This week in your Kitchen Garden.

[Artaxerxes]

Timely video here

This guy's stuff is pretty good, worth looking back through his posts over the years

Huh, that's the guy from Ingelton Pottery channel, nice.

 

[andysays]

This is a great introductory video from the No-Dig pioneer, Charles Dowding

His channel is well worth checking out

 

[Aladdin]

Little bit late stsrting this yesr because of sickness.
Planted seeds for lettuces, spinach, tomatoes. All on the windowsill.i wanted to grow mushrooms but it looks like covid19 has everyone buying up garden centres grow kits.

Anyone know if I can grow mushrooms from mushrooms?

 

[xes]

My lockdown seeds are on their way.


(5 julies cookies and 3 gorillagasm)

And before you say it's not kitchen stuff, the baby leaves make a wonderful topping to a lasagna.

 

[Artaxerxes]

We are making an effort to use some of the vast quantities of lemon balm we have growing outside. Infusions mostly, I'm adding three or four leaves of it and a mint leaf to my green tea.

Supposedly it's an antiviral.

 

[May Kasahara]

My pear tree is having a moment

 

[The39thStep]

Carrots for juicing

 

[The39thStep]

I bought this years ago , for anyone new to growing vegetables this is a fascinating off centre read The Lazy Kitchen Gardener: Amazon.co.uk: Yeoman, John: 9780954200602: Books

Short review in the Independant A lazy gardener's guide to growing organic veg

 

[The39thStep]

I bought a packet of what I thought was some sort of cabbage/ kale seeds. The translation said green kale but I think they are a turnip mainly grown for their large leaves. Anyway this ones off to the soup pan.

 

[Badgers]

 

[Leafster]

Any idea what the round leaved seedlings are that have come up in amongst my lettuces?

 

[campanula]

possibly fat hen (chenopodium) Leafster but more likely cleavers (given the size of the cotyledon. A wild guess though.

 

[Leafster]

possibly fat hen (chenopodium) Leafster but more likely cleavers (given the size of the cotyledon. A wild guess though.

Thanks campanula I thought the one in the bottom righthand corner was fat hen. It's the glossy leaved one I was puzzled about.

 

[nogojones]

Any idea what the round leaved seedlings are that have come up in amongst my lettuces?

They look a bit like squash seedlings. Is that your own compost? If so I'd be guessing squash and tomatoes, but it is a bit early for squash, unless you're somewhere warmer than here

 

[Leafster]

They look a bit like squash seedlings. Is that your own compost? If so I'd be guessing squash and tomatoes, but it is a bit early for squash, unless you're somewhere warmer than here

Yes, it's my own compost! I wondered about a curcubit of some sort. I grew cucumbers and courgettes last year. The slugs got to some of the courgettes so I chucked them in the compost bin. Some of the others are definitely tomatoes as elsewhere there are some with their proper leaves. It's in a fairly sheltered part of the garden and it's also had a mesh tunnel over it to stop the wildlife getting to the lettuces. Elsewhere there are self-seeded trailing lobelia plants which have survived the winter too.

ETA: You can see the mesh tunnel and lettuces (and some cabbages) in this photo

 

[Ladystardust]

belatedly realised where i have planted my veg is unbelievably open to the wind and there seems to be a lot of it it's the only spot available. is there anything I can do to help rescue my battered seedlings?

 

[TopCat]

Rhubarb crop. Advice requested.
I have taken the crop below off of the plant here. While I mow the lawn tell me what to do with the rhubarb. I have apples as well but mainly want rhubarb. And cake. Upside down cake, is that a thing still?
Thank you

 

[Callie]

Any idea what the round leaved seedlings are that have come up in amongst my lettuces?

The first leaves (cotyledons?) of spit ivy?

 

[The39thStep]

 

[platinumsage]

Yes, it's my own compost! I wondered about a curcubit of some sort. I grew cucumbers and courgettes last year. The slugs got to some of the courgettes so I chucked them in the compost bin. Some of the others are definitely tomatoes as elsewhere there are some with their proper leaves. It's in a fairly sheltered part of the garden and it's also had a mesh tunnel over it to stop the wildlife getting to the lettuces. Elsewhere there are self-seeded trailing lobelia plants which have survived the winter too.

ETA: You can see the mesh tunnel and lettuces (and some cabbages) in this photo

They look exactly like my courgettes did a week or so ago.

This is them now:

 

[The39thStep]

Rhubarb crop. Advice requested.
I have taken the crop below off of the plant here. While I mow the lawn tell me what to do with the rhubarb. I have apples as well but mainly want rhubarb. And cake. Upside down cake, is that a thing still?
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No idea re cakes as I’m terrible at them tbh but normally with rhubarb you just slow cook it with loads of sugar, I like adding a little orange juice and fresh ginger to it as well.

 

[TopCat]

I'm not lookin it up. I recollect a load of rhubarb pulp. a sponge mix splodged on top. Baked, turn over, eat.

 

[Leafster]

The first leaves (cotyledons?) of spit ivy?

What’s that?

 

[Leafster]

They look exactly like my courgettes did a week or so ago.

This is them now:

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I’ve potted a couple up so I’ll see what I get!

 

[Callie]

What’s that?

Just ivy but I don't like it so I spit Ptah

 

[TopCat]

I’ve potted a couple up so I’ll see what I get!

My daughter said is that the gardener 101?

 

[TopCat]

My daughter said is that the gardener 101?

She was staring at me.

 

[TopCat]

I'm not lookin it up. I recollect a load of rhubarb pulp. a sponge mix splodged on top. Baked, turn over, eat.

I have mulled it over in my mind. Fruit from garden plus cake plus custard.

Edited to add: Carrots, I have loads and loads.

 

[Ladystardust]

This is a good resource of what to do with your fruit and veg growings, allow you to search by item... Recipes | River Cottage

 

[Ladystardust]

I have mulled it over in my mind. Fruit from garden plus cake plus custard.

Edited to add: Carrots, I have loads and loads.

Carrot cake...