Tommy update
All of my Tommy plants have dry white patches on their leaves due to wind damage
Where has the sun gone?
Peas are doing well despite the slugs being out in force. I arrived at the plot yesterday to be greeted by a long trail of slime along a second row i planted that are still quite small. So.. the first job was killing the little sods - Funny thing, when i first got my plot i couldn’t bare to touch them, now i get a warped pleasure out of it. Iv put down some advanced slug pellets as well so that should sort them out..
Mr rude got a few extra slugs on his plot. well, that’s what happens when you shout at me for leaving the gate unlocked. It was left unlocked because hubs was getting something out of the car and was 1 minute behind me - if he had looked properly he would have seen id left the key in for hubs to lock. I don’t think gardening is helping him much, he is always so stressed out..
Second row of peas and my sweet pepper plants..
I’m still digging the roots out from the last strip where my compost darlik was and i am planning on having a raised bed there that can be used as a seed bed, come cold frame - I’m going to lay some weed suppressant fabric down . Ok. Daft question, will the bind weed get through that.. Evil stuff that it is. Iv dug out a fair amount about a spades depth and i know it will bloody return but can it get through the fabric ?
My one and only courgette plant… verdi di milano.. I did have two.. one has been dug up by a four legged pest and i cant be bothered to plant another; if last year is anything thing to go by i only need one. After a couple of weeks we were sick of the sight of them. These really produced so many that I couldn’t keep up, some were the size of marrows and iv still got quite a lot of chutney i made in a desperate attempt to use them all..
June 2nd, 2008 at 5:22 pm
Bind weed does continue to grow under weed suppressant fabric if there are roots in the ground - it doesn’t come up through the fabric - but grows around and around under it, until it finds an edge to get out of. Are you putting fabric at the bottom of the raised bed and soil on top? If so - then whenever a bit of bind weed pokes his head out - just yank it out hard. As long as you have got rid of as much as you can before building the raised bed you should be able to keep on top of what continues to try and grow.
All your produce looks like it is thriving.
Regards
Karen
June 2nd, 2008 at 6:23 pm
Thanks Karen. The bindweed is only in a strip near my path; i think its crept under the path from next doors plot as they have quite a bit. Hopefully it should be easy to keep on top of..
June 2nd, 2008 at 7:12 pm
Courgette soup is my standby
We could do with some warm weather - my tomatoes in the greenhouse are growing like mad but the ones outside in pots are on strike for better conditions.
June 3rd, 2008 at 9:03 pm
Why is there always a Mr Rude?!! I had Bob the Bully who had the plot next to mine for a while but now has fortunately left the site. There’s always one though…..
My tomatoes are still in pots in the little greenhouse at home awaiting the next biodynamic ‘fruit’ day to plant them and praying for sun, as are my pepper plants. My mollusc paranoia seems to have got much worse in the last week but then I don’t think that rain has stopped for more than an hour or so in that time.
Everything else seems to be on a go-slow till the sun shines again!
June 3rd, 2008 at 9:53 pm
My Toms, Aubergines and Peppers are looking sorry for themselves at the mo.
I’m beginning to think i planted them out too early; as for my squash/pumpkins - the ones i had to re sow are refusing to show themselves. I keep moving them around to warmer and brighter spots indoors. The only veg that likes this weather is my Peas, they are thriving