Cabbages and Clouds

 

The weather is changing and we are seeing some really beautiful clouds now .

                             A slight rainbow in this one !

                And whispy ones ....

        ...... and fishscale type ones that promise rain , but it doesn't come .

                           Our walk along the cliffs .

We ran back to the car thinking these squalls were coming our way , but they just rolled in across LandsEnd and Penzance  . We stayed dry !

                                 🌦️🌧️⛈️🌧️🌧️      

So proper rain is forecast for tomorrow  and I have been busy pulling weeds  to make room for my cabbage seedlings .

  It is very windy today , a sure sign of coming rain . 

             So here we go ! 

I pulled back the netting . A nice line of Parsnips . Carrots dotted about here and there and lots of beautiful curlywurly kale  .    🦋

I climbed in and set about pulling out the weeds .  

Once again , the weeds have helped to keep the moisure in the good earth .

                            I filled that wheelbarrow !

  I made space for my cabbages . 

I didn't really dig as such , rather I just prized the good earth up a little bit to make it easier for the rain to soak down to the plant's roots .

    🐌   I found two snails and relocated them .🐌

This was really hard work for me , my knee and poorly back are aching and I forgot to bring out the kneeler and the ground was rock hard to kneel on and too far to go back to the cottage to get it and lunch was almost ready and if I stopped now I wouldn't be able to get going again ! 

     So I carried on in pain and planted out a few of each red and white cabbages . 

                                  .......and firmed them in !

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And threw the netting back over them all and made it good and secure all around the edges with bricks and rocks and an old fence post .

That took me a good hour to do . I still have some greyhound cabbages and some leeks to plant out . 

  Not sure if I can manage it before the rain comes . I have to pace myself .

I'm glad I got this bed weeded and planted up though . 

                                  That's it for today . I am done ! 

A quick shower ...... 😱...you know Autumn is a coming in when you step into the shower and see this !

.......oh my goodness !  Help !!!! 

 Ricardo calls out to me " Are we off for our walk now then ? " 🤪 O.k. I,m coming !   

And when we get back I 'm having a flop on my bed with some patchwork .

                       Cheerio for now !

             Peace and Love 🕊️💕

                                   Debbie 💐x

                                 

Beans and Peas

    I decided my work for today would be to tidy up the beans and peas bed .

  To climb in there and pull up the speedwell and chickweed and the pretty scarlet pimpernell .     

These are the good weeds !  I leave them to grow around and beneath the hazel rod bean teepees .They really help to keep the moisture in  and we had a really good harvest of  the French Climing Beans ...but it's time to have a clear out and get this bed ready for my brassicas and leeks .

                          Our Beans have been brilliant !

               We've had lots to eat fresh and some are in the freezer .

The Peas were fantastic . I have never had so many ! Enough for proper portions to have for dinner ! 

             Really pleased and I'll be growing these again next year .

 But today they are turning crispy and exhausted and it's time to pull them out .

 So I climbed in and spent about an hour hanging upside down grasping and pulling weeds 🥵 and picking a few beans to eat and some crispy pods to sow again next year .  Actually I'm leaving the french beans in to save seeds from now really .

 Over there in the background are the potato tubs , just to the left of that rusty old incinerator....these are doing really well too !

 This is our second planting of potatoes .  Our first Spring planted lot have been beautiful ..still got one more tub to furtle through !   😃

 Ricardo Lord Protector of the Spud Tubs has four more tubs on the go for Christmas and mid-winter potatoes ..... fingers crossed !

In another bed I have parsnips also for Christmas !

 Planted on the 8th August this second lot of potatoes are doing well and have  already been earthed up a couple of times and are looking like another top up might be required .

  ❄️ We generally don't get frost here ....Lots of  ⛈️ alarmingly wild , violent and destructive storms ⛈️ ....but usually no snow or frost . ❄️ Don't get me wrong ..it gets cold though ! ❄️

  If need be Ricardo will drag them under cover . The woodshed has a clear plastic corrugated (and leaking) roof . So plenty of light and the stacked wood gives off some warmth too . 

  I over winter quite a few plants in here too . Goodness I'll be digging up my Musa ensete "Maurelii"  banoonahs again soon ....towards the end of next month . 

  You might think that is a bit early but I dig them up and plant them up in  really big tubs with lovely fresh compost mixed with a bit of pearlite .They go into the corner of the woodshed . I give them a good drink of rain water and just let them get their roots down  and put up new happy leaves and look fabulous . As we go into the colder times they get less and less water , I allow them to go almost dormant  .

      Later on I will lash polystyrene sheets around the tubs .  

             I do that every Autumn and they are fine .

 I leave Musa basjoo outside in the ground . I only put a cloche over it if there is a weather warning and take it off afterwards .

 People , please remember that I am way down South on the Lizard ! 

If you live up country , then you will need to look up what people do up north !  

       

               I will do a post showing exactly what I do later on .

 So there we are , a whole wheelbarrow load to save and go onto the pumpkin bed with cardboard and seaweed and lovely rotting leaves .

 The Runnerbean bed also needs replenishing  .

My sweetcorn has done nothing and my Runnerbeans well .....you can see ....they are only just starting to climb up the poles  ! 

   I am hopeful of having a late harvest  , I think it's not too late for them .

 Ricardo says "I don't like them anyway !"

    The price of vegetables in the shops is going sky high though now . He will be glad of them later on .

      £2.00 for a cucumber is ridiculous !

        

         We had some rain .....so a bit of happiness for the wildlife .

That's all for today ! 

   I am aching and need a flop and a nice glass of icy cold chocolate milk .

Going to do some embroidery and maybe a bit of patchwork ....we'll go for a walk later on .

                              Peace and Love  🕊️💕

                                        Love Debbie 💐x

                      

                         

Goodmorning !

                       Goodmorning !  The sun is coming up later now ☀️

                                Make it a great day ! 

                                        love Debbie 💐x