Broccoli
Broccoli head, unfortunately it's already going to flower. It's also been savaged by the pigeons in places.
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Please can someone save me from my incompetence?
Started this discussion. Last reply by Natasha May 10, 2011. 11 Replies 0 Likes
So, I'm rather new to veggie growing, and gardening in general, having taken over an allotment last August. Not really thinking things through, I sowed some seeds directly into the ground in my…Continue
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My Gardening Bookshelf
- The A to Z of Companion Planting, Jayne Neville
- Grow your own Vegetables, Joy Larkcom
- Creative Vegetable Gardening, Joy Larkcom
- How to Store Your Garden Produce, Piers Warren
- Grow Your Own Veg, Carol Klein
- Grow Your Own Fruit, Carol Klein
- Four Season Harvest, Eliot Coleman
- New Organic Gardener, Eliot Coleman
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Zoe commented on Natasha's blog post Small Surprises!"I was wondering about borage just yesterday, when I planted the borage seedlings into their new home. I just couldn't remember if they were perennial or not, but if they self seed easily that's just as good. With all the new…"
elaine rickett commented on Natasha's blog post Small Surprises!"I have been pulling up borage seedlings over the last few days - it seeds prolifically believe me, once you've got it you never get rid of it."
Una Bee commented on Natasha's blog post Small Surprises!"Mystery plants, how lovely. I was weeding yesterday and found a tomato plant growing between the asparagus rows. I had a hanging basket full of toms by the raised bed last year so the wind must have blown a tomato on the bed. I'm…"
Colin Robinson commented on Natasha's blog post Small Surprises!"The great thing about self-seeded plants is that you never know what they'll grow into. You could even have an important new variety!
I love surprises which is why I keep parts of the garden quite wild and subject to all sorts of self seeded…"
Natasha posted a blog postSmall Surprises!
So after scratching my head, and pondering the advice everyone gave me on the photos I posted, I had a jolly good clear out in the greenhouse after work today, and pulled up everything in the 'I think it's a weed' category. Once all the giants had gone, I had a few (pleasant) surprises... here's what I found:11 tomato plants - amazing, since they appear to have seeded themselves from last year's crop1 tiny seedling which look to be from the pepper family. Whether it's one of the chillies I…See More
Natasha replied to Natasha's discussion Please can someone save me from my incompetence?"Interesting, everyone seems to agree that the first is a brassica - no idea where it came from! And it looks like I have a lot of tomatoes, despite my intention not to do anything year (don't actually like them - but at least I can make…"
Zoe replied to Natasha's discussion Please can someone save me from my incompetence?"Hello. All I know is that the first picture is a brassica of some type, with a healthy tomato seeding just underneath.
I think you may have trouble sowing Aubergine, Chilli & peppers straight into the ground, as they like a good…"
Emma Price replied to Natasha's discussion Please can someone save me from my incompetence?"1 looks like a sprouting broccoli seedling, surrounded by tomato seedlings. 2 looks like a weed to me 3, a tomato and 4 looks like some sort of mint. I love finding seedlings, especially sunflowers and poppies that pop up over my…"
Natasha replied to Natasha's discussion Please can someone save me from my incompetence?"He he, I should find a prize!
1. hmm, I was also thinking it looked a bit liked the broccoli plants I have, but I don't recall sowing any, and I don't think I planted out any more seedling... odd.
2. pity... there's quite a few…"
Natasha replied to Natasha's discussion Please can someone save me from my incompetence?"I wouldn't even be surprised if you were right - it's an easy word to mistype :)
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Sarah Rideout replied to Natasha's discussion Please can someone save me from my incompetence?"By the way I've been at a home for the elderly this afternoon and at first glance thought your post said incontinence!"
Sarah Rideout replied to Natasha's discussion Please can someone save me from my incompetence?"Hi, will have a go - is there a prize?!
1. a brassica with tomato seedlings underneath
2. think a wildflower/weed
3. tomato
4. amaranth? We had a millet type plant which self seeded lat year that looked like this.
if in doubt and it…"
Natasha replied to Natasha's discussion Please can someone save me from my incompetence?"Interesting, I decided that number 3 looked tomato like too, based on the seedlings I saw at the allotment shop last week. Kind of neat if we're right, they took care of themselves!
Not sure sure 4 is, but I'm pretty sure it…"
Natasha replied to Natasha's discussion Please can someone save me from my incompetence?"Well, in some ways yes! So long as I only knew what might be weed and what might not be! These are simply the ones I've decided are most likely not weed... but I'm rather uncertain :)
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SteffLovesSeeds replied to Natasha's discussion Please can someone save me from my incompetence?"2nd thoughts...I'd say the 3rd one down is a tomato - and the 4th, mint?!
Does it smell of mint when rubbing leaves...?
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Small Surprises!
Posted on May 11, 2011 at 21:57 4 Comments 0 Likes
So after scratching my head, and pondering the advice everyone gave me on the photos I posted, I had a jolly good clear out in the greenhouse after work today, and pulled up everything in the 'I think it's a weed' category. Once all the giants had gone, I had a few (pleasant) surprises... here's what I found:
- 11 tomato plants - amazing, since they appear to have seeded themselves from last year's crop
- 1 tiny seedling which look to be from the pepper family. Whether…
Ready to start bringing those veggies home!
Posted on January 1, 2011 at 17:36 3 Comments 0 Likes
Of course, there's a long while to go before I'll have any harvest ready to bring home from the allotment. But when it comes, I'll be ready.
I've had this little project in mind for a month or two now - a vegetable transportation box for the back of my bike. Nothing fancy, but its equipped with a couple runners on the bottom to hold it in place. Now I just need to give it a coat of varnish to protect it against the elements, and maybe fashion a lid to stop the veggies jumping out…
Continue A tale of four leeks
Posted on December 22, 2010 at 20:23 4 Comments 0 Likes
or "what happens when Flopsy, Mopsy and Cottontail pay a visit".
I've been an allotment holder since August this year... not the best time to start anything, although in retrospect I could perhaps have done a little more.
Unlike the UK, the allotments in The Netherlands tend to be used for a wider variety of purposes. In an area where land is at a premium, and many people don't have gardens, quite a few people just have an allotment so they…
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