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The vegetable garden in July

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After the devastation in the garden due to the 15 metre leylandii tree landing in it during the gales I thought you would like to see how it is doing now.

Bulba. arrives in the garden

Broad beans are coming on a treat and should be ready for picking within the week

Spinach beet is looking good too…

Leeks and onions recovered from being flattened by the tree

Potatoes are in full flower…

Overall the garden looks great… We are harvesting Milan turnip, spinach, cabbages and spinach beet. Shortly we will lift one of our first early potatoes and see how they are doing. Raspberries are also doing well and we will have to move one row out of the cage to the side of the garden as the space can’t sustain three rows!

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Fantastic. Garden looks very good. I hope to pick broad beans within the week too.

6 Jul, 2011

 

Thanks Cinderella…

6 Jul, 2011

 

Everything looks so lush MG, but I think its been a bit damper your neck of the woods hasn't it, sorry I missed the story of the "killer tree" but everything seems to have recovered brilliantly!

6 Jul, 2011

 

Hi Dido yes we have had a lot more rain than you guys, fortunately as we prefer not to water. Recently it has been hot and windy which rather dried things out but today is cool and wet and the ground is soaking up the moisture.

6 Jul, 2011

 

Fantastic, it is so good to see people being a bit self sufficient rather than just relying on the supermarket. If I had enough room, I would plant some fruit and vegetables.

As well as being cheaper, I find that fruit and veg grown in your garden always tastes better. Win, win situation.

6 Jul, 2011

 

Alex our garden is all alpines and woodland plants. We use parts of two neighbours garden for the fruit and veg. We even have the use of a small greenhouse just for the tomato plants. I firmly believe in growing your own food. Back in the mid 1970s we were pretty much self sufficient, we had a 3 acre croft and in addition to growing all the veg. had goats, pigs that we reared from weaner's, orphan lambs and hens. Our food bill was pretty small... We made hay for the goats and grew oats that we fed them in the sheaf, along with huge neeps. The lambs and pigs were killed come autumn, butchered by me and put into a big chest freezer along with all the excess veg. It 'was' a huge freezer!

6 Jul, 2011

 

Now that the tree has gone are there any benefits from its going?

6 Jul, 2011

 

Yes more light into the veggie garden... and more air moving through.

6 Jul, 2011

 

Its an ill wind then!

6 Jul, 2011

 

Yup...

6 Jul, 2011

 

Great crops Mg. It has all recovered well. I know I have mentioned it before but I still cannot get in to the SRGC site. It just keeps on saying it is forbidden. I have tried using provided links from nurseries to no avail. I was away whenGardeningScotland was on so missed out this year but it did mean I was able to visit Spritzhenry on one of her Open days.

6 Jul, 2011

 

Scotsgran there is no part of the site than needs a log in, unless you join the forum here is the link

http://www.srgc.org.uk/

or just type Scottish Rock Garden Club in your web browser

7 Jul, 2011

 

Thank you Mg. Now it is back to telling me there is a problem or it is down for maintenance. I will try the link again later. But I have been having no luck at all in getting on to the site since we last discussed it.

7 Jul, 2011

 

Totally weird I've just been on it... Try sending an e-mail to info@srgc.org.uk and telling them you are having a problem

7 Jul, 2011

 

Thank you I will.

7 Jul, 2011

 

Thanks Mg. All sorted.The advice was that some Internet Explorers are not picking up the site. I was advised to download Firefox which is free of charge. It is a browser which I can use and still keep the original browser as my main browser. There was some other advice given which proved unsuccessful when I was talked through it by my son who lives 400 miles away. He also tried a few other things and in the end agreed we would need to download Firefox. So as soon as I can find time I will be having a browse around www.srgc.org.uk Funny thing is my son was able to access it no problem. He has recently returned from a trip to the base camp on Everest. I was asking him about the vegetation and he has hopefully taken some pics of the alpines he saw as well as the lovely Rhododendrons and a second plant whose name he could not recall which grew in great profusion on the lower slopes. He is not really a plant person.

9 Jul, 2011

 

Glad you've finally sorted out the problem...

9 Jul, 2011

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