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

Meanwhile in the greenhouse ... 🥒🌿🌿

 

Meanwhile in the greenhouse I had a big tidy up of the Cucumbers . 

Topping up with a bit more compost over any exposed roots and making sure they're not drying out at all .

I am SO grateful for the second water-barrel that was fixed up . It has made life so much easier for me not to have to drag up the hose and water through the window .

Any yellow or withering leaves were snipped off and of course a thorough hunting through the jungle for cucumbers .

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Carmen  F1- beautiful long ones ! I will definitely grow these again next year .

Merlins F1 - these are a short variety , but bigger than Party Time F1 that I grew last year .

              I think I've found my two favourite varieties !

Meanwhile in the shed ---

 I thought I'd sow a selection of Cabbages and some more Beetroot .

  The first lot of Beetroot are doing really well and I'll be pulling them up soon .

I'll bring them on in the shed and plant them out in about eight or ten weeks time , we'll be going into Autumn then .  I will also have cleared some space in the vegetable garden by then . 

My next job will be planting out the second wave of Leeks Bleu de Solaise ....I think I'm going to put these into the tubs I grew our potatoes in . 

If it cools down I might do that this afternoon .

The potatoes were delicious by the way ! Oh ! My goodness they were so good ! Albert Bartlett and Soraya . Still got another four tubs to go . Very happy me !

               Beautiful little gardener's friend - the Lacewing Fly .

    

                 Eats greenflies , so he's welcome in my garden .

          I haven't seen any greenflies, so he must be doing a great job !

                         I know ......I know ! 

                          Bye !!  🤣 

                     love Debbie 🌿💐🕊️ x