As we have in prior years, we are going to try growing our courgettes vertically again this year. We'd originally placed the courgettes along the back fence behind the greenhouse, but it was starting to get a bit of a squeeze to water and tend to the plants so we had to relocate them. The... Continue Reading →
The summer harvest continues
We had a very colourful harvest one day last week: cucumber, courgettes, tomatoes and strawberries! It's all worth it when you get to harvest some lovely homegrown fruit/veg and eat them! First up we've got a Tasty King cucumber. Although the plant still isn't that strong, it's producing some half decent little cucumbers. They're certainly... Continue Reading →
The beefsteak tomatoes are here!
We had a little look in the greenhouse at the weekend, and to our surprise the beefsteak tomatoes we've got growing in there have all got some fruits set. It's amazing how quickly the vegetables grow at this time of year, as there was nothing to be seen a week ago, just the flowers! We're... Continue Reading →
Latest progress in the greenhouse
As well as the tomatoes, we also have some cucumbers and peppers growing in the greenhouse. And we have our first pepper, Redskin formed. The rest of the plants all have plenty of flowers on, but we haven't found any more peppers that have formed yet. We are keeping our eyes peeled though! The Striped... Continue Reading →
Tomato ketch-up
Our tomatoes that are outside are doing well so far, and most have formed a couple of trusses of tomatoes already. Again, we have given these a cane for support and have been tying them up every 4-6 inches as and when they need it. As you may be able to see from the photo,... Continue Reading →
Some more activity in the greenhouse
One morning last week, I was watering the garden and I noticed that our Big Beef tomato plant was starting to lean. As I filled each can of water, I noticed that it was leaning more and more and we were at a real risk that the plant was going to completely fall over and... Continue Reading →
The summer harvest is beginning
We've been waiting patiently, for some of our veg to start producing fruits and they've come good over the past couple of weeks. First up we've got the courgettes. Here, we have four different varieties (from left to right): Midnight, Black Forest, Astia and Eight Ball. The last three are all new varieties to us... Continue Reading →
Pak choi harvest
We were right that the pak choi were nearly ready to harvest. And luckily we did, as they've started to go to seed now with all the hot weather. They were still fine to eat though, flower heads included! Below is a photo of our first harvest with we had with some salmon and veg... Continue Reading →