D.C. Posted June 26, 2010 Share Posted June 26, 2010 Quite a lot of HPCers seem to be the growing your own veg and hoarding beans for the apocalypse types, so what are you all growing? I've currently got on the go Sweetcorn Peas Spring onions Onions Carrots Lettuce Spinach Rocket 5 different chillies and erm... Beans Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
juvenal Posted June 26, 2010 Share Posted June 26, 2010 Courgette Carrot Ridge cucumber French/Runner/Dwarf french beans Tomato - Alicante; Gardener's Delight Beetroot Spinach Various herbs Onion Shallot Leek plants Spuds in very large pots and in the open Purple top turnip Only harvested turnips so far.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mikhail Liebenstein Posted June 26, 2010 Share Posted June 26, 2010 Chillis Parsley Basil Corriander Peaches Apples Potatoes Tomatoes 2 Oak Trees Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garybug Posted June 26, 2010 Share Posted June 26, 2010 I grew something 'recreational' a few years ago, and was surprised at the ease & quality. Quite satisfying too to know you can enjoy the fruits of your labours with no shady middlemen / hassle. The courgette's turned out well that year too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grimbert Posted June 26, 2010 Share Posted June 26, 2010 Cooking apples Plums Pears Gooseberries Alpine strawberries Blackberries (unintentionally, but I've not killed it this year) All of these came with the house - we're about to move so will miss them, and in fact won't get to eat many of them this year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D.C. Posted June 26, 2010 Author Share Posted June 26, 2010 I've got a redcurrant bush but the birds have that every year I've also been trying some tomatoes in pots (moneymaker type) but it doesn't see to be getting on very well, I think it might be a bit cool for outside growing up norf. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D.C. Posted June 26, 2010 Author Share Posted June 26, 2010 Peaches Peaches? Is I thought they needed to be quite warm, where about in the country are you growing them? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
juvenal Posted June 26, 2010 Share Posted June 26, 2010 Peaches? Is I thought they needed to be quite warm, where about in the country are you growing them? We used to grow them OK in Surrey. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest happy? Posted June 26, 2010 Share Posted June 26, 2010 We used to grow them OK in Surrey. Broad beans have been really rubbish this year - lost the first over-wintering lot to snow, the second sowing made a half-arsed effort and have given up. Last year's autumn-sown onions survived the snow and are now being eaten by me. I had a strawberry today - I mostly get beaten to them by the tortoise who has a height advantage on me as he can see them hiding under the foliage. The two small cherry trees I planted have been feeding the local blackbird population well this year. At this point the apples look promising but it's early days yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thod Posted June 26, 2010 Share Posted June 26, 2010 Edible stuff in my garden. Rhubarb Gooseberries Redcurrants Blackcurrants Raspberries Strawberries Jerusalem Artichokes Asparagus Butternut Squash Peas Beans Cabbage Cauliflower Broccoli Sprouts Leaks Beetroot Onions Garlic Courgettes Sweetcorn Swede Potatoes Carrots Tomatoes Apples Pears Plums Cherries Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D.C. Posted June 26, 2010 Author Share Posted June 26, 2010 Edible stuff in my garden. Rhubarb Gooseberries Redcurrants Blackcurrants Raspberries Strawberries Jerusalem Artichokes Asparagus Butternut Squash Peas Beans Cabbage Cauliflower Broccoli Sprouts Leaks Beetroot Onions Garlic Courgettes Sweetcorn Swede Potatoes Carrots Tomatoes Apples Pears Plums Cherries Cripes Thod! Do you have staff to keep on top of all that lot?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
okaycuckoo Posted June 26, 2010 Share Posted June 26, 2010 The two small cherry trees I planted have been feeding the local blackbird population well this year. At this point the apples look promising but it's early days yet. Am feeding our resident blackbird couple sultanas - they love the orange ones, three at a time, but can take or leave the brown ones. At this stage the mama comes up quite close and I guess she'd take them from the hand eventually. They have pecked the hell out of the lawn searching for worms. Bit troubled by a lurking magpie, who got divebombed by mama and papa a couple of nights ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ccc Posted June 26, 2010 Share Posted June 26, 2010 Cripes Thod! Do you have staff to keep on top of all that lot?! Maybe they live in Tesco. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ntb Posted June 26, 2010 Share Posted June 26, 2010 Blueberries Raspberries Strawberries Gooseberries Redcurrants Blackcurrants Cranberries Goji berries Kiwi fruit Rhubarb Apples Pears Potatoes - first earlies and maincrop Parsnips Turnips Beetroot Leeks Red and white onions - autumn and spring planted Leeks Peas Garlic Sweetcorn Cabbage Butternut squash Spring onions Carrots Swede Asparagus Various herbs Various salad stuff Tomatoes - plum, beef cherry and regular Chillies - several varieties and heat levels Sweet peppers Cucumber Runner beans Pinto beans Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
White Craw Posted June 26, 2010 Share Posted June 26, 2010 Potato early (Pentland Javelin) Onion sets (Setton, Sturon, Stuttgarter, Red Baron) Pea (Hurst Green Shaft) Lettuce (Mixed Salad Leaves) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Skinty Posted June 26, 2010 Share Posted June 26, 2010 I've got a redcurrant bush but the birds have that every year I've also been trying some tomatoes in pots (moneymaker type) but it doesn't see to be getting on very well, I think it might be a bit cool for outside growing up norf. I've been growing lots of fruits this year for the first time. I have a whitecurrant bush and am wondering if the birds have been eating the fruit off that although I found the label today which said that they crop between July and August. I've recently bought a netted cage to put over all my strawberries and that has stopped them from eating all the fruit. I've also got lots of hybrid berries underneath it (boysenberry, tayberry, loganberry, alpine strawberries etc). I've also bought a goji berry bush that seems to be growing an inch a day, raspberry canes, wineberry, honeyberry. Not all of it has developed yet and the only thing I have eaten are the strawberries but I thought I would get them sooner rather than later. I've also got other stuff on order. Also this year I am trying chillies and peppers for the first time. They started slow but I am getting more hopeful that I will get something from them. The tomatoes in the greenhouse that need to be staked aren't doing as well as the ones in hanging baskets outside which will give me loads of cherry tomatoes. They seem particularly abundant this year. Cherry tomatoes make the best pasta sauce but do take ages to condense down. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeepLurker Posted June 26, 2010 Share Posted June 26, 2010 Blueberries Raspberries Strawberries Gooseberries Redcurrants Blackcurrants Cranberries Goji berries Kiwi fruit Rhubarb Apples Pears Potatoes - first earlies and maincrop Parsnips Turnips Beetroot Leeks Red and white onions - autumn and spring planted Leeks Peas Garlic Sweetcorn Cabbage Butternut squash Spring onions Carrots Swede Asparagus Various herbs Various salad stuff Tomatoes - plum, beef cherry and regular Chillies - several varieties and heat levels Sweet peppers Cucumber Runner beans Pinto beans Respect! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeepLurker Posted June 26, 2010 Share Posted June 26, 2010 Incidentally, I'm growing some Charlotte potatoes (first time for potatoes). When's the best time to pick them? I've been told "when the flowers die down", but I've heard contradictory advice Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Skinty Posted June 26, 2010 Share Posted June 26, 2010 Incidentally, I'm growing some Charlotte potatoes (first time for potatoes). When's the best time to pick them? I've been told "when the flowers die down", but I've heard contradictory advice We unearth our potatoes when all the green has died on top. You can leave them in a bit longer though if you want to develop the skins for baked potatoes. It's great fun with a pot as you turn it upside down and start digging through the lovely soil that can be used for other crops looking for taters Potatoes are great for breaking down freshly composted kitchen waste. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
porca misèria Posted June 26, 2010 Share Posted June 26, 2010 so what are you all growing? My paunch Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
porca misèria Posted June 26, 2010 Share Posted June 26, 2010 I've got a redcurrant bush but the birds have that every year I've also been trying some tomatoes in pots (moneymaker type) but it doesn't see to be getting on very well, I think it might be a bit cool for outside growing up norf. My aunt in Sweden grows some lovely tomatoes. Outdoors, up by the side of her house, no namby-pamby greenhouse crap. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D.C. Posted June 27, 2010 Author Share Posted June 27, 2010 My aunt in Sweden grows some lovely tomatoes. Outdoors, up by the side of her house, no namby-pamby greenhouse crap. Impressed. Do you what variety she uses? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deadman Posted June 27, 2010 Share Posted June 27, 2010 My sideburns are down past my ears since de-mobbing from the RAF. I love 'em. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
porca misèria Posted June 27, 2010 Share Posted June 27, 2010 Impressed. Do you what variety she uses? No idea. Actually, I don't know if she still does, it's so long since I've visited. What's the emoticon for "hangs head in shame"? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
benthebuilder Posted June 27, 2010 Share Posted June 27, 2010 Tomatoes Peppers Courgettes Aubergines Peas Minge-tout Cauliflower Carrots Red onions Purple Sprouting Sprouts Radish Lettuce Rocket Mixed salad leaves Potatoes Shallots Parsnips Raspberries Strawberries Bramley apples herb garden but no idea what most are anymore. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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