I need to ensure better protection for them next time around I think.
I suspect birds are the culprits, although mice are also suspects. It’s disappointing, but, too late to remedy it now. My peppers have taken off now though, and I have plenty of various types of tomatoes that are swelling, and will hopefully start ripening soon.
My sweetcorn is also doing better now.
This afternoon I harvested all my onions and garlic. Potatoes have mostly been harvested too. They were utterly delicious.
Some beans are ready now as well. I’ve picked a few to see how they taste.
The absolute winners of the plot are the courgettes though. The white ones in particular (Trieste White) from www.RealSeeds.co.uk have done spectacularly well, and I have ended up with 5 white marrows because they swell so very quickly. I have been away on holiday for a week and came back to a huge stash of white marrows. The Italian courgettes are also plentiful, but dont seem to swell to marrow-size so easily.
So, I’ve been looking up recipes for Marrows. I have plenty of jam jars left over from the fruit jam making so I am thinking Marrow Jam, Marrow chutney, and Marrow pickle!!!!
I found you! I have been searching all over for you!
(tis Cappuccino btw)
I am going to lurk meaningfully around here even though I don’t seem to be able to keep wallflowers alive. My soft fruit last year was a hilarious failure.
do you do flowers?
I didnt realise you were looking for me!
I do flowers a bit, yes! Soft fruit wasn’t fantastic for quite a few last year – the weather wasn’t that great. What soft fruit did you try?
Are you trying to grow flowers from seed?