oh no, the change in the weather has taken its toll on my ONE and ONLY aubergine. The plant still looks healthy, but the flippin fruit has gone mouldy and dropped off. Think that might be it for this season unfortunately. The potting shed door is just ajar now, day and night, but suspect it'll be closed all the time soon.
The tomato plants are not looking their best at the moment either - one of the plants has developed grey mould in the main stem. All the plants have plenty of fruit, but some are dropping whilst still green. The outside tomatoes look much healthier, although they are half the size of the ones in the potting shed, but the fruit is much bigger, however every single one is still green ...
I shall christen my cooker tonight (FINALLY its connected - yipee) with one of my mammoth courgettes ... actually the chosen one is so big I'm not certain it'll fit in ... perhaps a recipe involving diced courgettes is called for !
Noticed that the beetroot that I sowed recently has popped through - I think I'll probably fleece it to give it a bit of protection from the rain, wind and also the colder weather.
Still haven't managed to get hold of any green manure seeds
The Organic Gardening Catalogue
ReplyDeletehave a good range of green manure crops of many different types. Quite cheap too.
Click on the "seeds" box, and then on "green manures"
http://www.organiccatalog.com/catalog/index.php/
Greetings to Sheffield!
ReplyDeleteYou are not too far away from us here in Whitby.
If you ever fancy a little journey I could sort you out with some animal manure..............cows, sheep and horse stuff on our doorstep!
I would offer to blast down the M1 with it on the back of our motorbike but couldn't get as much as you would in a car!
I did read about some green manure plant in a seed catalogue!
Dx