God I love growing our own

[rossbyjove]

I hate it when I can't decide what to eat. Should I have some dinner with my carrot?

More weeding today (along with finding one or two "lost" carrots . Another two beds done. Before that I spent some of the morning sowing tomato seeds. Quite a few varieties this year: Amish Paste, Polish Linguisa, Garnet, Lotos, Skykomish, Latah, Dívčí Prs and De Colgar. Also made a second sowing of Romanesco cauliflower.

James

Colgar is a good one, they keep for months.

 

[JamezF]

Colgar is a good one, they keep for months.

I'm hoping so. We eat huge amounts of tomatoes and I hate it when we have to buy them from shops. Just need to understand what sort of storage conditions they need now.

James

 

[Lolly Bee]

I hate it when I can't decide what to eat. Should I have some dinner with my carrot?

More weeding today (along with finding one or two "lost" carrots . Another two beds done. Before that I spent some of the morning sowing tomato seeds. Quite a few varieties this year: Amish Paste, Polish Linguisa, Garnet, Lotos, Skykomish, Latah, Dívčí Prs and De Colgar. Also made a second sowing of Romanesco cauliflower.

James

Latah is delicious. I’m a dimwit and failed to keep some seeds last year and have now run out. Duh!

 

[rossbyjove]

I'm hoping so. We eat huge amounts of tomatoes and I hate it when we have to buy them from shops. Just need to understand what sort of storage conditions they need now.

James

I kept a wheelbarrow load in a big onion sack in the cool pantry, lasted about 3 months.

 

[JamezF]

Latah is delicious. I’m a dimwit and failed to keep some seeds last year and have now run out. Duh!

Real Seeds still appear to have them available if you want them. I've sown all of mine.

James

 

[Lolly Bee]

Real Seeds still appear to have them available if you want them. I've sown all of mine.

James

Thanks James. I love Real Seeds and always buy from them when needed. Will duly order.

 

[JamezF]

Thanks James. I love Real Seeds and always buy from them when needed. Will duly order.

I use them as much as possible too. Still not got into the hang of saving seeds for all the plants I grow (where it's practical), but I'm going to try for more this year. Tomatoes and peas are the main ones I've kept so far, but (sweet and chile) peppers which I've not had a great deal of success with in the past definitely need to be attempted again, as do lettuces. If I'm really organised I'll keep back some of the onions and beetroot from this year's harvest and plant them out again next year for seed.

James

 

[JamezF]

I was mostly doing other things today, but got in an hour or so of weeding in the veg plot just to keep things moving in the right direction. As well as the usual types of weed, one area had a carpet of what looked like moss, but not any type I'm familiar with. It was low-growing (more creeping ground cover, really) and shallow rooted, with tiny straight leaves less than 10mm long and about 1mm wide. I've not been able to identify it as yet. Should have taken a photo, but it's too late now as it's all in the compost

I feel as though I've broken the back of the job now, which is something of a relief. Of the main beds I've done about 180 square metres, with somewhere around 50 square metres left, plus the fruit cage, the greenhouses and polytunnels, although the latter two are hardly much of a challenge. I'm not sure the weather this coming week is going to be conducive to working outdoors, but perhaps I can get the covered areas done.

James