Does anyone have much experience of kohlrabi growing, especially late sowing for a late Autumn/Winter harvest? Realseeds seem to suggest that this is possible, and I'm wondering whether they might be something I could grow on a window sill from a June sowing until October, and then plant out when (if!) I have a garden? Or will they be enormous by then, or hate being transplanted?

Growing carrots for the first time and have just thinned them out, do I still need to protect them with netting?

FYI they are in pots.

I'm always intrigued by the different ways people do simple tasks - so let's share how similar or diverse we can be!!

Q How do you make a sandwich from 2 slices of bread?

Has anyone grown these. Planted some in modules then planted them out in the tunnel. They are rowing very slowly and not looking as well as I think they should. The next lot, destined for the bean frame out doors are rubbish and not growing at all and some have died off. All the other beans are looking fine.

 Has anyone got any tips please.

Each year I seem to forget just how much space it takes when growing squash. I have 8 uchiki kuri plants and 6 butternuts and I'm going to struggling to squeeze them all in. I grow some together with sweetcorn in a bed and that works well, not tried the 3 sisters yet as that sounds a bit messy?. I also grow some in compost bins (full of horse muck) and let them trail over the sides so I know they can cope with trailing but I know some people grow them upwards. I probably have room in one of the CFB beds to give this a shot and while I doubt a bamboo structure is going to be strong enough I may try 1 uchiki this way for a challenge.
Anyone tried growing them upwards?

I just posted about hardening off  basket tomatoes, but I would like to grow some outside, so looking for recommendations of varieties, the ones I have had success with were Ferline F1 (sold out) , Mountain Magic F1 far too expensive, as you can see both are F1s but I would prefer if possible, ones that I can take seeds from, so no F1s

When trying to give my Peony a bit of support I accidentally broke off a 'branch' at the base.   Will this take as a cutting do you think?  I know that I can give it a go but wondered if anyone had any knowledge to impart.

Was planning for the next few days, do people think it's warm enough?

I want to keep track of progress in my new garden and thought a thread here might be the best way. So, here's some pictures to start with.

Here's the view of the garden from the back porch. That privet hedge is about 6 feet wide in places and will need some rejuvenation work.

   

The view from the lounge doors. Again, the hedge is taking over the ornamentals planted in front of it.

   

Looking back towards the house from the middle of the garden. A good view of the missing panes in the greenhouse, too.

   

Looking down from the middle of the garden. That shed there needs some, ahem, attention. Also some of those trees are going to have to go too.

   

The apple trees at the bottom of the garden. Not sure about the biggest one, it's too big to reach any of the fruit (if it has any). I'll make a decision in the winter.

   

Plenty to do!

Pulled up 2 Purple Sprouting Broccoli (PSB) and a cabbage stump today and, in my usual way, couldn't bear to throw it in the compost, so.............
1.  I cut off the top of the plants where the sprouting shoots had been.
2. Cut the stalks into two parts - one with roots, the other with the leafy bit.
3. Cleared a space in the middle of some montbretia (to distract the chooks from finding the PSB)
4. Dug holes and planted the roots and the base of the leafy bits. 
5. Walked away and left them to do whatever they wish.

Its something similar to how I propagate the perennial kale - but I use side shoots jabbed in the soil. There were no side shoots on the PSB. Believe me, I looked!!