We currently have a daily picking of small cherry tomatoes which has been the best we have ever had. All thanks goes to the bloke off freecycle who I got the plants from. They are strange tomatoes in that they don’t go a deep red but stay more a paler red/pink colour. That is no [...]
Posts Tagged ‘tomatoes’
8 Aug
Sweetcorn tassels, red tomatoes and turnip seedlings
The sweetcorn over the months has grown and grown and I was wondering if it was ever going to do anything but get taller each day The other day I noticed tassles coming from the tops and gently knocking each corn I see small bits flying into the air which I suppose is the pollen, [...]
29 Jul
Beans, Peas, and the attack of the Tomatoes
Despite the black fly which seems to be covering our garden like a blanket, these french beans are growing so well. I didn’t notice any beans yesterday and yet today it seems it is covered in them with a lot of them ready to be picked. We have never grown french beans before but it [...]
19 Jul
A couple of days of wind and rain
After a good month of blue skies, hot weather and sun sun sun… we had two or three days of rain and wind. The result is a sudden growth on everything and a bit of wind damage. The sweetcorn shows no signs of any corn inside, although I’m not fully sure when they are meant [...]
13 Jul
Going to Seed?
We have had a very hot July so far which has meant watering first thing in the morning and in the early evening too which has given steady growth on all plants. Over the weekend we were away so I gave extra water on the Friday and hoped all would be ok. I wonder if [...]
2 Jul
I spot a tomato
I noticed a lot of flowers but then a closer inspection meant I spotted one baby tomato! The two tomato plants (one per square foot each) have been getting heavy doses of both water and sunshine and so I have high hopes for these. They are from freecycle and the bloke had what seemed like [...]
9 Jun
Loads of planting been going on
No time to “do the paperwork” but planting has been going on loads since the weekend. Yet to be updated are the plans, but hopefully tomorrow. We have now new additions: second square of raddish. I am a bit concerned as the first square only had 4 seedlings appear from a sowing of 36 and [...]
6 Mar
Square Tomatoes
J got this as part of a Christmas present, grow your own square tomatoes! The initial question is why would I want to grow square tomatoes although I do suppose they would fit in a sandwich a lot better. Of course, there is no such thing as a square tomato seed and these are just [...]
6 Mar
Square Tomatoes
J got this as part of a Christmas present, grow your own square tomatoes! The initial question is why would I want to grow square tomatoes although I do suppose they would fit in a sandwich a lot better. Of course, there is no such thing as a square tomato seed and these are just [...]
16 Oct
Some Tiny Plum Tomatoes
Our normal bad crop of tomatoes this year did not disappoint, we had the same expected rubbish crop! Me and tomatoes, it is not a good mix. Too damp I think this year. Next year, and I have said this quite often, will be different…..
