We are now getting cold and foggy weather, but we are still getting beans, courgettes and sweet corn from the garden. Cauliflowers are nearly ready and the sprouts are doing well. Really looking forward to eating them I now also have a new morning routine chopping kindling and splitting logs for the wood burner.
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 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 …
The good life
The last few months have been marvelous. Prior to moving to the Forest of Dean we lived in Churchdown for over 30 years. It was certainly the right decision both to sell our business ( Softdata Internet Ltd ) and to make the move to a smaller house in a cheaper area. There is now plenty of time to enjoy …
I have worked hard all my life. Now
I have worked hard all my life. Now I am really enjoying my retirement. It was a big gamble selling the business and then our house in Churchdown but it has all worked out very well. Both Vanda and I are loving living in the Royal Forest of Dean. The house is perfect for us and our garden is slowly …