Fruits Of The Season
Well, it’s been pouring down at plot 69 (as well as everywhere else of course)!
Contents of the fruit cage is wild. Raspberries, tayberries (or are they logan berries?) all doing very well and we’ve picked quite a few too. As you can see from this photo (just!) the red currants have been ready for picking, so we’ve had some of them too - my two young daughters had great fun. Gooseberry bush has gone mad and will need a damn good prune at the appropriate time.
Elsewhere on the plot, the potatoes need digging up as the foliage is now dying off. In fact, I bumped into plot 60 owner Jenny this afternoon and she mentioned that George said that potatoe blight could be a problem.
Suspect my onions need to come out now too I reckon, well guess to be honest. I’ve got no idea yet about you plant in the ground where the potatoe and onions have resided for several weeks?
Stuff in the greenhouse is growing well and several tomatoes are now showing. Something is attracted to the cucumber plants, a black tiny aphid or something - not sure if this is a problem, plants still growing well?
Back outside, either my water butt at the front of the greenhouse is leaking, vandals are messing about or someone is helping themselves. I’m guessing it’s kids messing about.
Little Cucumbers
Great to see something growing. The cucumber plants seem to be doing alright at the moment. Suspect I’ve not pruned the tomato plants correctly ‘cos they look a little bushy and I don’t think that they should. Aubergine plants are a lovely purple colour and look healthy enough.
Outside, the pea and mange-tout seeds just haven’t appeared for whatever reason. Maybe I planted them a bit too deep? Next time I’ll start the seeds off in a length of gutter in the greenhouse and then plant them on.
Made another bed in the front section and just need to dig it over again to get a few more weeds out. Need some more timber to mark out a few more beds.
Next door (plot 68) neighbour Simon was dropping off a load of paving slabs to use on his plot as new paths. Nice to bump into Liz, Chris and family too for a chat at the level crossing on the walk home.
Inside The Greenhouse
Here are my very first (ever) tomato plants inside the main greenhouse. Remember that I’ve only got a half share in the big greenhouse - my neighbours, Simon and Sabina have the other side.
Seemingly, the tomatoes are doing okay so far. No flowering yet - I wonder when that will happen? Aubergine plants (2 of) are looking okay and are a wonderful deep purple colour. Can’t remember the last time we ate aubergine so we’ll be scouring the recipe books out in a few weeks.
I’ve also got about 5 cucumber plants in too. Now I’ve been wondering if they are doing okay because some of their leaves have turned brown but they’re all growing so I’m not sure what the problem is - if at all.
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Seed Shopping
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