Thanks for the reply good luck with them and be good to know how they grow, hopefully a few feeds for you.
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Lots of folks onions are bolting around here.
Daughter just messaged to say she has an unanticipated crop of allium flowers and looks forward to harvesting the seeds which she reports are tasty.
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If I harvest my early nettle crop, how long can I keep it stacked outdoors while I find out how to make cordage (about which I know nothing). I could easily leave it standing but will it deteriorate (for making said cordage)
Daughter just messaged to say she has an unanticipated crop of allium flowers and looks forward to harvesting the seeds which she reports are tasty.
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If I harvest my early nettle crop, how long can I keep it stacked outdoors while I find out how to make cordage (about which I know nothing). I could easily leave it standing but will it deteriorate (for making said cordage)
I've grown them several years ago with some success. I tried four varieties and, IIRC, T65 did the best as it was a variety bread for our cooler climate. I also recall that you get bigger tubers if you grow the plant up something, if left to trail it will root and may not produce large tubers.
Gently bash them and extract the fibres ASAP, then you can leave them to dry, neatly coiled and hung somewhere untill you are ready to start learning how to make cordage.
All you have to do then is give them a quick wetting to work with them.
Once you get it, it's easy.
Finally got my garlic lifted and I'm happy with that. Aside from a bit of weeding it's virtually maintenance/trouble free.
That’s the amount of garlic I actually use when the recipe calls for one clove.
Our garlic is in, but today we’ve had a harvest from the greenhouse:
The red and chocolate brown chillies are medium hot and very versatile, but those little yellow ones are lemony/fruity and are seriously hot! You only need one chopped up in a saucepan of chilli con carne or sausage stew etc. We have several varieties of tomatoes, and though a lot of them are done now, we grew some from the seeds contained in Napolina tinned Italian tomatoes. Those plants have grown and fruited rather late, even in the greenhouse, but the flavour is amazing.
The red and chocolate brown chillies are medium hot and very versatile, but those little yellow ones are lemony/fruity and are seriously hot! You only need one chopped up in a saucepan of chilli con carne or sausage stew etc. We have several varieties of tomatoes, and though a lot of them are done now, we grew some from the seeds contained in Napolina tinned Italian tomatoes. Those plants have grown and fruited rather late, even in the greenhouse, but the flavour is amazing.
It's been rather a short growing season here, late cold spring and it seems an early autumn. Anyway still managed to get some decent crops. Tonights dinner below - our last aubergine along with tomatoes, shiitake, shallots, garlic, chilli, carrot, leek, french and runner beans. All ended up in a nice stir fry.
Whats your set up for growing the Shitake? Logs planted upright ? Would like to grow more Fungi.
The logs are just leaning against a wall at the moment. I've not done anything special with them but they should be kept damp and out of full sun. I put a photo of a fruiting log in your old thread and that log is currently in the kitchen and the shrooms are being cut off as required. https://bushcraftuk.com/community/threads/fungi-dowel-colonization.155097/#post-2075335
Been busy sowing and planting out today. I'm way behind, but things will soon catch up.
Broad beans, chard , leeks, are all in the ground, and seem to be happily growing on.
I'm going for more flowers this year, and have bought some bee and butterfly friendly flowers for the fairy garden under the rose.
Calendula and nasturtium in the front garden, along with a mixed seed packet with cornflowers, poppies etc.
Hanging basket of nasturtium for the back fence.
As for veg, peas, beans and parsnip, beets, globe artichoke, (a new one for me this year) Jerusalem artichoke, (also new)sunflowers, sweetcorn, courgettes, hanging basket tomatoes. Much more to go.
Saw my first honey bee today, supping on the dandelions and damson flowers.
Oh, and another new fruit, i bought a rather sad looking honey berry last year. Its recovered very well, so that will be going in too.
I love this time of year. Its so exciting when you pop out to the minni greenhouse in the morning and see those wonderful tiny green shoots just peeking through where there was nothing the day before.
Broad beans, chard , leeks, are all in the ground, and seem to be happily growing on.
I'm going for more flowers this year, and have bought some bee and butterfly friendly flowers for the fairy garden under the rose.
Calendula and nasturtium in the front garden, along with a mixed seed packet with cornflowers, poppies etc.
Hanging basket of nasturtium for the back fence.
As for veg, peas, beans and parsnip, beets, globe artichoke, (a new one for me this year) Jerusalem artichoke, (also new)sunflowers, sweetcorn, courgettes, hanging basket tomatoes. Much more to go.
Saw my first honey bee today, supping on the dandelions and damson flowers.
Oh, and another new fruit, i bought a rather sad looking honey berry last year. Its recovered very well, so that will be going in too.
I love this time of year. Its so exciting when you pop out to the minni greenhouse in the morning and see those wonderful tiny green shoots just peeking through where there was nothing the day before.
I managed to plant our 1st early spuds during the week, potted up some onion sets and sowed my toms etc.
This time of year I'm glad I planted a patch of wild garlic in our woodland several years back as it's a good size now and provides an almost and endless supply of leaves and buds. We've also got a good crop of nettles which I'm considering watering as it's been so dry!
Another success from last year is a perennial kale from Real Seeds, Sutherland Kale, which has produced some very edible leaves and some splendid broccoli type flower buds in the last week. Hopefully plenty more to come.
This time of year I'm glad I planted a patch of wild garlic in our woodland several years back as it's a good size now and provides an almost and endless supply of leaves and buds. We've also got a good crop of nettles which I'm considering watering as it's been so dry!
Another success from last year is a perennial kale from Real Seeds, Sutherland Kale, which has produced some very edible leaves and some splendid broccoli type flower buds in the last week. Hopefully plenty more to come.
This year after a very long wait I have Rocoto chilly seeds from Ecuador and they are so far coming out well the plant is just above 1" I really hope it come out I hold back some seeds just in case (from the internet) So why did I choose Rocoto Chillies? The answer lies in the weather in the UK. This year I have problems with ripening, I have lots of Chillies, but many haven’t yet ripened. The season seems to be running out of time. It has become a race against time before the fist frost When I learned that Rocoto Chillies have a tolerance for the cold, I was immediately interested
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Whilst I wouldn't disagree with the gist of that I doubt many people who don't grow anything will notice such messaging. I think encouraging the benefits of growing your own is better.
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And on that note, I noticed there's more long period fruiting strawberry varieties out these days, aimed at producing a display of flowers and fruits for containers. I've picked up 7 different varieties and put them in a large pot each to see how they perform and taste. They could be ideal for those with little space.
I finally started some seeds off at the weekend. It's a tad late, but experience tells me that mostly they catch up..... A mix of tomatoes, cucumber, squash, peppers, French beans. Stuck them in the propagator on a warm windowsill and see what comes up.
Been busy with the move so the garden took a bit of a back seat unfortunately, but starting to get on top of things a little more now.
If the toms and cucs germinate, it will push me to get the fruit trees planted out from where they have been overwintering in buckets in the greenhouse.
(The fruit trees are in buckets because I lifted them in the autumn- they were not happy where I put them. Having broken the cardinal rule of living with a garden before deciding what to plant, I had managed to put them into a spot which mostly is a bog, only dries out late in a dry summer. After 2 summers where they sulked and failed to thrive, I lifted them, popped them into buckets of compost and have planted biomass willows in the boggy area instead. They lifted really easily- hadn't established at all- and even in the buckets they look much happier than where they were! I have another spot prepared for them..... ).
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Been busy with the move so the garden took a bit of a back seat unfortunately, but starting to get on top of things a little more now.
If the toms and cucs germinate, it will push me to get the fruit trees planted out from where they have been overwintering in buckets in the greenhouse.
(The fruit trees are in buckets because I lifted them in the autumn- they were not happy where I put them. Having broken the cardinal rule of living with a garden before deciding what to plant, I had managed to put them into a spot which mostly is a bog, only dries out late in a dry summer. After 2 summers where they sulked and failed to thrive, I lifted them, popped them into buckets of compost and have planted biomass willows in the boggy area instead. They lifted really easily- hadn't established at all- and even in the buckets they look much happier than where they were! I have another spot prepared for them..... ).
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