How's Your Garden?

[Coldicote]

Like many others I sympathise greatly with those who have suffered flooding and loss/damage to homes and gardens. I live in the comparatively fortunate south-east, although winds have taken their toll and there's been plenty of rain. Hopefully conditions may improve, but is it too late for gardens to recover? What if anything can be sown or planted at this time of year, especially any kind of food crop? How are others coping with the situation? Comments welcome.

[Ric.ror]

Two words - Weeds and Snails (and slugs)

[secrets1]

As a keen gardener,this year has been just dreadful,the rain,wind and gales have knocked everything sideways or flat,and i have been very disheartened to be honest.
I live on the coast in the South West,and oh my,those winds have been strong,but its surprising how things bounce back given a few fine ish days.
It seems that almost everyday i get drenched ,and my little dogs loath getting wet too,so i just pray that we get some summer weather soon,or it will be winter before we know it.

[B00]

slugs and snails galore, bloody great big 'uns too. Gits have eaten pretty much all of my flowers. I just can't keep on top of 'em, as fast as i'm flinging em over the fence they appear again.

[jno]

neighbour flinging them straight back, then

[jno]

food crop, well, rice paddies?

[Sqad]

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I will ask the gardener when he comes on Monday.

[magicmick]

You could always plant rice coldicot lol

[excelsior-1]

BOO.
think of them as another harvest from your garden ... escargot

[Coldicote]

Oh dear, and I was just hoping there might be some kind of 'edibles' that could be planted this late in the season, but it doesn't sound very hopeful. No way would I eat escargot!! Anyway a smile is better than nothing - thanks.

[dorisday]

I have had great success with carrots and beetroot this year because I grew them in large old chemical barrels left in the garden by previous house owners. It semms that slugs can't be bothered to climb the sides and carrot fly don't fly that high. Having said that my broad beans have been a waste of time, if they didn't get knocked over by wind and raid they got eaten by something??

[DaisyNonna]

Sodden awful

[craft1948]

I must admit that my garden is looking lush this year.................I'm sorry if this upsets anyone.

[EcclesCake]

You're pretty late for seed but cut and come again leaves and radish or beetroot would work.

I'd head down to the garden centre and see what plants they have.

[ummmm]

My garden is bare. The rabbits eat anything that grows.

The beautiful park at the end of my street looks so lush.

[Maydup]

We've been lucky in the east - lots of rain but no flooding. But the lack of sun has taken its toll.

I'm harvesting new potatoes which are lovely and creamy but not as plentiful as usual. The runner and dwaft beans are growing but are about 2 months behind. ie still only halfway up their supports! Salad leaves are lovely and holding their own very well. Courgettes and squash went out very late in the hope that the weather would warm up, They love the extra water and are thriving but I'm sure we'll need some sun to see fruit.

I'd say the courgettes would be the most likely survivors if planted out now along with salad leaves.

[jamesnan]

We live in Essex, and the ground is very clayey and our allotment has been flooded. My husband has been scooping gallons of rain from the top of the paths etc. The plants are all very slow growing, with the exception of raspberries of which we have a superb crop. Strawberries a very small crop, and small berries; picked the gooseberries which were fine. The runner beans are about halfway up the canes, and have some flowers, but look a bit sickly, yellowish. The cucumbers I planted out have just sat there, doing absolutely nothing; courgettes growing quite well, although I always put collars of plastic bottles and copper tape on them so the slugs have not really got to them. The parsnips have not even germinated, nor have the carrots; the beetroot seem to be growing well. Have picked some tomatoes from the greenhouse, and the ones growing outside have very small tomatoes on some of them.I bought some small pepper and chilli pepper plants yesterday and have planted them into the greenhouse, so hope they produce something. The sees I put in never germinated.
Seems like it will be an expensive year for vegetables if the farmers are having the same problems.

[Coldicote]

It's interesting to read of others' experiences, thank you. I'll be making a trip to a garden centre though don't feel very hopeful.