Thread: Growing Veg

We planted out our seed bed at the weekend, along with the onions and challots and tates.

We went down the veg route and it was a disaster. Carrots looked like they had been growing in toxic waste. So we gave up on that and turned the allocated ground into a chicken run. We have had much more success with the eggs.

We have three of them and get 3 eggs a day like clock work. Now my wife takes the excess eggs into work once a week and sells them cheep . We save the cash up over a couple of months and this pays for their feed.

And the kids love them too.

I got my maris piper in a couple of weeks ago, just deciding when to start with the dwarf french beans atm, hoping they grow better than last years spring onions though as I only got a couple before they went bad.

ChrisB.

Seems like a good time for an update. Hows everyone doing?

The chickens got out and took the tops off all of the onions grown from sets so I'm left with the ones from seed which don't look like they're going to come to much.

Everything else great, spinach, new pots, salad leaves being harvested regularly now. Leeks, kale, cabbage, broad beans, runners, french, carrots, parsnip all coming on a treat.

Carrots and Beetroot appear to be growing well.

The container I covered earlier on is doing better then the none covered one. Both are now uncovered.

Not grown any veg but I have just layed new turf, railway sleepers and indian sandstone patio... LOTS Of effort but very rewarding indeed!

Dug a small bag of spuds this morning for tonight's dinner. Had some quite small broad beans the other week as the wife picked them earlier than they should have been picked.

So far lots of green on the allotment but not a lot of edibles (yet), fruit is starting to ripen so fingers crossed. The chickens come later in the year after the holidays are out of the way

... So tescos it is then.....

slugs are ****s

that is all

But entertaining with salt

asda value larger is more entertaining.. you look like scum when you buy it but those slugs sure love it!

Bah, don't give me that.. .its for you really

When I lived up in Bradford, I would often purchase Morrisons own branded beer - not the really cheap 40p per can stuff, it was about £1.20 per can and it was lurvly! Shame there is no Morrisons around here yet, although one is apparently coming soon!

Have you tried drinking the Asda stuff? (I was a student at somepoint and its not even drinkable) It tastes like XXXX

I guess up in Leeds you guys the Hooobo favourite.... Special Brew?