Polytunnel No 5 Finished...

Polytunnel No 5 Finished yeah!!!!!!

 

 

 

 

Tomatoes going in tomorow

 

Our finest Polytunnel erection to date !!!!

Polytunnel No 5 please....

 

So long day getting the steelwork up for Polytunnel No 5 up which is going to be our Tomato Tunnel this year

 

half the Cucumber Tunnel planted up....

both dogs on strike now......tho' it has been a wee bit hot bless...

Update

Well the warmth and wet are bringing everything on inside and outside

 

Jeannettes just prepped half the cucumber Polytunnel with the cane frame

they did superbly in this one a couple of years ago so fingers crossed for this year

 

 

Some of the plants have actually got baby cucumbers on like this one' if they keep growing as they have done we should have a good crop again

 



 

We've also got our first batch of French Beans planted in another Polytunnel although they're sharing with some of our customers hanging baskets which will be going out a bit earlier than we thought if the weather continues as it has

 

Outside we've now got Onions Garlic Broad Beans Cabbage Broccoli Cauliflowers all growing through our Corn Starch based mulch 'plastic' and we've sown Peas and Sugar Snap Peas too...

 

 Under the mulch layer there are 'T' Tapes for watering so hopefully with these and the mulch layer the time we previously spent weeding and watering will be drastically reduced

 

 

 In the big tunnel the new tatties are growing well...can't wait to dig the first lot up in a few weeks

 

 

Customers hanging baskets have grown really well and will be going out in a couple of weeks to our friends at Glendavan House and Osborne House where they are well cared for and always look great through the Summer

 

Skye is however on strike  whilst Lucy chases the birds away!!

TFG Van Graphics

Now you won't miss us anywhere out and about!!

Many thanks to Adrian Duane and Barry of Eyecandy Graphics Aberdeen for our new Van Graphics it looks fab
http://www.eyecandygraphics.co.uk/

Not enough space not enough hours in the day......

 

 

Well BOTH greenhouses are filling up again with every kind of veg plant, hanging baskets

 

 

 

 The Polytunnels are now almost all tidied out ready for Cucumbers Tomatoes Courgettes  Sweetcorn and French  Beans amongst other things to be planted out

 

Our Plastic Mulch Layer attachment has caused a couple of divorces but it's been a great learning curve and certainly saves on weeding. A few more tweaks and a great deal of destoning this and in years to come will make it even better

 

 

1100 Onions planted out last week.....now that is hard work so the next person who says 'its just veg'  watch out ;-)

 

Plants at Platform 22 Wednesday 7th May 2014 10am till 12 noon

Okay we have the following plants left in stock for sale albeit limted quantities in all cases and Jeannette will be at Platform 22 on Wednesday this week from 10am till 12 noon...unless previously sold in which case I will post something here!!!

Flowers Sweet Peas Mixed Shades £2 per pot; French & African Marigolds £2-25 for 6;Surfinia £1-95 per plant; Petunia; Pansies Impatiens (Busy Lizzie)  £2-25 per 6 plants

Veg Kale; Broccoli; Kohl Rabi; Sprouting Broccoli (green);Cut n come lettuce £2-25 per 6 plants; Cucumber (Marketmore) £1-95; Courgette (Zucchini) £1-50; Peppers (Corno di rosso) £3-00 each; Coriander (Confetti); Basil £1-00 each

Growing Guides now online

As promised our brief Veg and Flower Growing Guides have just been uploaded to the website at :
http://www.thefarmgarden.co.uk/GrowingGuide.pdf

Many people picked a copy up yesterday at our plant sale but in case you didn't or misplace them there they are