Thursday 2 July 2015

What I have been growing in the garden

A couple of weeks ago I shared with you what had sprung up in my garden without any help on my part. Obviously this made me look like a completely lazy oaf but I have been busy in the garden and we have already eaten some of the produce.
It's definitely strawberry season here. Being from south west London I'm a massive tennis fan and so the delight of Wimbledon on the television and being able to pick our own strawberries is huge. Master JibberJabber gets very excited after eating his dinner as clean plate means he can go on an evening 'strawberry hunt'.
Last July I posted a photograph of a pair of what I thought was unripened redcurrants. I bought a pair of currant plants at the local supermarket and only one of them produced any fruit. Rosie did comment to say she thought it had been incorrectly labelled and that it was in fact a white currant plant. Well, I think I can safely say that it is a white currant plant as this is what the currant plant next to it looks like...
Although these currants look delicious I haven't got many of them so there's nothing I can really make with them so I guess they're going to have to be thrown into a bowl of strawberries.
Into the greenhouse and the thermometer I bought earlier in the year has been earning its 99p price tag.
I decided at the beginning of the year that I was going to grow everything from seed and so far my plan has worked. So in no particular order we have courgettes, tomatoes, radishes, dwarf beans, cauliflowers, basil and parsley. |The cauliflowers are being grown so they can be sent to my daughter's school gardening club in September. The pressure to succeed is immense! Not featured is the coriander, rocket and garlic. I went a little overboard with the herb seed sowing but I certainly can't get enough basil at any time of year. I'm fully aware I need to pot some things on but it seems I've been too busy writing blog posts...


Mammasaurus

9 comments:

  1. We've had loads of strawberries too this year - which is a real treat. Looks like you've been busy and it's so satisfying growing stuff from seed, although like you I can be a little over eager with how many seeds I use!! :) #hdygg

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  2. i'm envious of all the strawberries. and those red currants make delicious jam

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  3. I gave up growing strawberries, as we're so near Cheddar and they do it so much better than me. Everything else, I like to grow from seed too. I have seedlings that need potting on, although I probably should call them plants. Too big for seedlings now. #hdygg

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  4. Good job on growing everything from seed, it's really rewarding isn't it. Beautiful strawberries - even though we've been harvesting them every couple of days for two weeks I'm not even close to bored of them. One of my most satisfying things to eat from the garden in my opinion :) All your fruit is looking fantastic.

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  5. Looks like a fab crop you're producing. I really need to put some netting over our strawberries as the local wildlife is eating it before we have a chance to pick it!

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  6. Your crops are looking great. I too seem to be forever behind with the potting-on, I look away for a few days and everything has doubled in size. I can only imagine the pressure of growing for the school gardening club, you're a brave woman ;)

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  7. Thanks for the mention and I'm glad I was right about your whitecurrants. I picked mine yesterday which was not a huge crop this year - just enough to throw into a traybake cake.

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  8. My redcurrant took a few years to get going and now it is full of fruit, well worth it. I've bought a couple of tiny ones this year that are basically sticks but hopefully in time they will be great. Well done on all those from seed, I fail with herbs from seed every time.

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  9. the strawberries look very inviting, sadly I've been unable to grow them in dubai as it's hotter at night than in your green house....lol

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