Courgettes Raspberries Coriander Too: October 2016

Sunday, 23 October 2016

July - Amazing Crop

Friday 1^st July

4:30 – 6:20 pm

Picked yellow and green courgettes.

Spinach and

Mangetout

Picking Mangetout so fresh and tender

Amazing

Planted some more radish…

The trees planted seem to have taken well.

We were invited to the LG committee which is on 3rd July and were told that

the committee would like us to attend if we can: they like new members to come along.

Sunday 3^rd July

LG Committee meeting.

Main points of discussion:-

Rubbish disposal – being dumped in the wrong place
No vacant gardens - now all taken
Trees are becoming a problem.
People planting tall fruit trees: when they leave, the trees become unmanageable. Dwarf trees are fine and we have only planted 3 dwarf trees.
Unkempt gardens are an issue – the committee will talk to those individuals.
Hedge cutters to be bought to keep the hedges tidy.
Working party to have a tidy-up 25^th July 10am -12noon

Spent some time on LG. Mangetout over-grown as the space they were planted in is quite small.

Picked some more raspberries and tied them on to canes for support.

Weeded the areas.

Picked 3 green and 4 yellow courgettes.

Gave 2 of each to our LG friend and she gave us some rhubarb and strawberries.

Wednesday 6^th July

2:15-4:00pm

More courgettes ! Decided to begin weighing the fruits of our labour.

So today we took home:

4 green 2 yellow 700g

Mange Tout 500g

Spinach and Mustard leaves – 600g

The potatoes that had sprouted from the previous owner's growth 2kg ….

Some plants looked dead, so pulled them up and there were lovely potatoes underneath. That means they are ready.

Sunday 10^th July 16

Picked mangetout – 600g

Courgettes green and yellow -2.5 kg. One green alone had turned Into a MARROW AND WEIGHED 1kg 800g yellow.

Out neighbor LG owner gave us strawberries 1.4kg and I gave them courgettes.

Ah, our raspberries are beginning to show through

Friday 15^th July

Sukh went on his own and picked:

500g green courgettes

1.4 kg yellow

200g mangetout
I am just so amazed at the amount we are taking out of the soil.

Monday 18^th July

5:00-6:30 pm

One bumper harvest

and huge courgette, weighs 1.6 kg

Potatoes – 9.5kg

Courgettes – 600g yellow 3.6kg green.

Onions – 1kg

Mange tout – 600g

Green beans 100g

Radish white – 100g

Friday 22^nd July

5:20-6:30 pm

Potatoes

Courgettes – green 800g. Yellow 1kg. Largest green 1.8kg

Onions – 1kg 500g

Green beans – 500g

Potatoes – 7kg 700

Sunday 24^th July 16

10:00-11:00am

Sukh went on his own

Green courgettes – 600g

Yellow – 800g

Beans – 800g

Tuesday 26.7.16

Green Courgettes 2kg 100g

Yellow Courgettes 400 g

Potatoes from our bed 1 kg 200g

Potatoes that had sprouted from the previous LG owner's planting – 1kg 900g

Peas and mangetout 400g

Onions 2kg 200g

Saturday 30^th July 2016

Green beans 1kg 600

1 green courgette alone 1kg 800

Green courgettes 3kg 200

Yellow courgettes 1kg 600

Aloo 2kg 200

Red onions 600g

Pumpkins 2kg 500

Wow for today !

Sister in-law Manjit and nephew Muneesh visited. Gave them lot of the harvest from today.

Picking Yellow dwarf beans

Monday, 10 October 2016

Harvest Time has started

Saturday 6^th June

3:45 -5-00 pm

Very warm day.

Soaked the plum tree for an hour then planted that.

Watered the plants, scattered the mustard seeds in a small area of bed two.

Coriander ready for picking

Thursday 8^th June

5-00 – 6:30 pm

Radish seeds were put in on 6^th May and Spinach on 7^th May.

Both are now ready to pick.

Tasty Radish

Spinach

Picked a big bag full of spinach and handful of radish and some onions too.

It has been so hot for the last few days. I watered the fruit trees with water from the main tank.

Courgette plants are showing tiny courgettes and flowers are coming through.

Mangetout and peas are in flower.

Melon plants, although started off in the conservatory, are not doing well.

Potatoes are flourishing.

Strawberries looking good in the strawberry tower.

Saturday 12^th June

2:15 – 3:00 pm

Just went to check the LG out, as there had been a lot of rain Friday and Saturday.

Found two red strawberries and one tower full of strawberries.

Methi seeds put in last Friday showing some signs.

Courgettes coming through green and yellow are now about 2 to 3 inches with flowers.

Picked another handful of radish.

Wednesday 15^th June

11:40-13:00

Lots of rain for days so not had chance to go to the LG.

Dave came around and went to the LG with us to split some of the pallets we had there.

I weeded the onion bed.

D showed us how to put canes and wire for the raspberries. Tie the raspberries loosely on to the wire and train them us as they grow straight and will be supported.