Sweetcorn are doing well. Silks are now showing, and I should be picking them in August - badgers permitting! About the only thing to keep them out would be an electric fence, so I will just have to hope that they start somewhere else and give me a chance to pick them first!
In the background are runner beans which I have been picking for about 3 weeks. I dug up all the potatoes (Vivaldi) a week or so ago, and they were quite successful - fairly large and numerous, with little sign of disease and not too much slug damage. One root was however completely eaten by mice! And I've been picking a lot of courgettes, broad beans, lettuce, beetroot, carrots (so different to what you can buy!) plus some peas and French beans. This is despite the summer being 'indifferent', with not a lot of heat but very little rain to speak of. I've also been harvesting garlic, shallots and a few onions, although these are not really ready yet. As usual, there's been a fair amount of weeding, and also watering. Let's hope that we have kind weather over the next few months - a bit more rain but not too cold. I have sowed seeds of beetroot, lettuce, carrots and spinach, where the potatoes were - no room elsewhere - and am hoping for a succession well into the autumn.
In the background are runner beans which I have been picking for about 3 weeks. I dug up all the potatoes (Vivaldi) a week or so ago, and they were quite successful - fairly large and numerous, with little sign of disease and not too much slug damage. One root was however completely eaten by mice! And I've been picking a lot of courgettes, broad beans, lettuce, beetroot, carrots (so different to what you can buy!) plus some peas and French beans. This is despite the summer being 'indifferent', with not a lot of heat but very little rain to speak of. I've also been harvesting garlic, shallots and a few onions, although these are not really ready yet. As usual, there's been a fair amount of weeding, and also watering. Let's hope that we have kind weather over the next few months - a bit more rain but not too cold. I have sowed seeds of beetroot, lettuce, carrots and spinach, where the potatoes were - no room elsewhere - and am hoping for a succession well into the autumn.