polytunnel veg
By sandra
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we planted tomatoes in our polytunnel on the third of april. now two weeks later i am amazed at the difference two weeks have made.
We are so excited. Julian spotted the first flowers today. he’s chosen a lot of heritage types. Including hillbilly potato leaf. german red straberry, and amish gold. He’s also growing the more usual shirley and alecante. we have a small nursery and are planning to take the fruit to the local farmers market along with our nursery stock. its the first time we’ve grown veg for the market.
- 18 Apr, 2009
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thanks TT. it has been fun as well as work. all the family have been helping as well as their friends. its begining to get that greenhouse smell. ;-))
18 Apr, 2009
I can smell it from here.... Lol
18 Apr, 2009
looking good ~Sandra~well done and good luck on your new venture~where will you be selling?
18 Apr, 2009
thanks Arlene
theres a farmaers market in Pembroke everyother Saterday and a market every sunday in Carew just up the road. hopefully the customers to our nursery will be tempted too. i'll be in Clyne park on seventeenth of May at the rare plant sale. dont think the tomatoes will be ready by then though lol.
18 Apr, 2009
You have been really busy, it is paying off. Good luck with your public outings!
18 Apr, 2009
That is a busy tunnel and your plants have really come on.Good luck at the markets........
18 Apr, 2009
All your plants look realy healthy, they should reward a lot of hard work.
TT I agree there is nothing in the world like the smell of a greenhouse full of tomatoes when you walk in on a warm day.
19 Apr, 2009
Good luck Sandra. I don't think you'll have any trouble selling your vegetables. There's nothing nicer than fresh ones from the garden - although I have to say I find growing them is boring. lol.
19 Apr, 2009
Well done your tomatoes have really done well.
19 Apr, 2009
wow thanks for all your lovely comments. i went to the market with tomatoe plants today and they went realy well. i loved talking to the customers and learnt loads from some of the more experienced ones. i now know how to sun dry them and soak then in olive oil, the best way to bottle them and all about making feed from sheeps manure...lol.
19 Apr, 2009
hi Sandra - this looks really good and industrious! Good luck with your sales :-) Would you mind doing a blog on the sun-drying/bottling and sheep manure feed please as I would like to read about that :-)
21 Apr, 2009
you'll have to wait till we have some tomatoes before we can start drying any...;-))
as for the sheep manure feed i keep hearing different ideas and have ended up confused so maybe it i post a uestion about it im sure theres someone on hear that could help.
21 Apr, 2009
They look great plants, which variety are they? I grew some 'Sparta F1 (a new variety) last year as part of Gardeners' World seed trials, I grew them in ring culture as I normally do. They are the nicest tomatoes I have ever tasted and willl be growing them again this year. I raised the seeds on the kitchen window sill and they're already 6" tall following a February sowing.
21 Apr, 2009
Julian has sparta improved. is that the same? i hope so it sounds tasty.
21 Apr, 2009
Looking forward to the tomato drying blog ;-)
21 Apr, 2009
i bet there loads on here with recipies. talking of recipies i've posted a uestion on sheeps manure plant food.
by the way my computer has a problem with the letter to the left on w...lol
21 Apr, 2009
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The polytunnel is producing good results ! :o)
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