Quick evening visit

Quick visit as I was busy yesterday,hope to do a good bit of work over the weekend.Watered tunnel picked some courgettes lots of beans ready for the weekend,cucumber ready to pick also,think I see the first melon on the melon plant so excited as I have never grow one before,everything looks great in the tunnel growing like mad in this weather. First pumpkin appearing also,the red kuri are starting to swell so thats great,mangetout finished outside and need to come down and I have some peas to pop in there.Did'nt get time to lift garlic so will do tomorrow.Picked 80 raspberries they are doing great for there first year.Stawberries ready, this will be the last crop I tkink,will trim leaves and feed,I have kept it to one runner per plant and I'm going to do some vertical growing next year with these :) Runners seem slow I am probably expecting to much from them this early,usually is August,but getting some early has spoilt me.Anyway there there are so many french beans it freezer time.Swwetcorn is growing like mad,I wonder if its the seaweed I put as a mulch on them.All the cabbage I planted are doing well.Will do a lot of feeding this weekend.

Water,water everywhere

Went up to the plot night before last,so a bit late updating,but here goes, tunnel temp not as hot as I thought, got to about 36 degree everything was ok,but lettuce that was planted Saturday was a bit limp.Pick 1lb of beans 2 courgetts from tunnel,next cucumber flying along should have it for the weekend.Picked a mini cucumber not sure if I like they they look like a gerkin.Row of carrots up but forgot to put slug pellets down so hope they are still there when I go up tonight,thats the June row so ging to sow the July row this weekend. Everything got a good water but decided it was to hot to pick much so just some bits and pieces.The strawberries need to be picked,Im going up tonight mainly watering again and Im thinking of taking up the garlic as they have lots of rust on them and are close to my lovely leeks. Jobs for the weekend July carrots sow Spring cabbage sow Pull up dwarf beans in tunnel Weed celeriac and parsnips Plant out peas and over winter cauliflowers Sort out melon it growing like mad.

Another sunny day

All the fennel is up and the beans,got some chilli plants from a friend they are really hot ones so looking forward to see what happens with them.Im going up to the plot tonight as its very warm and the tunnel must be very warm.

Some pickings from plot

This is half the pickings as my father and myself split the harvest.

Sunny Saturday 6th July

It's a beautiful morning and I can't wait to get to the allotment. I'm going to make two visits today and go up tonight to water. I have decided I'm going to weigh all the French beans I get from the tunnel this season and see what the yield is. All the purple French beans are up and the broccoli seedlings are through. The courgette is just starting to show. No sign of the fennel yet.

A visit to water

I popped up last night to water as the next few days are going to be hot.Strawberries look good will pick lots at the weekend.The corn looks happy with the seaweed mulch I think they have grown over night. Pulled some small garlic that where planted late and they will do until main crop comes in.Squashes still slow hope the warm weather gets them moving.Cabbages that I transplanted are doing well. Carrots in raised bed are small finger size so gave them a good wartering.Celeriac looks good golf ball size going to trim lower leaves this weekend.Big crop of mangtout waiting to be picked.Going to pick broccoli and cauliflower for freezer this weekend and make more courgette provencal as it look like 8 courgettes are ready to pick yellow and green. First cucumber should be ready this weekend as well. The beans are growing like mad in tunnel and will have my first big crop this weekend,pulled my first Kohl rabi to make coleslaw last night.Melon is growing and growing but cant make out flowers yet,I will be very happy if I get a melon this year.

Purple french beans

Half of my purple french beans are up this morning,so happy enough,got a brain wave about carrots,i want to plant some more at the allotment but have no room or so I though.I forgot that I will be pulling cauliflowers soon that are under enviromesh tunnel and was going to plant cabbage but im going to put carrots there and cabbage can wait until garlic is out. The year seems to be flying along really only 3 months of growing left thats only 12 week :( I'm thinking of next year already I need to make sure i keep certain areas free for my rotation to work next year. When my cauilflower in raised bed is finished I'm keeping that bed free for over winter onions.I'm planting less garlic for next year and that will free up a big raised bed for something else.

Quick visit :)

Went up to visit plot last night,watered tunnel,pick some courgetts,huge strawberries, cut runners back to one per plant,pulled up last of the broad beans as birds attacking them.Picked 14 raspberries and lots of broccoli. Fed onion,leeks,potatoes and squashes.First sweetpea is nearly out.Im so happy with the turnips this year they are flying along.Brought up seaweed and covered sweetcorn bed and new broccoli bed.Have more to do the runners and another new broccoli bed,im hoping to have lots for the winter. French beans in the tunnel look good lots to pick this weekend.I have sowed the purple ones to bring up to the tunnel and also fennel it did really well last year in the tunnel.I planted courgette pantheon and hope to put it in a container for the tunnel for late harvest.Loads of mangetout ready for the weekend potato Sarpo Mira really starting to move along now after more manure and chicken pellets. Celery outside has got attacked by carrot root fly and is dying,thankfully I put some in the tunnel as well. Its great to get a good harvest each time I visti now.Kohl rabi will be ready this weekend and going to make coleslaw with my own carrots and onions :)

Pictures of Plot

Courgettes for freezer