Wednesday, 20 July 2011

Ongoing Update

Broad Beans almost done - had 3 weeks of pretty solid performance. Have cut most of the plants back, reputedly they may sprout again and give a late extra crop

Peas - turned out to be doing ok. Early peas didn't do too well, but were probably nicer, main crop peas ended up being very vigorous, bigger peas, and a little starchy versus the younger ones. Still going

French Beans - Just beginning the yellow ones, a few cobras (i think), yin yangs forming, climbing beans a bit slower. Have been having more success with sowing at home and planting out when pretty small than direct sowings.

Arran Pilots - dug and eaten - we harvested on the early side starting at the end of june, they were super tasty but surprisingly big and few in number vs. small and lots.

Garlic - picked, about 4-6 really good ones, and then a decent number of pretty small ones.

Squash - plants are small, but looks like squashes are forming well. Looks like that's about right for this time of year. Leeks doing ok, Parsnips ditto, Amaranth went out, still small, Chard might have bolted (some of it), Kale looks ok, ate some PSB, but not much, sowed some more spinach under the garlic, Borlottos look like they're dwarf not climbing, sweetcorn doing pretty well, picked a few courgettes.

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