Shetland lover
Free Ranging
Dill! Thanks for reminding me - I haven't sown mine yet and the cucumbers already have flower buds on them. We've just had a teaser week! Glorious sunshine and temps in the high 20's (Celsius) but it's set to get colder again from today.
"I only have garlic, snow and snap peas, beets, onions and potatoes in the ground, spinach in a pot, bok choy in hydroponic gutter downspouts."
Wow! That's loads on the go. I'm fascinated by the hydroponic gutter downspout. Please explain more!
I'm growing masses of pak choi, Chinese broccoli and choi sum as well as chrysanthemum greens. I'm also growing Chinese cabbage for the first time. I've not eaten it for years but I recently had sea bass wrapped in it and it was delicious. I bought some and the chickens went wild for the scraps so they'll be getting all the seedling thinnings and I've sown a few extra to grow on to full size for them (hopefully!).
Going to sow my beloved crooknecks today (I'm trialling a white variety alongside the yellow this year) and tromboncini for my summer squash and a number of new winter squash. I'm also planning on starting my pole beans off.
The tomatoes are looking really healthy. I grow a lot of paste varieties to make sauces, alongside the salad types, hence the large number of plants. I'm sure I'll regret it once I have to process them in my tiny kitchen! Note to self - must buy a food mill this year...
My boys and girls are loving all the spring weeds too. Gladys especially is loving a plant called 'Jack in the hedge'. It has a mild garlic flavour. She's also loving all the wild garlic in the hedgerow bottoms. And I found out why my chive clumps are just grazed down stumps. I had assumed it was my cat, Grace, as she will attack anything that looks like grass. Nope, it's Clara! God help us when she and Gladys find the garlic chives
