Carrots Hoorah

Almost 3 weeks since digging up some carrots to find very little under the surface, I dug a few more up yesterday and this is what I found. The biggest is about 4cm, still too small to eat but its proof that there is growth. Slowbut real growth. I will leave the plot for another 2 weeks before I try again. Hopfully by then there might be carrots big enough to eat.

The beetroot are still really small. Maybe they will be worth another look in 3 to 4 weeks time.

The lettuce is coming on strong. The 3rd section is just starting to appear and the 1st lot is really growing well.

I think the main thing that is going to effect all my planting is the amount of room the vegetables have to grow. Once sown I didnt thin out any of the seedlings and now they are growing each container is starting to look very overcrowded. Hopefully once I pick some veggies that will act as enough thinning out.

Next year I will think more about thinning earlier. As its my first year I didnt think I would have so much success so soon.

Wind stricken tomatoes

The poor tomatoes got battered by the strong wind last night. The containers in the less sheltered area had a bad time of it and this morning it was a real struggled to tie them up better.

I didnt realise how much support they would need and had put canes around the edge of the container to be tied to if needed. What I should have done was place a cane next to each plant when first potting them into the larger pot. With a cnae each and close by the tieing in would be easier and Im sure they would grow taller and better too.

The more exposed pots have been moved to a more sheltered spot now so I hope they feel better.

Sunflower blooms

My first sunflower has bloomed this week. The seeds came from the bird seed I put out. Some either fell or were buried in a pot with mixed plants. I noticed the shots in early spring and replanted them into separate containers to see what would grow. This is the result. 3 sunflowers. Only the other two dont look like they will develop a flower. Not sure why.

No crop yet

I lifted a beetroot and carrot on Wednesday evening to see how large they were. They have been growing for two months so I was starting to get curious.

However both were extremely small. So disappointing. The beetroot was about 2cm and the carrot, well I didn't even see anything carrot like. Just lots of roots.

So the wait continues. Maybe in another months time I will have another look.

By the way, I replanted them both in the hope they will carry on growing. Hopefully I haven't damaged the roots by digging them out.

Salad garden Part2

The second section of the salad garden has been sown, leaving one more section in another two weeks.

The first section is coming along nicely, although a few slug carcasses have appeared thanks to the heavy duty slug pellets. As you can see the trough has been covered by chick wire. This is the stop the cats using it as a poo place, like they did with the beetroot (middle trough).

The largere beetroot are probably ready for harvest now. I will have a look later today.

The furthest trough contains carrots. Again I will dig one up today to see how well it has grown.

The mystery of what is hidden beneath the soil is about the be revealed.

First garden photo - May 2007

This post has got out of sync with the others because the blog website had major difficulties earlier and lost what I was editing.

Anyway this is the garden not long after we moved in. As you can see the is not much to talk about but it certainly is a blank canvas.

Third garden photo Jun 2008

The lastest photo of the garden. Unfortunately I have left it too late to capture the magnificent Iris's. As you can see they have started to fade. However the Sweet Peas are coming along nicely and I have Gladioli bulbs just starting to poke through. Cant wait to see what their height and colours will bring to the garden.