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

Clouds but still no rain

                  Clouds in the sky ....but still no rain .

A little bit cooler today ....I wearily gathered up all the rose bush clippings and harvested a few things from the vegetable garden . 

                                   Very happy me !

                                           More on the way !

 Not so many flowers in the garden at the moment , so I have done a more simple arrangement for the table this week .  

 Just a few blue Hydrangeas , laurel , Miscanthus sinensis strictus and Cotinus coggygria "Royal Purple " 

                 Now looking very grand on the table .

               Then on with the gloves and to bring in some fire-wood .

I'm bringing in a little everyday now  , getting ready for the Winter again .

 Rather to do this while the sun is shining , than when it's cold , windy and raining .... a miserable job then .

I had thrown a left over half of a melon out on the lawn  for the blackbirds really ...but the butterflies were relishing it . 

                        Plums not quite ready yet .

                           Lots of French beans coming now .

  Lots of French beans and this year my peas have done exceptionally well !

                                   Pretty Purple Podded Peas !

             I have had no time to myself ; too busy playing in the garden ! 

     Oh ...I did manage to do a little on a road trip ....but not much .

I cut back my lovely clump of Impatiens tinctoria  , it had finished flowering and beginning to wilt in the heat .  Cutting it back will encourage it to put out fresh growth and more lovely white flowers .

    I did a light weeding around here and lopped off a few of the more tatty Chamaerops humilis leaves . Laying them down on any bare earth to keep the moisture in .

  The weather is going to heat up again , we are warned of yet another heatwave and drought .

 🕊️ My heart and prayers goes out for everyone in places suffering from the extreme hot weather and battling with trying to extinguish fires . Terrifying 😔  I do hope that rain comes soon . 🕊️

                                                Cosmos

   The Sweetpeas were finished and so I pulled them out and replaced with my Cosmos seedlings . 

   I'm not watering everything . Just the Cosmos , Impatiens tinctoria and the Banana plants . 

     I am making sure there is plenty of food and water for visiting wildlife  . 

                               So that all for now my friends !

                             Peace and Love 🕊️🌿

                                                  Debbie 💐x