juvenal Posted May 27, 2014 Share Posted May 27, 2014 Eating overwintered broad beans now. First crop of the year.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StuG III Posted May 28, 2014 Share Posted May 28, 2014 First strawberries! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SarahBell Posted May 28, 2014 Share Posted May 28, 2014 Saw first broad bean pods yesterday, very small still. Strawberries still green. tomatoes flowering but need to be planted outside! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
juvenal Posted May 28, 2014 Share Posted May 28, 2014 Saw first broad bean pods yesterday, very small still. Strawberries still green. tomatoes flowering but need to be planted outside! Get 'em out! I've got fifteen out on the allotment (SW coast) and if left potted, the growth slows and they get pot bound. I can't see any damage from the cold now June is just days away. You sound as if you are in the North..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
council dweller Posted May 28, 2014 Share Posted May 28, 2014 June?? June doesn`t start til` November up north. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
juvenal Posted May 28, 2014 Share Posted May 28, 2014 June?? June doesn`t start til` November up north. No wonder there's so many dead adders... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SarahBell Posted May 28, 2014 Share Posted May 28, 2014 Get 'em out! I've got fifteen out on the allotment (SW coast) and if left potted, the growth slows and they get pot bound. I can't see any damage from the cold now June is just days away. You sound as if you are in the North..... Just not had time this week! Aye, Oldham is oop north. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LC1 Posted June 9, 2014 Share Posted June 9, 2014 Has anyone thought of doing a DIY fish farm. There's some interesting vids on Youtube....also mixed in with growing veg/salads and aquaponics. No, but I am now! Are there big buck to be made, or is it just for providing tasty fresh fish for supper? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patfig Posted June 9, 2014 Share Posted June 9, 2014 No, but I am now! Are there big buck to be made, or is it just for providing tasty fresh fish for supper? You should set up as a sole trader Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LC1 Posted June 9, 2014 Share Posted June 9, 2014 You should set up as a sole trader Really, fish puns again so soon?! http://www.housepricecrash.co.uk/forum/index.php?showtopic=198400&page=3#entry1102518923 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LC1 Posted June 9, 2014 Share Posted June 9, 2014 Explanation of 'aquaponics': Fascinating. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patfig Posted June 9, 2014 Share Posted June 9, 2014 Really, fish puns again so soon?! http://www.housepricecrash.co.uk/forum/index.php?showtopic=198400&page=3#entry1102518923 it is a red herring Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
juvenal Posted June 9, 2014 Share Posted June 9, 2014 it is a red herring That's put him in his plaice... I recall years back reading of a Chinese practice of rearing edible fish on ponds which also supported an edible weed on their surface. Every few years the ponds were drained, and the bottom mud was collected and sold as a premium fertiliser. Thern a new crop of fish, and so on. Three crops from one pond. If you can find it, Farmers For Forty Centuries: F.H. King (Cape 1926) is a fascinating read about 4000 years of Chinese horticulture. Some areas in rural China have been under cultivation without a break for four millennia. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patfig Posted June 9, 2014 Share Posted June 9, 2014 That's put him in his plaice... Oh my cod this is going to kick off and spoil the thread Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
onlyme2 Posted June 9, 2014 Share Posted June 9, 2014 I'm not going to rise for the bait. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
juvenal Posted June 9, 2014 Share Posted June 9, 2014 I'm not going to rise for the bait. I am! I'm hooked on this thread... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patfig Posted June 9, 2014 Share Posted June 9, 2014 I am going to scale back my replies Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
juvenal Posted June 9, 2014 Share Posted June 9, 2014 I am going to scale back my replies Good news. I'm getting fed up to the gills with this.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nuggets Mahoney Posted June 10, 2014 Share Posted June 10, 2014 I saw signs of blight on my and other folks' plots this evening. Now would be a good time to get the Bordeaux mixture out, if it hasn't been applied already. Last year was an outstanding year to have a lottie. What with the mild winter and spring we've just had I think this year is going to be, um, tricky. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
juvenal Posted June 10, 2014 Share Posted June 10, 2014 Due to the mild winter all my Senshyu overwintered Japanese onions have bolted. Upside of mildness is a very heavy crop from overwintered Aquadulce broad beans. Should have beetroot in a week or so. Robins are nesting in my garden, which is nice to see.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nuggets Mahoney Posted June 10, 2014 Share Posted June 10, 2014 Due to the mild winter all my Senshyu overwintered Japanese onions have bolted. Upside of mildness is a very heavy crop from overwintered Aquadulce broad beans. Should have beetroot in a week or so. Robins are nesting in my garden, which is nice to see.. Likewise. All overwintered onions bolted. Broad beans (aquadulce) excellent. Turnip 'bulbs' good, turnip greens muntered by snails. Spring planted onions, gnarled and nasty, nematodes? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeepLurker Posted June 10, 2014 Share Posted June 10, 2014 Likewise. All overwintered onions bolted. Broad beans (aquadulce) excellent. Turnip 'bulbs' good, turnip greens muntered by snails. Spring planted onions, gnarled and nasty, nematodes? This year I've planted spinach for the first time, first crop is ready (and tasty!) but I noticed that it's bolting already. Not sure if it's because of the mild weather, or is spinach prone to bolting? I'm in the beautiful south BTW. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nuggets Mahoney Posted June 10, 2014 Share Posted June 10, 2014 This year I've planted spinach for the first time, first crop is ready (and tasty!) but I noticed that it's bolting already. Not sure if it's because of the mild weather, or is spinach prone to bolting? I'm in the beautiful south BTW. In my experience, spinach tends to bolt if you look at it. I grow perpetual spinach aka spinach beet aka chard aka silverbeet instead. Once established you can take leaves from it for months, and through winter. As mentioned earlier in this thread, fat hen grows unattended all over the shop, is also comparable with spinach and worth knowing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nuggets Mahoney Posted June 10, 2014 Share Posted June 10, 2014 ...fwiw I cooked up some chard along with some bolted kai-lan that Ken (he's Chinese I don't think that's his real name) on the lottie gave me last week and rather tasting a bit like spinach it tasted exactly like spinach edit: ...and much less unusual in the taste department than those chrysanthemum leaves he palmed off on me last year, swearing blind that they were edible Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeepLurker Posted June 10, 2014 Share Posted June 10, 2014 In my experience, spinach tends to bolt if you look at it. I grow perpetual spinach aka spinach beet aka chard aka silverbeet instead. Once established you can take leaves from it for months, and through winter. As mentioned earlier in this thread, fat hen grows unattended all over the shop, is also comparable with spinach and worth knowing. noted! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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