Summer Harvest

I have been busy with moving house, but lack of blog posts dont mean lack of plot activity!

We harvested a small amount of produce a couple of times recently

Broad beans which survived a blackfly onslaught 

Peas grew hassle free with not much support (a wigwam system would make it tidier though!) and taste so good fresh.

Beets also grew no problem, tasted great and there's more to come!

Potato no show

After much anticipation, I knocked down the tyres that we were growing potatoes in.

Success was in the form of a huge ant colony.

Failure was in the crop.

I emailed the helpful folks at JBA Seed Potatoes

After a couple of emails we got to the bottom of the issue, THE WEATHER and that I used Growmore General Fertilizer rather than one high in potash.

"Ah growmore is a general fertiliser 7-7-7npk. So the nitrogen levels are too high compared to the potash and that has resulted in tremendous foliage growth but poor crops below as all the plants energy is going into the foliage.

In a normal year I would say that growmore would be ok but with this years lack of sun and excess of rain I think the growmore has dissolved quickly and the plant has taken up the nitrogen and grown you some lovely foliage."