Still No Rain ☀️

 

      Today's little harvest......

                         Another good bowl full of peas and beans .

                       A couple of courgettes and a few kale leaves for lunch .

The tomatoes today are strangely huge  🤔 Scatolone 2 I hadn't expected them to be so big !   There is some inconsistency in the shape . This one is round ......

                         ................others are pear shaped  .

Sweet Pepper Snack Bite Red  have all come at once . I have taken them all off and they will be sliced and put into the freezer . Not sure if the plants will produce any more now ....have to give them a good feed and wait and see !

Most places around Cornwall had a small amount of rain yesterday .....but not us on the Lizard !

It was misty over-night , the ground damp first thing in the morning ..... bone dry again very soon after the sun came up .

                                   The heat is very tiring .  

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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

Bananas and Tomatoes

 

            Musa ensete maurelii  - not looking too bad . They have been under cover , but today I decided to drag them both out to catch some rain  of a passing shower .

...and of course , since I dragged them both out , It hasn't rained !

I will drag them both back uncover tonight . It is still too cold for them to be outside over night .

I plant them out in May depending on the weather .

          As promised , here's Musa basjoo ....the more hardy one . 

There are actually two in there . They are only babies , so I am pleased that they seem to have made it through the stormy winter months .

Today I transplanted my tomato plants into their pot/bags in the greenhouse .

I will top up the bags with fresh compost as they grow . 

At the moment I am starting some Cosmos on the bench above , but I will clear all of them out soon . The tomato plants have plenty of light through the glass around the bottom and sides . 

  I am growing Tomato Scatolone 2 a tall growing one with plum shaped fruits, which are said to have an incredible intense flavour  and Tomato Divinity f1 a semi determinate large cherry type - smaller growing and more bushy . 

    Both of these varieties are new to me .

  I have no luck at all growing tomatoes outside . I always grow mine in the greenhouse .

Eventually they grow up through the bench and the paracord rigging is all still set up from last year for the plants to wind around for support .

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That's the shed opposite the greenhouse , where I am growing leafy things for salads .

My grand daughter helped me to gather lettuce and baby kale leaves for salad with pizza today .

I'm looking forward to picking spring onions , celery and coriander - only just germinating .🌱🌱🌱

It's so important to teach the children how to grow vegetables and to have fun with it too !

       We had a bit of fun with my water pistols too . Yep ..got a bit soaked ! 🤣

         

         ...and checked to see how the potatoes are doing .

 Then went to the park , for more fun on the zip-wire !

Tomorrow I 'll move the Sweet Peppers and Cucumbers into the greenhouse .

   Then there will be space on the bench in the shed to start off the next wave of seeds . 

           Need to pace myself with all this !  

                            Weather - sunshine and showers ☀️🌦️🌈

                                             hugs Debbie x