Today's courgettes

We dug the veg patch yesterday and covered some bits in see-through plastic to warm the soil. The rhubarbs are coming up, but it'll be a month before we dare put any courgettes in. We're planning on 4 courgette plants this year after last year's 3 plants failed to have us overflowing with courgettes as promised.

Seeing as vegetable growing is the new fellrunning, have spent the weekend digging over the veggie plot, and hope to put in the ready-chitted Pink Fir Apple potatoes this pm.... watch this space for further news...

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Originally Posted by molehill

5 seeds each of 3 different varieties put on some damp kitchen roll in little plastic tubs. Placed on the window sill to catch the sun, I think this is for germinating them, and there's something called "chitting" happens .

Also 10 holes filled with pig poo and manure, ready and waiting.

All damn exciting for the following 6 months :D.

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You are going to have how many courgettes this season :eek::eek:

I need to get on with planning permission for my half acre of field, so I can start making some raised veg beds for courgette overload :)

I've been living off brocolli from the old dear's veg plot of late, mmm...irony (As in the element Fe not ironic posting:D)

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Originally Posted by mr brightside

I've been living off brocolli from the old dear's veg plot of late, mmm...irony (As in the element Fe not ironic posting:D)

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I'm trying to think what irony tastes like in brocolli. It is bitter-sweet?

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Originally Posted by noel

I'm trying to think what irony tastes like in brocolli. It is bitter-sweet?

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I think it is rather attractive if you have a magnetic personality:D

Opened (and drank) a bottle of bubbly tonight, to celebrate some seed germination :D. Life in Tylwch is full of excitment. The spring is sprung, the seeds is riz.....:rolleyes:
Tomorrow I will leave my head gardener responsible for planting out those first germinated seeds, and in a few days time - watch this space ;).

no seeds have germinated yet in North Wales, however the potatoes and onions have now been planted on the allotment, and the beetroot and parsnip seeds sown

Not courgette but with my bottom set year 9 (13 SEN pupils out of class of 14) have planted leaf salad (speedy seeds (3 week to picking)), potted on broad beans (1 for normal growth, 1 we'll make and use our own fertiliser) and also each person planted giant sunflowers.

Quite impressed that they all wanted to take part and actually do it. Next week is potting on a couple of tomoato plants (bought from garden centre as my Dad grows my tomatos from seed and I haven't picked any up yet)

Maybe there is hope in 'challenge' secondary schools!!

Oh no, that's frightening.

Ian, please don't let susceptible young children see you do that :eek:

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Originally Posted by biara

we'll make and use our own fertiliser

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