Tuesday 19th August 2014
Harvested a few sweetcorn today ,just from around the edge as middle ones need a few more days .


Not very warm today looking like an early autumn

oooh, those look nice filled cobs - what variety did you grow Bill?
EDIT: it is downright chilly alright, brrrrrrr

Thursday 21st August 2014
With cold wet windy weather forecast after the weekend thought i would get the rest of me spuds up 1 and a half rows 12 roots in all Desiree ,think i am going with the Golden Wonder next year ,not so many but real quality on my light ground.
With polly tunnel empty seems a good place to dry them before bagging up.Onions are nice and dry now and very strong will need to bag them soon.
Runner beans are getting a second coming will keep feeding and if weather doesn't turn to cold may get another crop
LL i used a DT Brown seed this year can't remember the name but think i will go with Unwins again next year as seedlings seem much stronger but cobs ok with D T Brown.

Sunday 24th August 2014
What a day yesterday ,dull cold with rain ,sorry for the holiday makers coming to Great Yarmouth for a break as this is what will great them.
About 4.15pm yesterday afternoon was a violent storm with heavy rain that then turned to hail.
Wont get rest of me sweetcorn ripe at this rate

Sorry Bill I havnt been around much to drool over your bumper harvest, all looks mighty fine. I've had a Melonie cucumber, freaked he who does a bit when he spotted it, he thought it was a grass snake ! anyhow, it tasted of cucumber not a Melonie cucumber, although it was nice crispy and fresh, skin a bit tough though, so the question is did my impatience cut it too soon do you think ?

Good morning Angela how nice to hear from you , really hope you both doing ok .Look back through my last year pics was about 3ft long and tasted a little more tangy than ordinary cucumber .I think it was ok as the time now for cutting is nearly over ,catch you later.

billnorfolk wrote: Good morning Angela how nice to hear from you , really hope you both doing ok .Look back through my last year pics was about 3ft long and tasted a little more tangy than ordinary cucumber .I think it was ok as the time now for cutting is nearly over ,catch you later.

I've just sorted a bit of the polytunnel out and found a whopper in the undergrowth, 29 inches long

HensAloud wrote:

billnorfolk wrote: Good morning Angela how nice to hear from you , really hope you both doing ok .Look back through my last year pics was about 3ft long and tasted a little more tangy than ordinary cucumber .I think it was ok as the time now for cutting is nearly over ,catch you later.

I've just sorted a bit of the polytunnel out and found a whopper in the undergrowth, 29 inches long

Haps it was a snake

Tuesday 9th September 2014
Finally got the rest of the sweetcorn harvested ,all the third cobs and a few of the second cobs came to nothing so not so many as last few years ,back to Unwins me thinks.
Still getting a few runner beans everyday ,second crop so no complaints there ,pulling carrots as we need them have done well this year .

It didn't taste snakey Bill, mind you I've not tasted snakes recently. That looks like a bumper crop of corn, hope you're save one each for your girls.

HensAloud wrote: It didn't taste snakey Bill, mind you I've not tasted snakes recently. That looks like a bumper crop of corn, hope you're save one each for your girls.

There was a few that were misshapen and small corn so they didn't do to bad ,must say they do love em.

Monday 29th September 2014
With winter around the corner ,slowly putting the beds to sleep .
Runner beans done compost in the trenches ready for next year .
One small bed covered ,two big ones potato bed and sweetcorn and half where the onions were.
Still a few things to take us into winter .
Plenty of leeks
Parsnips the few i have dug have looked well ,so hopping for a few frosts to sweeten them up a bit
Last couple of tomato plants ,lots of chutney made so looking good.

Still got a few red beet to pull ,not been to good this year .
Might get a few sprouts but not holding my breath ,plants were supposed to grow 18 inches tall these are like trifids
More like 4 foot.
Got a few radish and lettuce in polly tunnel and that is about it.
Apart from thick fog this morning temp more like summer than autumn 22 deg at moment can't last much longer surely.
And for anyone who has been to Gorleston for a holiday taken yesterday at 13.30 still a few brave souls going for a swim ,we have more beach now than i have ever known.

Saturday 4th October 2014
Going to be a funny autumn if weather keeps like this ,plum trees coming into blossom ,strawberries flowering again .


Dug a few Parsnips today ,now why can't i grow carrots like that.

Sunday 7/12/2014
Probably be my last post for this year ,not a great lot going on in the garden at the moment as winter sets in ,really cold weather forecast for rest of week .Thought you may like to see these ,due to mild autumn left a couple of Tomato plants in the greenhouse to see how they would fair ,as of this morning both showing new tomatoes and lots of flowers ,not expecting them to last once heavy frosts hit .
Although they haven't hearted up as yet ,enough green on these late sown lettuce for 2 of us
Hope you all have a super christmas ,and hopefully will be around spring of 2015.

Merry Christmas to you, Wendy & family I look forward to reading your 2015 diary!