Just another lovely day ! ☀️

 

Another lovely sunny morning . Just a touch of mist across the meadow  .

Checking on and watering Pak choi, beetroot , red and green cabbage seedlings in the shed .

Early morning watering the vegetable garden and then check everything is o.k. in the greenhouse .

  

                       Telling the Butternuts to get a move on !

 A lazy day I think today ..hang some washing on the line.....take time to watch the bees ..... sit in the summer house and do some embroidery ... or a bit of patchwork .

      It's our wedding anniversary today .....on this day we usually share steaming hot and greasy fish'n'chips from the chippy and enjoy them sitting in the car , up on the cliffs looking out to sea . 

         (note to self - remember to take bottle of ketchup and serviettes ! )

                     Have a lovely day, take care in the hot sun ☀️

                                           Peace and Love 🕊️

                                                  Debbie 💐 x

                                                          p.s .......but did Ricardo remember ? 🤪

Today's harvest 🌿🫛🍅🌶️🫑

 

             Ricardo ..my Lord and Protector of the Spud Tubs !

So , he is planting another lot of potatoes for over Winter and we are also having some for our lunch  . 

We still have another two tubs to tip out . 

Our potatoes in tubs have done really well this year .

The beans and Purple Podded Peas on the teepees have done well and there are still lots more on the way .

I can't remember which variety these are , but they are so sweet and tasty straight from the pod !

I've never had so many peas before . 🐭🐭🫛🌿Very pleased with these !

Anyway ......

We had some for lunch , all of the peas and some of the beans . The rest I quickly blanched and now they are being given an "open freeze" on a tray , in the freezer . I'll probably bag them up later this evening .

     I got my seeds ordered for next year , some of which were half price now in the end of season sales . 

I ordered a packet of Sweet-Peas which I will sow end of October / November .

                                                   🌿☀️🌿

                                               Still no rain !                          

Which varieties will I grow next year ? 🌶️🫑🌿

        Still picking cucumbers .... so much nicer than supermarket ones .

   "Snack Bite Red " Sweet peppers ..... plenty of them !  Husband loves them ! 

The only thing I would say about this variety is that they all seem to come at once ......but maybe this is because of the heatwaves we've been having . I will slice , open-freeze , bag them all up and throw them into the freezer .

Next year I think I will go back to Sweet Pepper "Corno di Toro Rosso" which are the slightly bigger, longer pointed type .

  This is Sweet Pepper Corno di Toro Rosso . This time last year just to compare .

                 Sweet Pepper Corno Di Toro Rosso this time last year .

                                                Very nice !

             Cucumber " Carmen " and the shorter one is "Merlin" 

Next year I will only be growing  Cucumber "Carmen"...very happy with this one .

          No ripe Tomatoes today , but lots of green ones still coming .

As for the tomatoes .... This year I grew Tomato "Divinity"F1 and Tomato "Scatolone 2 "   they are o.k. nice flavour and texture , fleshy, not too many seeds ,  but I'm not blown away by them . Maybe it's the heatwave , but there seems to be quite a bit of inconsistency in the size and shape of them . 

Next year I will grow Tomato Scatolone 2 and probably go back to reliable old Tomato Alicante again .

      Now I am off to pick beans and peas for lunch 🌿🫛🫛🫛

Weather forecast  - clouds floating on by - still no rain 🌥️ uncomfortably warm .

                              Peace and Love  🕊️

                                                 Debbie 💐   x