A slow start to the growing season here in Donegal due to the cold and wet summer. Not the best harvest but I'm happy especially after such a damp season. I still have most of the main crop of potatoes to lift. I stagger the cabbage and swede to extend the harvesting season. Planting different varieties.
I've found with the wet weather some of the cabbages are bursting/splitting after heavy rain. I've never experienced that before. I've also noticed scab on some of the spuds due to the ground being unseasonably wet. Our soil is very loamy with a mix of sand so it's usually not so damp but the ground in parts was saturated most of the summer.
Based in South Donegal about 100 metres from the shore.
How's everyone found this growing season with the challenging summer weather we've had?
by BritzerLad
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This looks fantastic, congrats.
This year I have only had a bucketful of potatoes, three bucketfuls of apples, two heads of lettuce and several sad looking strawberries.
Great photo! (#1)
Absolutely amazing, well done!
I hope to start our garden next year but probably on a much smaller scale until we get used to it
The dog looks so proud of his crates of potatoes 😃
This is a dumb question but how do you store it all without it being spoiled?
Amazing haul! Fair play
I got a few broccoli but now it’s been overrun by caterpillars. They’ve had a harder year than me so letting them have it once they stay away from my sprouts. No luck with carrots this year at all though
Thats class well done!
How on earth did you combat slugs for those spuds?
How large is the plot in terms of actual growing beds? If that’s a relatively poor harvest I’d like to see a good one! You’d be buried under spuds 😄.
Impressive broccoli and cabbage! I’m envious. How do you keep cabbage white butterflies off them!?
well done man…
how much work did you put into the soil ?
i wouldnt get that outta mine in current state.
Looks so good!! Even in the rain this makes it all worth it
People, tomatoes, broccoli and potatoes!! Best gardener ever!
Actually your veg looks fantastic!
How do you manage pests like slugs?