I don't mind digging in the rain but if the ground gets too wet then you damage it by trampling over it. Please let it stop raining for a while. I still have my onions, garlic and broad beans to put in. Japanese onions can be put in now as they can cope with winter, other onions can't.
Also I've decided not to grow runner beans next year as I really don't like them. That frees up some ground for other stuff. My strawberries didn't do so well - too little rain and I didn't water enough and too much competition from weeds. I may grow them in pots in trays next year or not bother. My carrots did well though some of them were dug up and eaten but at least they left me most of them. At the allotment we have deer, badgers, pheasants, moles and lots of squirrels. I've started some digging but I should really have tried to get more done before the weather gets worse. Crop rotation is doing my head in as some group of plants take up sore space than others or stay in the ground longer. Just need to suss out where carrots are going next year and make sure I don't manure it as they hate it and it makes them fork.
I have some broccolli (well it's calabrese really) coming and have had some nice bits. My butternut squashes are colouring nicely and my Ukrainian pumpkins are enormous- will have to wheelbarrow them home. First year for my Autumn Bliss raspberries- v nice but not loads- possibly because it's the first year.
Still have one row of potatoes to dig up. Had quite a bit of scab again this year- it does affect the flavour. Think it means the ground is too limey and needs to be more acidic.
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Looks like a lot of garden work coming up. My long beans are doing well. Must say the biggest harvest among all the veggies ever grown!Waiting to see the colour of red tomatoes. Happy gardening!
ReplyDeletehappy gardening too! my tomatoes got blight so I lost most of them. Sun ripened tomatoes are so delicious
ReplyDeleteAll sounds great, and lots of things I didn't know about! My raspberries are lovely, not loads either but delicious. Hm, worried about planting onions, as mine are not japanese... will they survive or die?
ReplyDeletethey need to be hardy and I know the japanese ones are but not sure which others are. what are yours called? One of the guys said I should have waited till november as Oct maybe too wet and rot them. so i'll have to see how they are doing. I've got red ones to put in too mustn't forget.
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