Is the summer ever gonna come!

the caulis are growing - thank the lord
my pumpkins - hope to plant them out in two weeks

parsnips, parsnips everywhere and not a one to eat.............well not yet anyway!

the jalepenos have flowers - stu is happy
look - gardeners delight, growing OMG!
runners are running away
The veggie plot! looking good, now with leeks and cabbages as well! oh and the brussells for christmas
My sunflower is getting very big!

Yum yum pigs bum!! and they are mine all mine!!
My first ever sweet peas - arrrrrrrrr
The salad "coffin" is doing well with Rocket, Cut & Come again and Mizuna
Big sweetcorn & little sweetcorn - what a way to go!
The toms are growing & growing as well as the cucs! will they ever stop!

i cant believe how everything is growing, wow wee!! i am so excited - i cant wait for the caulis, this summer i am also gonna grow some Pak Choi, love the stuff.

Exciting stuff as tomorrow i am off to meet fellow "Grapes", Heywayne and Piskieinboots, we are meeting at a pub in Wendover and I will be taking some pics and putting them on the blog.

I dont know if i have put this before, but next year i am gonna use grow bags stood up for my toms are they are about to fall over, but it is not taking away from the fact that they are really really growing and i couldnt believe it when i saw the cherry toms on the gardeners delight!

The strawberries are tasting delicious and i cant understand why i ever bought them in tesco, i cant get enough of them, i so hope that more flowers come, as i want more and more.

One thing i cant understand is that the sweetcorn were planted at the same time and are in different pots, but the ones in the blue pot arent as bit as the one in the planter, i may start feeding just to see what happens, but none the less they are looking really good and i am so pleased.

I also think i have got rid of the snails in the garden, i dont see half as many and my veg is staying quite intact, so perhaps i have the sorted.

More posting soon and more pics of the veg as it is harvested, by the way, i have seen the beetroot growing and also the carrots are coming along great!

My haven't you grown!!

the plot so far! going great guns - onions are hiding behind the beetroot! more beetroot sown as well - lots of pickling hopefully!!
my runners with their flowers, hoping to get a healthy crop from these!
my grapevines i moved from last house in pots, now rooted into the ground - fingers crossed they will like it there
will they still be around by Wimbledon - i doubt it yum yum!!

one of my marigolds grown from seed, so pleased with myself
my sweetcorn have shot up the last few days in the sun, they seem to like it by the greenhouse
the triffeds have invaded! my toms have now moved again onto the floor as they are getting so big
my Jalapeno chilli plant, i am so proud of her and she has started to form fruits
look a cucumber is coming! now where are the gents flowers that i need to remove??

Well its been a few weeks since I last posted and I cant believe how everything is growing. Last night I gave away some cucumber plants on freecycle and this lovely guy came and we talked gardening for an hour!!!! he couldnt believe that 6 months ago I hadnt grown anything before, he was amazed and chuffed to bits with his cucs, I hope he gets lots from them. He showed me how to pinch out the tops of my tom plants as he said they getting big now and need to bush out more, so I did that this morning before i left for work and also I drenched the greenhouse floor, because its been getting hot in there.

Everything is moving on and the strawberries taste the best, no more tesco for me! home grown all the way. I have also painted my trough and now have growing Mizuna, Rocket and cut & come again salad in it, they have grown so quick.

I now have 3 pumpkins that have germinated and I have potted these on, I need to think of somewhere they will go when they are ready. I have ordered some seeded potatoes and these will arrive in July and then I can start with these for Christmas pots. I also think i will need to move my caulis that I planted out as not enough room for them in their spaces at present.

I have sown some more beetroot, i looooove the stuff, so plenty of roasting and pickling for me soon, well hopefully.

The slugs and snails are becoming less and less, 4 nights ago I collected at least 50 snails and 20 slugs in my salt box, it has now become less and less and I only found 2 last night, apparently you have to kill them as they have a homing beacon of 30 miles.

Yesterday I managed to by a great book from the RHS on Veggies and Fruit for only £5, what a purchase, it has loads in it, loving the bargain. Also, myself and my friend Angela are going to plant some veggies in our kids school, they have about 4 raised beds that need some help, a lovely freecycler passed on some veggies to her, god I have been bitten badly by this bug!

I have to say that I must thank my grandad "Charlie Grover" for my green fingers, as he always said to me "you are one of the best" and I have to say, so was he, I am therefore dedicating my new found love of growing to him, I wish he was here to see it, I think he would be proud.

Well thats enough from me, happy growing!!