The Retirement Thread

[PaulSB]

I have a lot of harvesting going on. Gooseberries earlier in the week, peas by the bucketful and more to come, lots of Kale today and that will keep on coming. Onions in 10-14 days. Tomatoes and lettuce every day. Runner beans in about a week.

Sowed winter veg last week and pleased to see it's starting to germinate already.

 

[172traindriver]

I'm back from shopping and recovering....

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I take it that aided recovery

 

[172traindriver]

I am back from shopping. I need a lie down now to recuperate.

Did Mr WD give you a massage to help you recuperate

 

[Dirk]

Harvested my first fruit from my ALDI chilli plant for tonight's curry.
It's always a bit like Russian roulette with a new plant.

 

[172traindriver]

Not Ken 'Shagger' Barlow?

You cant say that

 

[172traindriver]

I'm gonna go for a quick Forrest Gump, then a nice coffee.

Weight off your mind then

 

[172traindriver]

Harvested my first fruit from my ALDI chilli plant for tonight's curry.
It's always a bit like Russian roulette with a new plant.

Go for it

 

[Dirk]

Go for it

Just counted 31 fruits forming on 1 branch!

It's gonna be a hot Summer!

 

[PaulSB]

Its taken two years but I've finally discovered what bastard creature has been attacking my peppers. In 2017 the plants were grown on the allotment and virtually every pepper had a small hole in it and was filled with black insect poo. In 2018 we were away for a couple of weeks and moved a lot of the pot grown vegetables down to our backyard to make watering easier for our neighbour - every pepper was perfect. This year I proposed we grow the peppers in the backyard but Mrs P said no. On the allotment small holes are appearing in the young fruit so I've moved the plants down to the backyard.

Carefully removed all the young fruit with a hole in it and cut them open. Inside the last but one was...............................an earwig!!!!!

My theory is we are bound to have lots of earwigs on the allotment so they look for whatever they can find that is easy to eat. Our backyard is surrounded by brick walls and is flagged. Very little insect life around and any sensible earwig would have moved out years ago.

 

[PaulSB]

Just counted 31 fruits forming on 1 branch!

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It's gonna be a hot Summer!

Very nice. We had so many chillis last year I didn't grow any this year. We have them frozen, ground, flaked and dried!

 

[classic33]

Its taken two years but I've finally discovered what bastard creature has been attacking my peppers. In 2017 the plants were grown on the allotment and virtually every pepper had a small hole in it and was filled with black insect poo. In 2018 we were away for a couple of weeks and moved a lot of the pot grown vegetables down to our backyard to make watering easier for our neighbour - every pepper was perfect. This year I proposed we grow the peppers in the backyard but Mrs P said no. On the allotment small holes are appearing in the young fruit so I've moved the plants down to the backyard.

Carefully removed all the young fruit with a hole in it and cut them open. Inside the last but one was...............................an earwig!!!!!

My theory is we are bound to have lots of earwigs on the allotment so they look for whatever they can find that is easy to eat. Our backyard is surrounded by brick walls and is flagged. Very little insect life around and any sensible earwig would have moved out years ago.

Not someone sabotaging you then?

 

[172traindriver]

Not someone sabotaging you then?

Be hard work doing every one

 

[classic33]

Be hard work doing every one

Find out what eats what, and let them loose. Easy enough do.

 

[Drago]

Night Johnboy.

 

[classic33]

Night Johnboy.

Night MaryEllen