All that hard work is now paying off with everything looking green and lovely on the plots. Potatoes look very healthy - very few gaps, hoping we get a really good crop this year. Fruit bushes are heavy with ripening berries. The first of the onions are huge and just about ready to come out for hanging. The shallots came out today, vinegar all ready for them to be pickled tomorrow. The raised beds are heaving with chard and spinach and the seedlings are being constantly thinned out. Cabbages, caulis and brussels are so far free from caterpillars, not sure how long that is going to last! Picked some kale to have with our tea and some turnips for tomorrow. Even the kohl rabi are starting to fatten up. The polytunnel turned into a jungle again so the courgettes have moved outside and made more room for the tomatoes, cucumbers and aubergines. All seem to be doing better than last year. Chilli greenhouse is looking very healthy too, Simon brought home more produce from there today and they are hanging up to dry - Gusto Purples, Apache F1s and Krakatoas.
And also picked our first sweet peas today, they smell absolutely glorious, the whole house smells lovely. All in all, looking great down there, trimmed the paths a bit too today as they were getting a bit out of hand..... backbreaking with shears! Oh, and planted the two rows of beetroot FINALLY!
