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Good evening, as I have been missing for a time I thought that I would start a thread in which I could post some of my actions over the past few months, which will also act as a reminder for me when, come next year I will be scratching my head trying to remember what I had done, I know there may be other threads where I could record my actions, but as it hasn't been solely veg or flowers or even working the soil but still garden related I have started this one
At the start of shutdown toward the end of March the weather was exceptionally good and that is when I made my first mistake, as though nearly everything was growing well, not being used to a long spell of good weather I did not water any of the garden, generally this is something I don't need to do, so this I think contributed to poorer results from the likes of my onions and carrot, I was growing some onions from seed and this was the first I had done this for a long time, (it must be about fifty odd years since I last sowed onion seeds) I had planted them close together as I don't really need big onions, the plants were growing well but towards the end of June the seed sown onions started to go to seed, this I think was caused by high temperatures and not watering regularly I have also came across an artical where it was recommended to remove the flower stalk as due to pheromones being released it can cause the other plants to run to seed, so something to remember the next time, I had also planted some onion sets and they were doing well and things were fine up until the middle of July when there was high winds and torrential rain which battered the onions flat, I wonder if they had been watered regularly would they have stood up to the weather conditions a bit better, but even though I had to harvest early I have a reasonable crop, I had also tried broadcast sowing of some carrot seed, and the results of that were very poor, again the harvest might have been better if they had been watered on a regular basis, as when I was lifting my potatoes I sowed some carrot in rows and again though I didn't water due to being back to haveing rain on a regular basis I am having a good crop, other crops have been good potatoes, cabbage, kale, lettuce, radish, and tomatoes which I am still harvesting, I have never had them lasting as long, though my courgettes were terrible as they were very bitter the same with my cucumbers though they came better with regular watering and keeping them a bit cooler, I have two different varieties of leeks and they are doing very well, I also had good success with my peas and beans including broad beans which even though I was late in sowing I got a good crop, I intend sowing some peas in the greenhouse and use them for pea shoots, once I get the tomatoes out, I also have some oka growing which to be honest I haven't a clue how you prepair for cooking, but I will let OH taste them and if she's OK I will try them. That sort of covers my veg growing this year and with that I will post this, with my next post I will try to cover my flower gardening
At the start of shutdown toward the end of March the weather was exceptionally good and that is when I made my first mistake, as though nearly everything was growing well, not being used to a long spell of good weather I did not water any of the garden, generally this is something I don't need to do, so this I think contributed to poorer results from the likes of my onions and carrot, I was growing some onions from seed and this was the first I had done this for a long time, (it must be about fifty odd years since I last sowed onion seeds) I had planted them close together as I don't really need big onions, the plants were growing well but towards the end of June the seed sown onions started to go to seed, this I think was caused by high temperatures and not watering regularly I have also came across an artical where it was recommended to remove the flower stalk as due to pheromones being released it can cause the other plants to run to seed, so something to remember the next time, I had also planted some onion sets and they were doing well and things were fine up until the middle of July when there was high winds and torrential rain which battered the onions flat, I wonder if they had been watered regularly would they have stood up to the weather conditions a bit better, but even though I had to harvest early I have a reasonable crop, I had also tried broadcast sowing of some carrot seed, and the results of that were very poor, again the harvest might have been better if they had been watered on a regular basis, as when I was lifting my potatoes I sowed some carrot in rows and again though I didn't water due to being back to haveing rain on a regular basis I am having a good crop, other crops have been good potatoes, cabbage, kale, lettuce, radish, and tomatoes which I am still harvesting, I have never had them lasting as long, though my courgettes were terrible as they were very bitter the same with my cucumbers though they came better with regular watering and keeping them a bit cooler, I have two different varieties of leeks and they are doing very well, I also had good success with my peas and beans including broad beans which even though I was late in sowing I got a good crop, I intend sowing some peas in the greenhouse and use them for pea shoots, once I get the tomatoes out, I also have some oka growing which to be honest I haven't a clue how you prepair for cooking, but I will let OH taste them and if she's OK I will try them. That sort of covers my veg growing this year and with that I will post this, with my next post I will try to cover my flower gardening
in fact to be truthful I can't see her watering the garden atall
due to the lockdown we have spent more time sitting in the conservatory and though the lilies were colourful there was a problem starting, but first OH decided she would like to see some roses when she is sitting looking out, so after removing two twisted hazels there are now two beds which will contain skin tearing thorn sticking roses, guess who isn't keen on roses
and while doing all the work the problem I mentioned manifested it's self, last year my display of crocosmia "lucifer" was very good,this year it completely swamped the garden, so rather than be faced with this problem again, as I have to consider that due to my garden tools getting older they might no be up to the work load I decided to remove them, I am have now been busy removing camilias and other bushes from the flower garden, so that now the only non flower I will have it that part of the garden will be a baloba and a rowan tree as I aim to reduce the need for any heavy work in the future. That brings me up to date with flower garden, the next bit will be the what you might call structural changes to the garden
my dear boy or young man would have been fine
though to be serious I don't know what I would have done without him, so I finaly got my hut finished and all the electrics in, so that left a couple of bags of chips to be shifted OH was complaining of them sitting at the front of the house so I got another grandson to come down and help, I shovelled and he barrowed till we emptied them, they are now stacked up the back till I get the front of the hut sorted, I am in the process of making a new raised bed, which I hope to have finished by the end of next week if it stops raining.
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