Lockdown gave me a chance to work on my garden more than usual. CBC made me a raised bed for growing vegetables, at the back of our garden (which I blogged about here).
I was able to water my vegetables morning and evening in the hot weather because I didn't have to head out early to school every day and therefore was able to do better than I did usually.
In the raised bed, I planted:
- San Marzano tomato plants
- Black Russian tomato plants
- Welsh onions
- Runner Beans
- Dwarf Beans
- Climbing Beans
- Yellow Courgettes
- Peas
- Turban Squashes,
- Cucumbers
- Swiss Chard
- Rocket
- Patty Pan squashes
- Miscellaneous Tomato
- Radishes
In addition, outside of the raised bed, I have grown the following plants:
- Raspberries
- Strawberries
- Rhubarb
- Blueberries
- Candycane Peppers
- Tomatoes
- Peas
- Nasturtiums
- Alpine Strawberies
- Cucumelons
- \\Potatoes
- Sweet potatoes
Whilst some haven't been successful as others, I have managed to harvest something from all those plants.
I wish I had shared more of my early harvests on here like I did on Instagram but I thought I'd share a few harvest photos as I was so proud of them
Undoubtedly, my most prolific growers have been the raspberries- hundreds of them and all huge!
Sadly, the tomatoes were late in growing and 2 weeks ago, I had plants teeming full of unripe green tomaotes that would surely ripen but I have been hit by tomato blight after the dry weather followed by wet weather and have lost about 60 large tomatoes if not more... I am gutted to say the least. If only I had picked them 2-3 weeks ago and left to ripen inside. I ended up pulling up most of the plants yesterday.
The runner beans have been late but prolific and considering the plants were freebies from someone round the corner, I am chuffed.
The only successful Turban squash above but it has a big chunk out of the other side.
If you're wondering about the leek- I regrew it from an end of one I bought!
The tomato pictures are making me sad in retrospect.
Considering there was just one plant- I had a lot of courgettes.
I've had various salad leaves as well.
There are lots of raspberries in the freezer- yummy!
CBC is a real convert to home grown Cucumber.
Whilst my Chard bolted fairly early, several times, I've still eaten a fair bit!
What have you grown successfully this year or in the past?
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