Polytunnel

[The Baron]

If a car fanatic is a Petrol Head does that make you a Potato Head

 

[foxy]

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Been down the plot this morning and dug the remaining second earlies..and one red which I think is a Caladonia rose. Must be at least 15kg. We still have 10x18 rows of main crop left to dig. I also had some broccoli ,spring onions,a cauli and more tomatoes.

Wish allotment gardening would take off here, it isn't like we are short of space! I have a block of land next to my place I asked the council if they would make my fence with water tanks I would utilise the block as an allotment, they refused. By the way my handles broke off the same container you have in the photo.
My bragging rights come from this winters citrus fruits.

Mandarin

Lime.

Grapefruit

lemons

And oranges.

 

[Clint]

Citrus looks great! I'm guilty regards the handle on the trug...I cut it off by mistake with the choppers.

 

[foxy]

Citrus looks great! I'm guilty regards the handle on the trug...I cut it off by mistake with the choppers.

They would have come off anyway, bugger to pick up when they do!

 

[Clint]

They would have come off anyway, bugger to pick up when they do!

I'm gonna drill some holes through it and put some rope handles on.

 

[foxy]

I'm gonna drill some holes through it and put some rope handles on.

And store it out of the way of UV light.

 

[Clint]

And store it out of the way of UV light.

Mine are stacked wherever they land.

 

[foxy]

Hardening off some of my tomatoes. Wife wants to take a trip up north but we aren't going anywhere until the tomatoes are in the ground.

 

[foxy]

Surplus cabbages in the poly-tunnel, got a recipe for a cabbage pie from a vegetarian. What goes better with cabbage than bacon. Made a cabbage and bacon pie.

 

[fireworkmaster]

Very envious , I have a little 2mx4m domestic tunnel in the garden , survived for 3 years but will need replacing likely for next season .
May I suggest skykomish tomatoes to try in their , they are beautiful tasting.

 

[foxy]

Very envious , I have a little 2mx4m domestic tunnel in the garden , survived for 3 years but will need replacing likely for next season .
May I suggest skykomish tomatoes to try in their , they are beautiful tasting.

Not one we have over here, I have got 4 varieties but will probably use 3 Tommy Toe, Grosse Lissie, and Sweet 100's cherry tomatoes.

 

[foxy]

Poly tunnel out performing my hydroponics, usually the other way round, rhubarb is good as always this time of year cant stand the heat of summer. Bok Choy needs to be harvested and stuck into the wok last of the cabbages been used in Ki Si Ming.

 

[fireworkmaster]

Here's my little tunnel, pic from earlier in the season , chillies are nigh on 5ft high and stuffed with fruits now , even the wiri wiri has fruited and I honestly didn't think they would do much as the seed was from UAE.
At the very back are minisota melons , one plant died early on due to a squirrel munching it through the base had 9 melons in total though , plus we have Tom's coming out our ears still.
I've made 2kilos of different chutney, a liter of ketchup, 2 liters of pasta style sauces , soup all tucked away for winter.
Front to back on left Aji lemon , Hungarian black , wiri wiri , carrots , gherkins.
Right side gardeners sweetheart, indigo black , skykomish.

Outside we have red alert Tom's ( one of my favourite) and on drive we have tumbling Bella and hundreds and thousands grown in 2 big toyboxes.

Main veggie bed has Queensland blue squash , beets , snowball onion , celeriac . Tundra cabbage , turnips . Carrots .

Then we have all the fruit raspberry, couple apple trees , gooseberry, redcurrants, strawberries
( multiple types )

Blue berry, giant pumpkin growing in compost heap .
And rhubarb .
Plus cherry, fig trees and plum ( still small trees though.

 

[foxy]

Here's my little tunnel, pic from earlier in the season , chillies are nigh on 5ft high and stuffed with fruits now , even the wiri wiri has fruited and I honestly didn't think they would do much as the seed was from UAE.
At the very back are minisota melons , one plant died early on due to a squirrel munching it through the base had 9 melons in total though , plus we have Tom's coming out our ears still.
I've made 2kilos of different chutney, a liter of ketchup, 2 liters of pasta style sauces , soup all tucked away for winter.
Front to back on left Aji lemon , Hungarian black , wiri wiri , carrots , gherkins.
Right side gardeners sweetheart, indigo black , skykomish.

Outside we have red alert Tom's ( one of my favourite) and on drive we have tumbling Bella and hundreds and thousands grown in 2 big toyboxes.

Main veggie bed has Queensland blue squash , beets , snowball onion , celeriac . Tundra cabbage , turnips . Carrots .

Then we have all the fruit raspberry, couple apple trees , gooseberry, redcurrants, strawberries
( multiple types )

Blue berry, giant pumpkin growing in compost heap .
And rhubarb .
Plus cherry, fig trees and plum ( still small trees though.

I love black currant and gooseberry, our weather is not suited for them, nor Brussels sprouts. Just to warm, though it doesn't feel warm in the winter the veggies feel it and go to seed. Strawberries I can grow all year round they don't mind the cold as long as the frost doesn't get to them.

 

[foxy]

Spuds are looking good should have some new potatoes for Christmas. Lots of Silver beet just from a few plants.

 

[Clint]

The physallis are starting to crop in the tunnel.

 

[Polcho]

This is really interesting. Were they difficult to grow? I would like to have a go next year, what sort of room do they take up, like a tomato sort of plant size?

 

[Polcho]

Harvesting some peppers today.

 

[Clint]

This is really interesting. Were they difficult to grow? I would like to have a go next year, what sort of room do they take up, like a tomato sort of plant size?

They're very easy! If you can grow tomatoes, chilles or cucumbers you can grow physallis! The plant grows into a small Bush about 3ft x 3ft.

 

[foxy]

Been harvesting Broccoli and Cauli, can't eat them quick enough. The Broccoli heads are about 150mm dia and the Cauli is huge too. Use Charlie Carp as a fertiliser also throw a few carp in the compost.