The "African Key Hole Bed " - in which I mainly grow our Butternut Squash , but in which I also planted about twelve Sweetcorn , peas , courgettes and all my left over leeks .
The Sweetcorn was wonderful . My husband was so happy and a sight to see him munching into his cob with melted butter oozing down his chin !
But they were giants ! I think they took all the goodness out of the earth and the Butternuts this year are tiny . I have picked apples bigger than this sorry lot !
The Leeks too are looking really good....better than the ones in the main vegetable garden , with a nicer flavour and more reliable for me than onions .
Look at those pathetic Butternuts ! I am so disappointed 😞....sigh ...
If you are growing Squash , they still have until the end of October to get bigger . Mine will not get any bigger because the main plants have withered .
We will still use them though .
With the cost of living crisis , I just tried my best to grow as much as I could and crammed in too much.
A lesson learned and we shall do it better next year .
The last courgette ! Courgette "Green Bush" did well this year .
Time for me to climb in and clear out this bed .
So the weather - it's forecast to get warmer again for a couple of days and this photo shows what happens here when they say this .
It is very beautiful though and we enjoy our walks along the cliffs .
But the sun has just come out as I write . I can see blue sky again . . . the Swallows have gone .
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