It Felt Like Spring

[Maydup]

Well, what a wonderful springlike day we've had. Three loads of washing dried on the line, the compost bin emptied and contents spread on the vegetable patch, seed potatoes bought from the local garden shop, impulse buys planted (primroses and wallflowers) and parsnips dug for dinner tonight. And its still light.

How was your Sunday?

[Maydup]

For me it is always Rocket -First earlies and Charlotte for second crop.

[Togo]

Usually do Javelin and Sharp's Maydup, but last year the earlies had a bit of scab. Probably due to the hot spell that we had early on. Didn't spoil anything other than the appearance, but I just thought...…..have a change and stop being "set" in your ways Togo. My tomatoes are the beggars that drive me nuts. Last year they were brilliant and somewhere in my man cave(shed) I have made a note of what I am definitely doing again. I found an outdoor variety that was magnificent( or it was me) and a hardy one that I had to stop in September. I will come back to this thread tomorrow with the varieties. Last year I also had cucumbers that were astonishing and learned a lot about how to support and set them up purely by default. Courgettes also please me and Strawberries(the ones I manage to hide from my feathered friends) always seem to have plenty of willing trialists. Still got Blackcurrants from last summer in the freezer too. Nothing more authentic than a gardeners tan. (^_*)

[rowanwitch]

International kidney and vivaldi for me this year. Using spuds to clean up some ground. Trying some strange coloured varieties of tomatoes, and is diva mini cucumbers a brilliant outdoor as well as 'muncher' a super little burpless. Trinidad perfume chillies all the flavour no heat. Jalapenos and snackbite mini sweet ones. Also planting some new rhubarb and aronia berries Siberian kiwis as well as the normal ones. I have a strip in a friends gardening return for a redesign and build in the rest. Peppers tomatoes and. Cucumber on my balcony though