I finally pulled the last of the lettuce out of the garden. Summer must be over. Because there will be no more, I thought I'd send the lettuce off like a king. Or maybe I was just at home with enough time and ingredients to make a really good butty. And hungry - but then that's no news.
None of your Pret a Manger, British Rail etc just filling to the edges. This one is rammed to the gunnels all the way across. Starting from the bottom:
- Crusty white bread I baked this very morning
- A scrape of english mustard
- 3 slices serrano ham for a little chew
- A generous cover of ossau iraty cheese
- Some spring onions
- Beef tomatoes with salt and pepper
- Lettuce
- Mayonnaise
Served with a side of cheese and onion crisps, just to super ensure I'm not popular with t he ladies today.
Not bad though, 1 packet of seeds from the BBC and I got over a dozen decent sized lettuces out of it.
Showing posts with label Grow my own veg box progress - August. VegBoxBoy. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Grow my own veg box progress - August. VegBoxBoy. Show all posts
Wednesday, 16 September 2009
Saturday, 15 August 2009
Post 81: Grow my own Veg Box progress
Here's how I'm getting on. Bed no 1 has been a nice little source of fresh lettuce. Not that I'm much of a salad type o guy, but it's been there. The onion are all looking nice, but from a test pull-up of one there's not much beneath at the minute:

But, at least I now have a stock of fresh mini onions.
In bed no 2, the potato tops are huge. I know though from slightly bitter experience that there probably wouldn't be much underneath at the minute - and I've still a few news left from the combination of my own growings and the veg box delivery top up. The carrots are somewhat hidden beneath, but there's plenty of top there too. It seems clear that even without having pulled one of these up that I've planted them far too close, so I'm expecting some weird shaped micro-carrots when I do pull these. Is that's life still on?
In bed no 3, last week I planted some peas (Norma?). No sign of action there yet.
In other planters, my tomatoes have started to flower - but I fear this is too little too late following my slow start.

These are the spuds that grew themselves without my having to re-plant them:

There's a lesson to be learned here - ignore these 2nd time-around johnnies; they clearly don't grow nearly so well as first timers.

But, at least I now have a stock of fresh mini onions.
In bed no 2, the potato tops are huge. I know though from slightly bitter experience that there probably wouldn't be much underneath at the minute - and I've still a few news left from the combination of my own growings and the veg box delivery top up. The carrots are somewhat hidden beneath, but there's plenty of top there too. It seems clear that even without having pulled one of these up that I've planted them far too close, so I'm expecting some weird shaped micro-carrots when I do pull these. Is that's life still on?
In bed no 3, last week I planted some peas (Norma?). No sign of action there yet.
In other planters, my tomatoes have started to flower - but I fear this is too little too late following my slow start.

These are the spuds that grew themselves without my having to re-plant them:

There's a lesson to be learned here - ignore these 2nd time-around johnnies; they clearly don't grow nearly so well as first timers.
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