Category Archives: Vegetables

2020 – Largest Tomato

Posted on September 14, 2020 by pelicanplants

Today we picked the largest tomato of the year. Marizol Gold always produces a few large fruit but this year it seems to have excelled itself. 846 grams (1lb 14 oz in old money) on a plant that has been … Continue reading →

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Mid September 2020 – The beginning of the end

Posted on September 12, 2020 by pelicanplants

Whilst there are still quite a few tomatoes still to come, its obvious that the plants are well past their best and we can see that the end of the season is in sight. We pulled up the first of … Continue reading →

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Recipe – Simple Tasty Tomato Soup – Deal with the Glut

Posted on September 6, 2020 by pelicanplants

In August and early September there is always a glut of tomatoes and whilst there are lots of ways of dealing with it, freezing, chutney, sauce, etc. this is another recipe which is also good in September when the days … Continue reading →

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August 2020 – Report so far

Posted on August 15, 2020 by pelicanplants

Most things are doing fine. The tomatoes are cropping well with much the same weight of tomatoes as the previous couple of years so far. The 2018 crop seemed to peak in a few weeks time so it will be … Continue reading →

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Cherry Tomatoes in July

Posted on July 18, 2020 by pelicanplants

As the tomatoes start ripening, I’m pleased to see that we’ve grown a range of different colours, particularly in the cherry varieties. The standard and beefsteak tomatoes are yet to really start doing anything but here’s a picture of the … Continue reading →

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July 2020: First Tomatoes ripening

Posted on July 5, 2020 by pelicanplants

I’m not sure if its just because we are in partial lockdown (we were partially freed yesterday but that doesn’t make me want to go out unnecessarily) but I think I’m watching the tomatoes more closely than usual. Whilst the … Continue reading →

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End June 2020: The Tomato Journey so far

Posted on June 27, 2020 by pelicanplants

Surprisingly its now 106 days since I sowed most of my tomatoes. Fruit is now set on all but six of the thirty or so cultivars that I sowed but there’s no reason to suspect that the rest won’t set … Continue reading →

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Blight in my greenhouse?

Posted on June 21, 2020 by pelicanplants

If there’s one word that strikes fear into tomato growers, it has to be “blight”. More people seem to be looking on the internet trying to see if they have blight than almost any other problem. The reason is simple, … Continue reading →

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2020 May 27th – First Tomatoes Set

Posted on May 27, 2020 by pelicanplants

Its always pleasing when you start to see that you might get some tomatoes this year. It feels earlier than normal but, looking back through the calendar, its neither the earliest (nor the latest). This year the first ones I’ve … Continue reading →

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Recipe: Carrot Cake

Posted on April 28, 2020 by pelicanplants

In previous years, I’ve grown more beetroot than we’ve been able to eat, beetroot is good pickled, but as a vegetable its less useful. This year I decided to replace the beetroot bed with carrots so my guess is I’ll … Continue reading →

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