Summer is drawing to a close and some of the planters are looking a bit tatty, so We are clearing them out and of course adding them to the compost heap The tomato plants with blight have been burned. Don’t want to risk that spreading through the compost
The joys of the vegetable garden
Despite the late start there are many successes in our vegetable garden this year. Our beans are now producing a wonderful harvest, we have peppers and aubergines that are nearly ready ( was told impossible to grow them here in the Forest of Dean ) and the sprouts and cauliflowers are doing very well. Sadly we are today harvesting any …
Mixed results in the garden
Considering how late everything went in I suppose we haven’t done that badly. The French and Runner beans are at last producing, and we have had some tomatoes. Sadly I have had to uproot 2 plants as they had blight. That was a bitter blow, but it did allow me to have a bit of fun at the highly extreme …
Summer harvests from the garden
Despite the poor weather earlier on and the late start we had we are now starting to eat some of our produce. We have french beans and tomatoes ready for the table and the runners are all in full flower. If we get the promised good weather in September we will be eating aubergines and peppers, and our cauliflowers are …
Vegetable garden producing at last
It has been a terrible year for veg in the garden, and of course we were very late in planting out, but at last we are eating a few bits and pieces. We have eaten the first of our tomatoes and the flavour was incredible. Tomorrow we will be picking courgettes and even the beans are all in full flower …
The compost bin one of the most important parts in the garden
Whether you are growing vegetables or flowers ( we grow both ) you need to feed. Traditional gardeners will tell you to feed the soil, not the plants and there is a great deal of truth in this. Well rotted compost is free or cheap and is a fantastic soil conditioner and provides many nutrients that your plants need. If …
The vegetable Garden
At last we are getting some decent weather and everything in the garden is doing well. The photo on the left is an aubergine flower. This little plant is covered with them. Our pepper plant was also an experiment and that is fruiting as well. Tomatoes were thinned out today, and all we need now for them is a few …
Vegetable garden looking better
Because of the date we moved in here we were very late in starting a vegetable garden and we did consequently have some failures. Not a single pea came up and the beans are pathetic, but some things are at last doing well. The tomatoes are doing very well, and at last the courgettes are flowering. This morning we can …