Fruit and veg growing, how’s it going this year?

Mamardoit

I grew autumn sown onion sets last year for the first time and they were very good. This year's sets are like yours at the moment, good healthy green foliage but not bulbing up yet, but I don't expect them to as it's only early May. I think I harvested them in early July last year.

Onions are my most successful crop. Everything else is enjoyed by the local wildlife... I even my carrots pulled up and eaten by rats last autumn despite having a big fruit cage all around the veg plot. They'd chewed a hole in the netting to get in. I'm about to reinforce it with 13mm mesh chicken wire, see if the b*ggers can chew through that

This popped up on FB today and I couldn’t resist sharing it; sorry I can’t credit it properly, but there was no name attached.

Is anyone living in the south (somerset?) putting dwarf bean seeds in yet? Warm and sunny again

I’m probably on the same level (in the country) as you and I planted mine this week.
By the time they come up danger of frosts should be minimal, but the ground is like dust until I water it in the evenings.

Thats settled me oops, the weather is set fair and warm for days ahead. I am going to put them in now, maybe even a courgette under a cloche

karmalady

Is anyone living in the south (somerset?) putting dwarf bean seeds in yet? Warm and sunny again

We have, but under a fleece. Not up yet.

I have taken a chance with my tomato plants too, all out, the weather looks set to be warm for quite a while and I do have fleece and string so can make protective wigwams. I got some good cane supports this year, good for growbags, I can tie fleece on the stakes.

Parsley seedlings are also out. I don`t have much more, just purple sprouting brocolli and some more beetroot modules. The beetroots are going to have to wait until the shallots come out or will just have to take their chance amongst the flowers

There are not going to be many apples this year. Howgate wonder has enough flowers, the apples are enormous, for cooking. Christmas pippin, only 2 sets of buds and no buds on the very young pigs snout.

I think it was me giving them a good feed of nitrochalk. It was on purpose, they have only been in the ground since nov 2019 and last year the christmas pippin produced far too much fruit. I picked more than half off. The pigsnout was only a stick in 2019, next year for first fruits. The pippin looks fab right now, healthy, green and glossy. It would have looked like a tired hag if I had not boosted it. Potash feed later this year and no more nitrochalk

I put my chitted parsnip seeds in yesterday and watering continues, we’ve had no rain for some weeks.

I never have any luck with parsnips. Planted two packets of seeds in 2020 and only two grew to any size. Last year was a bit better but still only had about a dozen parsnips. Are they tricky to germinate or is it just me?

We had two rainy days this week and the spring onions and radish have appeared. Sadly so have the weeds. DH has been out with the hoe.