Sarahs 2012 Garden Diary

Forgot what happened last year - maybe it's here!!
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Look! My Asparagus is growing!

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Mmmmmmm!

How will you contain your excitment when you get a HUGE glut?

Fingers crossed you do.... soon >fi<
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We bought 5 crowns and they are all putting up new growth, not sure we should eat any this year but will see what happens. We are really looking forward to home grown asparagus dipped in eggs layed by our chickens. )c+
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Just an update whilst it's not raining.

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OK Saz I give in - not bright enough to guess what the last pic is of ?
All looking promising )t'
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Sorry Annie,
I tried to get a better picture.
It is my Avacado, I think it is probably a bit leggy, I nipped out the top growth to encourage it to be bushy, but it grew in exactly the same place. +confused+
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I haven't updated for a while.
The things that are growing are doing quite well, some did nothing at all.
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Artichokes are ready for harvesting.

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Runner beans are rubbish.

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Onions are doing well.

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Cabbages Cauliflowers and leeks are ok.

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Potatoes were really nice, thought I had planted lots, am looking for some I can plant now.

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Hoping for lots of Tomatoes.

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This is a plant we bought ready grown, had lots of Toms off it but it is past its best now.

The garden needs lots of work, I have been waiting for my holidays and some better weather. Think I will just have to put on my wellies and a waterproof.
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Hey Saz, in a couple of weeks time I will swap you a bundle of runner beans for an artichoke
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Look, I grew a Cauliflower!

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Yes, I did plant it, so you'd think I'd be less surprised.
That's what I love about growing veg, never fails to put a smile on my face.
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Hi Saz
I know exactly what you mean, I still can't believe that those tiny tiny little seeds I plant grow into food. We will be having the first of this years cauliflowers for tea tonight )c+
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Saz you've done really well )c( >mmm< )c(
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Just found this thread. What are these? The first pic has cabbage/cauli leaves but not a cauli middle. Is the second a bag of beads you dropped?
Ah, I can't quote them using IE and can't be bothered to log into Chrome. The first and fourth picture on June 10th.

Is it a trick photo - an artichoke head dropped inside cauli leaves? And looking closer I can see a paler shoot as well as the beads.
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{rofwl}
Sorry Mo,
The first pic is Globe Artichoke
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The 4th pic is a very bad one of the Asparagus shooting, the beads were slug pellets. Not used them before or since, I worried about them too much.

Took my pollytunnel down today, high winds forecast this week and although it could survive I tend to lie awake at night listening for it to crash over next door. Have decided thou that I would like a proper green house.
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Had to remove the last of the tomatoes,
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Why does the artichoke in the June 10th picture have cauli type leaves, and the one in the 24th july picture have thistley leaves?
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Must be because the picture is taken looking down into the heart of the plant.
They are essentially of the thistle family, The plant kind of expands, the leaves get bigger and bigger until the Globe flowers. The Globe starts to grow quite early on and I think I am going to have a good compact plant. In the end they take up an area of about 5 square foot.
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