Vegetable Garden Update - end of September .

 

I made a start replenishing the earth on this bed . Nothing that I planted here did very well .  Shallots , Runner beans , Sweetcorn ....total fail ! 

I'm glad I grew lots of French beans in another bed which were successful thankfully .

  Strange clusters of miniature Sweetcorn cobs !

 These were the "Swift" variety . I'm sure they were not meant to be like these .

        Leeks, Parsley and Rhubarb are doing o.k. at the far end of the bed .

This was the spent compost from the Tomato plants in the greenhouse .

      I had to save some of this compost to earth up the potatoes in tubs , but as we go into winter I will keep topping up this bed with the usual leaves , grass clippings

etc.

This is the second lot of "spuds in tubs" and they are looking promising .

                  I think this will be the last time of earthing up .

Meanwhile in the shed .....

  Babbington Leeks are fast asleep . Egyptian Walking Onions are racing away !

I planted them all at the same time . I will be giving the Egyptian onions to anyone who'd like some in the village and the Wild Babbington Leeks will go into the hedgerow .....that's if they ever come up !  

  I can't find potato onions for sale at a sensible price anywhere , but I have found some "everlasting onion" plants and a packet of Red Welsh Onion seeds which I want to get going somewhere in the vegetable garden . 

  I have not had any success growing proper onions for several years now , so I mostly grow Leeks instead ...but I would like some of these perennial onions that keep multiplying or bunching as they say  .

Winter Lettuce "vailan " several weeks later ..... nothing ,very disappointing .

I have not grown this variety before . I should be seeing a few little shoots coming up by now .  I'll sow some more , but I think I'll go back to my old reliable favourite "Parris Island Romaine " and "Winter Density " .

             Everything else is looking fine on the shed bench .

                           And all is well in the greenhouse .

                              Hope you're having a great weekend !

                             Peace and Love 🕊️🤍

                               

                                        love Debbie  💐x