughly first to avoid unwelcome surprises!

8. That although it sounds corny, another year begins in January, and if we're lucky we get to do it all over again!!

Fleecewife · « **Reply #17 on:** October 04, 2010, 11:46:11 am »

Aww! That was lovely

Like the cabbage. And the fish. Wish I had so many blackberries - mine are poor this year.

I think I've just learnt that I'm not the only one to plant too many then try to grow them all (it helps to put the extras on the compost heap because you can kid yourself that they have some chance to grow there). Or to plant out too late for things to crop. Or to promise myself to do better next year but somehow when it comes to it I seem to have forgotten........

OhLaLa · « **Reply #18 on:** October 04, 2010, 11:52:27 am »

What a happy chappy you look - not at all like a Womble!

Cinderhills · « **Reply #19 on:** October 05, 2010, 09:33:08 am »

Quote from: manian on October 04, 2010, 08:36:02 am

...... thinning is like trying to choose between my children. I just can't kill them!!!!

Oh Manian, that is so true!!

suziequeue · « **Reply #20 on:** October 09, 2010, 09:07:04 pm »

Ooooh - who's that lovely looking boy???

I learnt that I've GOT to thin out tomato seedlings sooner rather then later, plant fewer a bit further apart and don't do surface watering in a poly-tunnel.

Keep a close eye on what salad veg I am planting. Limit it to one or two. In the end we didn't know what was a weed and what we had planted!!

Carrots - start again. Do it differently..... completely differently!!!

Beans - got to have a very strong frame. Bamboo and netting doesn't do it.

Start in the winter - get a head start. Not just getting into it in April (somebody else has mentioned this!!!)