Click on a thumbnail picture below to see the full size version. 24 Entries. Friday, January 1 View Page A happy new year to all and grow them bigger.   Sunday, March 13 View Page I have'nt posted for some time had a fall cracked a couple of ribs, but have consentrated on my mammoth onions, whilst healing. 123 seeds put in 118 still growing, waiting for the 4th leaf before potting up.   Tuesday, April 26 View Page this year I decided to grow pretty not super heavy, so it is orange folks curtisy of Diana Macdonald Dill, the centre one is 830 Macdonald to the right 1127 Companion on the left is the first of my 9 foot courgettes/zucchini.   Thursday, April 28 View Page Mammoth onions about ready for repotting.   Friday, April 29 View Page job done mammoth onions repotted, weather here on the south coast of England has been unusually cold 1c it should have been 11c-13c.   Sunday, May 1 View Page mammoth onions wiping their faces in the morning dew.   Monday, May 16 View Page 1107 companion   Monday, May 16 View Page 830 Macdonald   Monday, May 16 View Page serpente zucchini   Monday, May 16 View Page the serpente produces fruit 7 to 9 feet in length   Tuesday, May 17 View Page 2 ways to grow potatoes both international kidney in the jersey method heavy on the seaweed.   Tuesday, May 17 View Page broad beans planted in january tons of flowers beehives 50 feet away.   Tuesday, May 17 View Page onionsets planted in september, red variety, looking good.   Monday, July 25 View Page This year has been a time of strange weather up and down mostly down, I grow on a piece of land rented from our parrish, I was persuaded by Diana Dill Macdonald to grow a long gourd so I have had to construct a tower and here it is. As you can see I do not have the facilities that the Paton twins have.   Tuesday, July 26 View Page LONG GOURD TOWER   Tuesday, July 26 View Page long gourd tower   Tuesday, July 26 View Page it is not finished yet   Friday, July 29 View Page it is finished and the kline 127 has reached the top which is sloped, I now am worried as there are no male flowers opening at the moment   Monday, August 8 View Page today the long gourd has been polinated I hope.   Sunday, August 14 View Page the current situation re long gourd , plenty of females but the males seem to be without pollen, I need advice please.   Monday, August 29 View Page the weather this summer has been up and down mostly cold it has effected everything except my giant zucchinis   Monday, August 29 View Page This is the 134 Coolen doing quite well, my first field pumpkin.   Wednesday, December 14 View Page tomorrow onions will have been 5 weeks under 24 hour growlights at 19c have selected 3 best to repot into 6" pots each one has 7 leaves.   Tuesday, December 20 View Page onions 7 weeks from sowing seed, the 4 at the back the best of fifty sown the 2 at front sown at the same time but grown up to now in the green house with only frost prtection heating.