Today's Harvest.....

Just a quick trip to the allotment today revealed my first Tomato on one of the green house tomatoes

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I harvested spinach, peas & 1st early potatoes for tonights dinner!!

Brave Decisions & water conservation

Sweetcorn interplanted with butternut squash.

As you can see I have built a "wall" around them to keep the water in the area

These are baby sweetcorn which can be planted in rows, again within a "wall" to conserve water

The canes are ready for the dwarf french beans

and the first lot of beans are put out on the plot

Inside the Greenhouse the 3 lots of 3 varieties of Tomatoes have been potted on

Back outside on the plot - a last minute "gift" of Primo Cabbages - i found a space next to the baby sweetcorn and Junior's plot for them to go in (running out of space)

My brave decision - to plant out the 3 lots of 3 varieties of Tomatoes - The yellow you can see are yellow pots that I have sunk into the ground by each plant to conserve water.

To the left of the picture are my courgettes & marrows - all under cloches and all "walled"

I spend 90% of my time at the allotment, watering my plot and little else these days as we haven't had rain for over 2 months now!

Phew!

Earthing up!

Yes I spent the morning earthing up all 8 rows of my main crop potatoes on plot 121.  As I earthed up, I also weeded as this was a big downfall for me last year - I just left all the weeds in and they pretty much took over, so by the time I came to digging up my little golden globes of loveliness, I had a war with weeds too - so this year I am NOT making that mistake!

Pictures from my Greenhouse and plot 144....

Tomatoes - 3 varieties - Money Maker, Cherry & Roma

Cucino - baby cucumbers

Sweet Peppers & Chilli's

Sweetcorn

Beetroot

Baby Sweetcorn

Leeks in individual toilet rolls (just in case you were wondering)

Courgettes

Salad leaves in an old wooden wine box

Carrots - could these be my first ever crop?

Cos Lettuce

Butternut Squash

Broad Beans (on Junior's plot)

Peas

Cos Lettuce

Parsnips

Spinach

Cauliflowers (forward) Cabbages & Pak Choi to rear

Onions (right) & Broad Beans

Peas

1st Early Potatoes

Onions & Garlic (over wintering)

Spring Onions & Broad Beans

Runner Beans

& finally Strawberries!

Another visit to the greenhouse .......

These are Baby Sweetcorns - you know the ones you find in Chinese Stir Fries?  I haven't grown them before so it will be interesting to see what happens.  Not only have they been in the greenhouse, but I was advised by the writing on the seed packet to put a cloche over them, and this is what the result is so far!

Yesterday I found one carrot seed germinating, but today there were mor than a dozen in the hessian sack that I have bought especially for the reason of growing carrots, as I have had no luck with them at all outside!

These are the Sweet Peppers & Chilli's (on the right) and the leeks in toilet rolls on the left

Here are the "normal" sweetcorn - I am not sure whether I should block plant them or put them in a row again?  I did one of each last year and under the block I put in butternut squash which worked well, so I might try that again.

Now compared to yesterday I am really impressed witht he progress of the Butternut Squash plants - amazing how much they grow in one night!