Looking good Sjoerd, looking good. I shall have to get someone else to take a piccy of me in my 'Dooley' apron. Jealous of you first tom, mine are outside and still a couple of weeks from being ripe, however I did pick my first crop of dwarf purple french beans (brag brag). Those parsnips certainly are crowded, but careful thinning should give you some lovely slender roots to use leaving the rest to fill out some more. I still have three rows of spuds in but the dreaded blight has set in over the other end of our site so I will have to be vigilant now and lift sooner rather than later.
Thanks EJ--Yeah...do that. Dooley's aprons are becomming famous. haha. Congrats on your dwarf perps. Cheeky so-n-so! I saw the unmistakeable signs of jackdaw feasting on my climbing french beans today. Those beasts drive me roud the bend.--Do you know that they have eatem my french climbers before I did! :twisted: I am checking my spuds and toms every day that I go to the lotties.
looks great. sjoerd in your first photo what are the purple peas? all looks good, my experiment with fennel in spring didn't work as you mentioned all of them bolted. So have direct sown hoping that they come through for end of the year with the butternut squashs
The purple peas are called "kapucijners" here. They are called "the Purple-Podded Pea" in some countries. Pisum sativum is the Latin name. This particular variety of purple-podded pea is the 'Blauwschokker'. I suspect that you will have better luck with the later fennel. I was really sorry to hear that yours bolted. Tch! They can be persnikkety sometimes. Good luck then, with this present batch.
Thanks Bunkie--BTW, how are your veggies doing this year after that late start? Glad you like th apron...it was from Dooley though.
i'm readying to take some pics of the gardens very soon sjoerd. we've been weeding bunches and mulching mulching mulching everything, expecting summer heat to come, but not so far. much of the plants are sort of stunted, not their usual tall bushy selves. i think it's due to the cold. forties in the mornings is not condusive to 'happy, productive' plants! we have lots of green toms, the corn's starting to silk tho short, courgettes are coming on, eating lots of radishes, in July, unheard of! strawberries are doing well. i'll try and take some pics later today.
Hi Bunkie--Good news that you are gathering pics to post. I am looking forward to that. This year in the spring and early summer most of my plants and veg was stunted, and I think that it was because of the coolness, but also the persistent dryness then. Some things have not yet fully recovered. My corn had tassels before there were cobs formed, so I don't know what I will get in the way of roasting ears. I am not very optimistic, though.
