Grower Diaries

I started out the year with 4 1/2 allotments and somehow inherited an additional 3 1/2, so now I'm gardening on eight 1500 sq ft allotments. This morning I planted out the giant tomatoes, so I now have all the giant veg in the garden.

1x squash (967 Horde*) - almost ready to pollinate

5x field pumpkin (2x 117 Horde, 1x 133 Wursten, 1x 189 Crews with 109 MacKenzie backup and 1x 158 Horde)

2x long gourd (122.88 Eaton and 137 Eaton)

2x marrow (86.4 Osmala, 60 Wild)

1x bushel gourd (185 English)

1x watermelon (220 Bartoli)

4x heavy/long cucumbers (Thomas and Wursten)

4x tall corn (Jalapeno)

7x sunflower heads in 2 different locations (Fifolt)

9x beet in 3 different locations (Brigadier)

7x runnerbeans in 3 different locations (Jescot)

11x tomatoes in 4 different greenhouses (2x 6.06 Sproule, 2x 4.72 Butler, 1x 4.30 Timm, 2x 5.58 Nieuwenhoff, 2x 5.91 Timm, 2x 3.40 Wild)

I'm also tutoring a 10 year old boy who has 4 beets, a field pumpkin and 5 sunflower heads growing on one of my allotments.