Courgettes - good and bad!

11th May 2010

6th July 2010

The first courgette

13th July 2010

15th July 2010

So in the beginning were two little plants. They grew and grew and looked great. They produced 5 courgettes. Then they went yellow. What went wrong??

Potatoes, carrots and peppers

After a shaky start the carrots look nice and leafy. There is probably going to be a yield of one carrot but they look nice. I really thought i was growing soil so it has been nice to see the wonderful feathery foliage appear.

The potato was bought at a garden centre, already in a pot. It cost me £5 which is stupid but Lianne wanted it so i gave in (lol). Next year i am going to get a potato bag or two. I may even have my garden up and running by then.

There is a redskin pepper and a yellow banana pepper. They have not really done much so maybe they want more space.

Micro toms and yellow pepper

There are two micro toms in one pot and as normal for me, that is too many lol. Next year, I am going to have one thing in each pot but as i will hopefully have a garden by then , it shouldn't be a problem. There are several tomatoes vi sable but nothing like the yield promised on the label.

The yellow pepper has a pot to itself but my gardening guru suggests that if i get chance, i should move it to a bigger pot. Roll on getting the patio sorted so i will have some more room. It looks nice and green but no sign of a pepper!

Shallots and salad leaves

In one pot is just shallots, planted in a nice circular design. In the other there is a cross of salad leaves with shallots in each quadrant. This was fine while the plants were small but now the shallots are so big, the salad leaves are hard to harvest as they are hidden. Even so we have had three cuttings so far and they tasted wonderful.

I would like to sow more like they recommend but i simply don't have the space. Once the patio is cleared then i will be able to expand.

Tumbler tomatoes

I planted three plants in one pot as they were really small. I now

know that they need a pot each!!!! They have really bushed out and look great. There are lots and lots of green tomatoes that hopefully will one day turn red. i am feeding them every week but may up the feeding as they are needing so much water.

Chives

This was one of the original pots. The chives have a regular haircut. There are several ice cubes in the freezer containing chives. I have placed the pot on a brick and put it in the shady bit as it doesn't seem to mind.

The big pot

This pot contains coriander, sage, golden feverfew and an alpine strawberry. They were all bought as little herbs and i guess because they got the biggest pot , they have grown the most.

It takes an entire watering can every day in this dry weather and the coriander keeps falling over but I am still pleased with it