Another brilliant video, thank you for all the advice. What variety of leeks are you planting after harvesting your potatoes & when did you sow them? All the best, Clare
Good tip about removing the flowers from the potatoes,I got that tip from Tony O’Neil @ simplify gardening a few years back,it really does help to get bigger tubers,and of coarse keep them well watered too,I think I will be planting garlic in my greenhouse next year as rust is a problem outside in the ground,great video as always,looking forward to Thursday 👍
I appreciate your support and sharing your knowledge! It's amazing how simple gardening tips can make a big difference. Looking forward to sharing more gardening insights with you!
Barry, I had always thought that blossom end rot is due to a lack of calcium, not iron ? Great video. I try to remember to sow my salad leaves once every month, to keep things ticking over. I have just sown radish. spring onions, american land cress and lettuce. The beauty of rowing our owbn veg is that we can harvest them in a state we love to eat them. I always pick my broad beans small as I prfer them small and sweet and not the larger white beans as they are when left to grow big. Same as turnips and beetroot. Love the small baby ones. Picked my first crop of mage tout today- not many reached the kitchen- oops! I have spring cabbage coming out of my ears and only just finished picking my last harvest of purple sprouting. My garlic is getting rust so won't be long till I harvest that. I freeze mine rather than storing dried, that way the cloves stay plump and tasty. I have raspberry suckers growing in my flower border, which is a fair way from the raspberries! Really annoying. A great year for blackberries, the canes are smothered in blossom.I love them. This week I have planted out my celery and celeriac. My runner beans are half way up their canes and I have peppers and melons growing in the greenhouse- 5 baby cucumbers and 3 melons. Picking strawberries daily. Another sowing of carrots made and still only a few germinated. Don't know if it's the seed or me. I am so disappointed. I will buy some new seed, although what I've sown was new seed this season. Last try! Thank you for a great vdeo. Enjoy your bbq. Happy gardening to you both 🙂
Hi Belinda, you are quite right, it is calcium and not iron. Slip of the tongue there and thank you for pointing out! It is really disappointing when you buy seed and it doesn't germinate, we had that with salad onions last season. Your support means a lot, thank you for watching the video and sharing your experiences!
Another brilliant, informative video. But I could do with some advice on thinning my onions. On your suggestion, I've tried to thin my multi sown to 4ish bulbs, but I find that they are breaking off & leaving the roots in the ground. Will this cause a problem, and have you a method of removing them cleanly? Many thanks.
Thank you for your kind words and for trying out the suggestions from the video. I'm grateful for your support! twisting the onion you want to thin rather than pulling helps, I try to hold the others in place while twisting the the one I want out! To be honest I used to have the same problem, it does take some practice. I have an onion growing video coming out later in the year and will include thinning in it!
Your garden looks great! Hope you enjoyed your vacation. I'm picking strawberries but have a nasty infestation of pill bugs this year and they love to eat strawberries. I just treated with some pest bait so hopefully that will help. I have to net my blueberries now as they are beginning to turn.
Thanks Frank, it was a great break for us and batteries recharged! In the UK it is known as the Pill Woodlouse. I hope your plan works, great advice because we are about 2 to 3 weeks behind you with Blueberries ripening!
Can I ask, I've grown Charlotte potatoes, the leaves are starting to go yellow, does that mean there nearly ready I can't remember when I planted them the label disappeared. Garden looking great everything growing nicely. Just need more sun now
Thank you for sharing your update! It's great to hear that your garden is thriving. The yellowing leaves could indicate that your Charlotte potatoes are nearing harvest time. Have you seen flowers before now? Pull some soil away and have a feel for any tubers. Charlotte is a second early and is usually ready after 16 weeks of growth. Enjoy the process of growing your own produce!
I harvested the first of my early spuds today Pentland Javelin they look good, were in a jute bags. I put carrot seed in the same compost. Loads of weeding to do and something has eaten my peas. We had a few mange tout and Broad beans but they are a little while away from their tastiest. I harvested lettuces, spring onion radish and chard this week Have you ever sown / planted sweet potatoes? I’m thinking of putting some slips in a raised bed!
Your harvest sounds amazing! It's so rewarding to see your hard work pay off. Yes we have grown sweet potatoes, but they need warmth. We grew ours in tubs so they could be kept warm. Haven't really had a harvest like the ones you can buy, but give it a go they taste amazing!
@@nodignorfolkgardener4575 maybe I will grow them in my poly tunnel ( there’s not much room) or a metal raised bed in full sun and out of the wind Thanks Pete
You’re going to confuse me with what day of the week it is! lol Great video with lots of tips. I’m looking to sow a second batch of leeks, am I too late or is there a variety that I can sow in June?
Thank you for your kind words! I appreciate your support and enthusiasm for gardening. We have been away so that video which was due to go out Sunday needed to move to this week, sorry for the confusion. You can sow later cropping varieties during May and June for harvesting in late winter or next spring. Also fast growing varieties for baby leeks!
@@nodignorfolkgardener4575 doesn’t take much to confuse me! Haha, I have learned so much from your videos, I’m a complete newbie, are there any varieties you’d recommend sowing now? A couple I’ve searched for suggest sowing in March/April .
