Every year I always grow the same 'old' fruit and vegetable's, this year my plan was to go 100% Homegrown Revolution. Which I am yet to write about! I think I am making you all wait lol... To be honest I'm still working on it!
I kind knew I couldn't go 100% HGR due to some people of my family, wouldn't like the new and cool stuff. e.g my Brother.
Anyway I knew I still wanted to grow tomato's, I only wanted to have TWO tomato plants. Keeping this in mind I sowed six seeds of 'Allicante' tomato. Within seven days I had little seedling's appearing. After a few weeks I potted the little plants up and put them into the greenhouse. At first I was giving some away to family (plant swap) But then no one wanted any - so I know this will sound very bad I then was secertly hoping a snail would munch it self few one or two, bad I know.
After a while I re-planted all six of the tomato's into the famous black pot's and then placed them outside! In the end I only had four plant's that product tomato's, the other two plant's that didn't have a single tomato on so I decided to get rid of them two. . . .
The four became three as my wish became true - via a snail. In the end I only got a hand full of tomato's. So next year I will not be growing any tomatoes at all, due to poor growth this year!
So out with the old and in with the Homegrown Revolution!
It all started last year when I told you all about my new adventure with the Oca (Nz Yams).....
The only thing is I have not told you all how I got on. . . .
Where should I start.... Ah yes growning the Oca (yams) went really well I had heaps of leaves...
As you can see how well the five yam plant's grew! I even got flower's - which where white. I later found out that the flowers are suppose to be yellow!
In mid August I learnt that botanist James Wong was coming down to Abbotsbury Subtropical Gardens to do one of his HGR ( Homegrown Revolution ) talks and book signing in late September...
The day of the talk and book signing arrive I went with my aunt and mum to the talk - I wont go into too much detail about it, I'll most likely end up boring you all about it!
Anyhow, I got my book(s) signed - yes I was a tad cheeky and took my copys of 'grow your own drugs' with me too! Also I was given some advice about what to do next, while at the HGR talk by the man himself James...
Once I got home, I did as I was told. . . . . LOL!!
Some think I have mention before about is the very bad weather we had. Anyhow I waited as long as I could with letting the yams to grow! I was hoping and praying all the wet weather hadn't effected their growth to much!
Crunch day came. . . . . . . . .
Once I had cleared the dead leaf's off and collected the lil tubes for next year (for this year) I started to lifted the soil. I got to the bottom of the sack, to my shock horror there was not one to be had!!!
I was completely un happy - what had gone wrong? Did I do Some think wrong? Once I had spoked and emailed Thompson & Morgan, plus asked some one else. We all decided it was due to the weather.. :(
I kind knew I couldn't go 100% HGR due to some people of my family, wouldn't like the new and cool stuff. e.g my Brother.
Anyway I knew I still wanted to grow tomato's, I only wanted to have TWO tomato plants. Keeping this in mind I sowed six seeds of 'Allicante' tomato. Within seven days I had little seedling's appearing. After a few weeks I potted the little plants up and put them into the greenhouse. At first I was giving some away to family (plant swap) But then no one wanted any - so I know this will sound very bad I then was secertly hoping a snail would munch it self few one or two, bad I know.
After a while I re-planted all six of the tomato's into the famous black pot's and then placed them outside! In the end I only had four plant's that product tomato's, the other two plant's that didn't have a single tomato on so I decided to get rid of them two. . . .
The four became three as my wish became true - via a snail. In the end I only got a hand full of tomato's. So next year I will not be growing any tomatoes at all, due to poor growth this year!
So out with the old and in with the Homegrown Revolution!
Yep I have joined the HomeGrown Revolution....
It all started last year when I told you all about my new adventure with the Oca (Nz Yams).....
The only thing is I have not told you all how I got on. . . .
Where should I start.... Ah yes growning the Oca (yams) went really well I had heaps of leaves...
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| Tubes for this year (2013) |
As you can see how well the five yam plant's grew! I even got flower's - which where white. I later found out that the flowers are suppose to be yellow!
The day of the talk and book signing arrive I went with my aunt and mum to the talk - I wont go into too much detail about it, I'll most likely end up boring you all about it!
Anyhow, I got my book(s) signed - yes I was a tad cheeky and took my copys of 'grow your own drugs' with me too! Also I was given some advice about what to do next, while at the HGR talk by the man himself James...
Once I got home, I did as I was told. . . . . LOL!!
Some think I have mention before about is the very bad weather we had. Anyhow I waited as long as I could with letting the yams to grow! I was hoping and praying all the wet weather hadn't effected their growth to much!
Crunch day came. . . . . . . . .
Once I had cleared the dead leaf's off and collected the lil tubes for next year (for this year) I started to lifted the soil. I got to the bottom of the sack, to my shock horror there was not one to be had!!!
I was completely un happy - what had gone wrong? Did I do Some think wrong? Once I had spoked and emailed Thompson & Morgan, plus asked some one else. We all decided it was due to the weather.. :(
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2013 Last attempt at growing the yams!
I was on two mind's of trying this year and thought no wait why should I give up.. So I decided to not follow the Homegrown Revolution book ( Sorry James, if you read this) on growing them this year and do it my way...
I got my little brown paper bag out that I had kepted them in and found out two tubs to plant them in. Tub one was of my collected tubers and T&M send me some more to try so they went in tub two... Dont laugh I used two twiglet tins to plant them..
A few weeks later I planted the yams out side in a potato sack.
I was so worry that the weather would effect them again I even got them. Their own pop-up greenhouse.. One thing I learnt was with them was to treat 'em mean and they will cope with you.. Which was and is a good thing for me at time's, due to work and stuff!
Dont worry I did water them well, I took the little greenhouse of them and let the rain do it for me.. ( oh god - dont I say bad)
Dont worry I did water them well, I took the little greenhouse of them and let the rain do it for me.. ( oh god - dont I say bad)
To cut it short everythink went well, I got stems/ leaves. I didn't see or maybe I didn't noticed the flowers and look what I got! :-)
I have to say I have still not tryed them, instead I have sorted them out and kept the good ones. I think I will bee growing these little ones again in 2014..
Fingers cross I will finally get to try them then...
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