The garden and greenhouse are now officially full… I wonder if i am going to be able to move around at all if things grow any more. Shouldn’t complain!
First things first, I must first introduce a new member of the family… “Parsnip” She is an amazing little Springer spaniel, just 11 weeks old.
Now back to the garden. In the little bed the Beetroot and parsnips are doing really well. I suspect i should start to pull up some soon but I have never grown beetroot before so don’t know? – I will have a look tonight. On the right you can see some of the sweetcorn planted out last week. They are growing well but maybe planted out a little late. Far right is the so called giant pumkin (not so giant right now).
In the greenhouse the tomato’s are looking really good. Alot of flowering right now so hopefully there should be a good crop this year. The peppers suffered rather badly from slug attack so i have resorted to organic slug pellets (something I usually try to avoid) They are recovering well. The greenhouse is also providing a steady crop of lettuce which together with the pea tops, graden herbs and beet leaves make for a delicious salad. The greenhouse Courgette plant is amazing and I get new courgettes every single day. I can barely keep up with the picking! The butternut squash plant has been traied over the potting bench and has started to flower.
Toms in the conservatory are a little further on than the greenhouse. I really should have used bigger pots as it makes it much easier keeping up with ther watering. They are starting to produce some nice looking toms, The variety in the picture below is an Ailsa Craig.
Back out in the garden everything is doing well. I had a first crop of Broad beans this week which was a nice treat. They never go very far though, What I thought was loads was just enough for one dinner…
Picture of the big bed. – Onions are doing very well indeed and the runners have started to produce those beautiful orange flowers! I am really looking forward to the first peas that should be ready some time this week. My pea hedge worked pretty well in the end.
We are also starting to get some really nice strawberries and the slugs are not eating them! I suspect this is due the the Newts or Frogs from the pond getting to the slugs first! I am really starting to like my pond! I am sure the Rhubard could spare a few leaves for a crumble this week.
