I said I,d show you the Peppers in the greenhouse . Well I grew these from seeds that I saved from a pack of supermarket Mini Sweet Peppers ...so I had not been too sure of what these seeds would produce . All going well so far , they look like little Sweet Peppers . Husband very excited as he loves them !
I think we will wait until they colour up to a nice bright red before picking them .
I dont think they will grow much bigger now , mainly because I just couldn't get any good quality compost back in the Spring due to all the nurseries closing down during "lockdown". What I did manage to get hold of was very poor quality and very expensive .
Normally I would have them in much bigger and deeper pots .
The tomatoes in the greenhouse are not as fast growing as the ones in the Solar shed which had good quality compost left over from last year and in much bigger pots .
Our juvenile Buzzard flew over my head as I walked down to the vegetable garden , screaming out to it's mum loudly .
Here you can see , after the dwarf beans failed I threw down a mixture of veg seeds . Carrots , beetroots, Pak choi ,Rocket , Lettuce , I planted leeks and a few Gardeners Delight Tomato plants that I,d grown from seed up in the shed .
It needs a bit of weeding again after the rain we,ve had the last couple of days .
We have been eating a few things everyday from the vegetable garden . Lovely to smell and taste such fresh vegetables .
I would,ve liked more to freeze away , but I am thankful for all this at least .
The vegetable garden has not quite gone to plan this year . The autumn planted onions were a complete fail and waste of money , effort and likewise the French Beans ...and I have no idea why , other than to say that we didn't have any April showers at the time I was sowing seeds and beans . Runnerbeans and French beans are usually so easy , but this time they kept being cut down by something despite all the protection I gave them .
I sowed another lot of beans a couple of weeks ago , so I am hoping they might give us some end of season pods , about as late as can be sown .
Fingers crossed !
Carrots are looking good to pull in a few weeks time .
A few Gardeners Delight Tomatoes , I think my best ones are the ones I have grown in the shed .
Some beetroot , I love them !
Romaine Lettuces in amongst the Leeks .
The Leeks are picking up now at last , thanks to the lovely lot of rain we,ve had .
Under cover Brassicas and Kale and the first lot of Leeks that I planted out are almost at a usable stage now . I want them to be a whole lot bigger though before I harvest them .
The tomatoes and courgettes are fantastic , we are freezing them and eating them every day .
Looking through my Runnerbeans to the labyrinth . We had a few Runnerbeans , but something kept cutting them down at about two or three inches from the bottom and they did not regrow . I have sown more , but it is late now .
Some you win , some you lose , This is the way it goes with vegetable gardening , so just don't ever give up !
I,m thinking of pulling them all out and it will soon be time to plant another lot of Autumn planting onions . I will give it a good old weeding , take out the Tetrapanax papyrifer rex and all its pups ( let me know if you want one , if you are local) feed the earth up with something , not sure what yet, chicken pellets maybe or seaweed ...and plant the onion sets to over winter here .
I,m just thinking out loud , but I think that is what I,ll do .
The kitchen windowsill at the moment . Mint and Pelargonium cuttings rooting in the hyacinth vases and tomatoes ripening in the sunshine .
I love early Autumn !
Very little has gone to plan this year what with Covid and the weather but we were lucky in that our local garden centre operated click and collect and so we could buy good compost.
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