We always thought that the Burpee cucumber was not a good name, and it is good to know where it came from. That looks a lovely place and seems to have been worth the visit. We went to the Waitrose farm not too far from us a couple of months ago for a show, and it was a bit like that, and really liked it there too.
Thanks for the links.
Jam Lady
Joined: 28 Dec 2006 Posts: 2572 Location: New Jersey, USA
Posted: Wed Aug 14, 19 12:42 pm Post subject:
Too funny, Mistress Rose! I never thought of it that way since Burpee as a company is so well know here.
If you liked those two entries from last Saturday here is how I finished the day.
They used to harvest potatoes here a bit like that, but with a tractor drawn machine to turn up the potatoes. It used to be quite common to see women waiting for a bus to take them potato picking, but it is all mechanical now. My mother did it one season, I think only for a few days, in 1947 or 8 when it was particularly important to get the harvest in as this was the deepest days of rationing.
Looks as if you had a really good day with the two events.
eventually we have had enough time and light to start getting tomatoes
plenty still to grow on and ripen but there have been a few decent ones this week.
bigboys are ace but i recon to get the best out of them a full sun site and maybe a tunnel or glass house to extend the season length would be ideal to get the best from them
i do have an fi fast growing, spiny cucumber on a wnw facing wall that only gets direct sun from just after mid day in june and mid afternoon now.
it has grown like jack's magic beanstalk, flowered well and has a considerable number of rapidly expanding cucumbers
a bucket of bought compost and a bit of feed seems enough pampering
on mixture and manure i recon they would be awesome
I think I might try some tomatoes again next year, as the greenhouse has rested from them for several years. Glad you are getting some crop off yours Dpack.
Shan
Joined: 13 Jan 2009 Posts: 9075 Location: South Wales
Posted: Sun Sep 08, 19 9:34 am Post subject:
Wash the greenhouse out with Jeyes Fluid; it seems to keep things disease free.
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