May update

Achocha Lady’s Slipper (cyclanthera pedata)

 

I haven't sown these this year yet - I have grown them before so I will sow them with some students after half term

 

Alliums

 

Babington Leek (allium ampeloprasum babingtonii)                     

Stamme onions

Egyptian Walking onion Catawissa allium cepa proliferum

 

the Babington Leeks and EWOs are in my Hugelkultur bed - and the Stamme onions are in my Gertrude Franck bed and all are looking good. Some of the Babington and EWOs were given to my good chum for her plot.

 

Broad Beans

Vitelotte 

Unknown Variety

 

Not sown these, I am going to save them for an undercover winter 2012/13 crop

 

French Beans

Major Cooke 

Bonne Bouche

Cherokee Trail of Tears

Succotash

Magpie

Madeira Maroon

Edamame

Swedish One Dot

 

The climbers and will be sown next week and grown up my Munty Frames - I still have work to do on getting the frames all back up again this year. Magpie, Edamame and Swedish One Dot were sown yesterday and are in the Gertrude Franck bed.

 

Runner beans

Mrs Connell’s Black 

Will be sown in a week for a later Runner Bean harvest

 

Corn

Painted Mountain

I have sown some of these at one of my schools, and the teachers are looking forward to using the cobs for art next term. The problem with schools and sweetcorn is that they generally aren't there when it matures so we sow it later for a Sept crop - but these guys finish earlier so we opted for the decorative type. 

 

Herb

Borage

Dill 

Quillquiña = Bolivian Coriander

Rocket

Turkish Rocket (Bunias orientalis).

Lovage

Flat Leaved Parsley

Sorrel Belleville

Dill, Lovage and Parsley was sown yesterday - the rest will be sown and dotted around the plot over the next fortnight.

 

Kale 

Both varieties will be sown after half term. 

Lettuce

Grandpa Admire’s

Pommee Brune d’Hiver

Pink

Pink is already sown, and the others are being sown a pinch at a time and will be grown at the plot. 

 

Parsnip

Avon Resistor 

 

Sown yesterday in the Gerturde Franck bed

 

Peas and Mangetout

Golden Sweet mangetout 

King Tut/Pran’s Pea 

Magnum Bonum

Paula

Salmon-Flowered Pea 

Skånsk Märgärt

Stephen’s Pea 

Suttons Purple Podded 

 

Lots of peas! Goldensweet is sown in the GF bed - the others will be sown over the next few weeks at the plot. 

 

Pepper, Chilli

Alberto’s Locoto, a Rocoto pepper

Chilli de Cayenne 

Small Unnamed Chilli 

Anaheim Chilli

Pepper, Sweet

Napier Pointy Red 

 

All of these were sown at school and the ones that we don't grow will be sold at Ryton Gardens' Chilli day on behalf of the students that have grown them. I am having one of each in my greenhouse though! The small unnamed chilli wasn't happy though and these did not survive. the Cayenne weren't sown this year. 

 

Pumpkin/Squash

Hungarian Zucchini

Georgia Candy Rooster Squash 

Waltham - butter nut squash

Zapallito Squash 

 

Candy Roaster and Zapalitto I supplied - and I have herds of these growing now in all my schools..the others will be sown over the next fortnight. 

 

Tomato

Alpatieva 905A

Beijing Yellow

Delhi

Demidov

Dwarf Mr Snow  

Early Tanana

Eli

Green Bell Pepper

He-man rootstock,

Koralik 

Korol Rannikh  

Latah

Michael Pollan

Monkeys Ass

Plumpton King

Prairie Fire 

Yellow Out Red In

Red Pear

Slovienian Black

Tasmanian Chocolate Dwarf

T.C. Jones 

Vova Yellow 

 

All these were sown and are growing well, at home, at the lottie, at some schools and I am giving the rest away this week as I am running out of space in the greenhouse.

 

True Potato Seed

Blue Belle TPS                          

 

Not sown this year - just didn't get time/space.

 

 

Spring Cabbage Durham Early

 

will be sown in a couple of weeks. 

 

Tzimbalo Solanum Caripense

 

These were sown and all are growing well - will be growing them at home, at the lottie and at schools. 

 

Sweet Peas [mainly pink]

Helianthus Sungold

 

These 2 haven't been sown yet - will be in the next 2 weeks. 

 

I am away from home for a few days to miss the Jubilee - so all the remaining seeds that I intend to sow will be going in as soon as I am back - the person looking after our house isn't good with watering [will probably drown them] so I am hesitating in sowing too many in the greenhouse with all this stonking hot weather. 

Here is a photo of the netting that I have made this year - it's on the Munty frame but needs fixing at the edges and the first batch of beans is ready to go in later this week.