tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6037873323203915130.post1564545325873465468..comments2022-12-02T13:29:09.728-08:00Comments on thatlittlebitgreener: I promise....Emma & Rachelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04997358837881582674noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6037873323203915130.post-24641349066103094422010-09-06T13:34:24.561-07:002010-09-06T13:34:24.561-07:00Try companion planting, not only does it work but ...Try companion planting, not only does it work but it makes your veggie patch look lovely too :-)Scented Sweetpeashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03836203205845306983noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6037873323203915130.post-59787229349311857272010-09-04T10:16:44.017-07:002010-09-04T10:16:44.017-07:00I've enjoyed growing our own vegetables this y...I've enjoyed growing our own vegetables this year and have had quite good crops including green peppers!:-D The tomatoes are still green though and the caterpillars got my cabbages. The beans didn't amount to much either, I think the bad weather killed them off. I'm still waiting for my green/glass house to be built...perhaps in time for next year?!Serenatahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08473750681150978115noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6037873323203915130.post-69641410813631220642010-09-04T09:13:27.276-07:002010-09-04T09:13:27.276-07:00hello there,
i am so pleased you enjoyed growing s...hello there,<br />i am so pleased you enjoyed growing some of your food this year. we grow a lot here and since my husband joined me 3 yrs ago, even more! we grow potatoes in sacks/tubs and they have been great . interational kidney and cara were this yrs varieties and the first was especially delicious. our 2 new blueberry plants have also been very productive. i have also just joined a local food initiative ran like the american CSA farms. i am so excited about this and the prospect of local food.<br /> Other green activities inculde some recycled fabric and paper mache workshops which have been great fun.<br />Happy september to you x <br />ginny xginnyhttp://www.sweetmyrtle.typepad.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6037873323203915130.post-2083195161885108362010-09-04T05:25:38.487-07:002010-09-04T05:25:38.487-07:00Top tip for keeping slugs and snails away - get so...Top tip for keeping slugs and snails away - get some hens!Dawnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12511795931503131710noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6037873323203915130.post-57534061522210680352010-09-04T02:15:06.148-07:002010-09-04T02:15:06.148-07:00When we moved into this new house, there was a lar...When we moved into this new house, there was a large greenhouse already here. Hubby took a while to clean it all up and put it on a new base etc. So this year was our first year "growing our own" too. We grew tomatoes, cherry and great big ones, but I have to say the big ones tasted the best. I have just made a large batch of pasta sauce and it is delish. We also grew green beans (the best I have ever tasted), peppers (mine also failed), chilli's (mild success) strawberries, raspberries (just coming) and lots of herbs. We also have a few months with cut and come again lettuce (yummy). Will definitely be doing it again next year - although I wouldn't do peppers again, but want to do cucumbers and more beans.Clarehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03021725974289546051noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6037873323203915130.post-5809402126123835632010-09-04T00:07:47.372-07:002010-09-04T00:07:47.372-07:00I was given 4 tomato plants by my mum and I was du...I was given 4 tomato plants by my mum and I was dubious of my capabilities but they have grown well and I will be growing them again next year... to be honest I won't be growing strawberries and soft fruits next year as a pick your own fruit place has opened 3 villages over from us so I will be visiting them... I grew cut and come again lettuce... but as it turned out I was the only one eating it... and I have tried a few herbs and I had one corgette plant... which was very sucessful and I will definitely be growing next year and more of them... I do want to grow Pumpkins and squash, beans, sweetpeas (flowers for cutting), bell peppers, chillies, rhubarb and I quite fancy a gooseberry bush.... our small stretch of garden already has 2 apple trees and a victoria plum tree... I am also almost ready to get my chickens... I just need to sort out a winter run that is partially covered so that they are all snug over the cold months...<br /><br />x AlexPink Feather Paradisehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11362222817573569135noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6037873323203915130.post-91629671841402389482010-09-03T15:52:10.612-07:002010-09-03T15:52:10.612-07:00Hi there, we grew various veg this year for the fi...Hi there, we grew various veg this year for the first time. Our back garden doesnt get a huge amount of sun so all the veg is in pots and growbags in the bit of the garden with the most light. My cucumbers are doing really well in a growbag. I haven't staked them so they are just rambling around the garden. My pumpkins and squash only produced one fruit per plant and my Dad said it was because they needed more food. The carrots did very well along with radish and beetroot. The strawberries have been a bit hit and miss. I have 8 plants in one of those strawberry pots and I think they feel a bit crowded. My tomatoes are still green - think I raised them too late in the season - everything except the strawberries has been raised from seed. Best advice I can give re slugs/snails - my lettuces kept getting eaten until I planted them in individual pots and put the pots on top of the guinea pig hutch. The critters obviously don't like the roofing felt as there's not a single munchy hole in any of the lettuces!<br />There are a couple of posts with photo's on my blog.Tillyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15665464372841227874noreply@blogger.com