Jannie's 2011 Veg Diary

[perchy]

Check my diary for today Jannie

[jannie]

I am really pleased with germination rates this year...I think it has paid off sowing seeds individually..very fiddly for the smaller seeds but took my mind off other things

Cauliflower


Kale


Perpetual spinach.


The tomatoes, peppers, chillies and cucumbers are all growing well.




and apart from topping up with compost my new bean trough is ready to go.

[lizziedoggarden]

Looking good Jannie!

[jannie]

I sowed 4 courgette seeds on Saturday..I had such a suprise when I went to check on them this morning..one of them had grown completely upside down never seen anything like it before..




the roots obviously knew which way they were supposed to go but the shoot had no chance, so I have very carefully turned it the right way

[p.penn]

So what I want to know Jannie is what you are doing that I'm not that your courgette seeds sprout so fast.

[perchy]

So what I want to know Jannie is what you are doing that I'm not that your courgette seeds sprout so fast.

Me too

[jannie]

So what I want to know Jannie is what you are doing that I'm not that your courgette seeds sprout so fast.

wrap each pot in clingfilm and put on a sunny windowsill.

warning : they grow so fast they don't know if their coming or going

[perchy]

Check mine

[jannie]

I'm keeping an eye on you don't you worry perchy...

I've sown squash seeds today so will see how quick they germinate. I decided against starting our annual family pumpkin competition this year..everyone, including me, complained about them taking over the garden last year..but I've ordered a grape vine..I am so excited

[perchy]

Ooh how lovely, grape vine

[jannie]

Yesterday... I potted on the cucumbers as the roots were starting to show at the bottom of the 3'' pots..also potted on a couple of tomatoes and left them in the greenhouse over night..just so see if they will be ok with the lower heat at night..last time I put them out there was a frost and I'd forgotten to get them in till late evening and they got chilled..last night I covered them with fleece and put the heater on low..when the weather forcast says that we may get a ground frost..we always do
The greenhouse is filling up now


Onions, garlic, beetroot, salad leaves, spring onions and broad beans are all doing well in my little polytunnel.


I also sowed a pot of carrots, a second sowing of beetroot..and some dwarf french beans under the cloche in my AF patch..

The peas have germinated well this year as I covered them so the mice couldn't get to them.

[perchy]

Poor mice






Looking ok

[jannie]

Poor mice . I let them stay in my wood store and that's how they repay me

[perchy]

Poor mice . I let them stay in my wood store and that's how they repay me

[jannie]

I ordered a ' Dornfelder ' Grapevine this week and Hubby commented that surely I am growing enough already
I think as long as there is somewhere to grow then I will plant . The grapevine will grow over a pergola that we've built where my car is parked..it will serve 2 purposes..it will shade my car but will also provide beautiful grapes that are both edible and good for wine .. He got me thinking so I've made a list of everything I am growing at the moment..

5 Apple trees …3 eating and 2 cooking
2 Cherry trees, 1 eating, 1 morello
Pear tree
Blackcurrants
Redcurrants
Whitecurrants
Gooseberries
Blueberries
Strawberries
Giant Blackberries
Raspberries

Cos lettuce
Mixed salad leaves
Beetroot
Carrots
Onions
Spring onions
Garlic
Chillies
Mixed peppers
Cucumbers (indoor and outdoor)
Tomatoes (3 varieties)
Cauliflowers
Cabbage
French beans
Peas
Mangetout
Leeks
Kale
Perpetual spinach
Asparagus
Butternut Squash
Chives
Parsley
Lemon balm
Thyme
Rosemary
Sage
Mint

Don't know what he's talking about ..