More of the pumpkins have gone out. The Patty Pans I put in some time ago are absolutely thriving and are loving it in their corner. First fruits are already forming.
OH's sweetcorn was struggling but seems to have settled in.
Sowed some radish, lettuce, basil and beetroot and that's coming out fine. Second attempt at runner beans has largely survived the snails and slugs. Accidental tomatoes self-seeded from last year's patch by the wall are also doing well. The carrots in the boxes grew well but didn't grow down in a straight line but curled in on themselves. Bit strange.
The kales and broccoli/romanesco cauliflowers have taken off so must bring in the higher covers soon. Or move the fruit cage across.
The lettuces have all bolted now and can come out for compost. The Bavarian radishes suffered a dry spell and had bolted, became too woody and were exceptionally hot too when grated. I can see why it's regarded as excellent cough medicine. You can't stop coughing as soon as you bite into one of them!
The borecole is doing very well, quietly growing into beautiful plants. The strawbs are hopefully getting second wind for another crop.
Our next jobs for the plot will be to
* do another strim
* lift the last of the sweet williams and calendula and transfer them to our garden
* weed and edge the squash bed
* dig over and edge the bed next to it
* build pea supports out of salvaged fence wood and donated wire fencing and chicken wire
* transfer the fruit bushes from the back to the front
* weed the bed at the far back
* sieve the compost from the old heap and transfer the compost to the back bed
* transfer current compost to the corner
* lift the summer raspberries and replant on the left
* dig over where the second compost heap is now and edge
* dig over the right of the current raspberry bed, build a diagonal path and end up with 2 triangular beds towards the back right, edged to the left by another path cutting through what's currently the centre of the raspberries (have I lost you yet?)
* and then it'll be time to strim again!
My laptop has been playing up and has been refusing to devote processing power to uploading pictures when in normal mode. I'm now in constant "safe mode" and for some reason it uploads pictures onto blogspot again -- no idea why -- but while it allows pics through, I'll throw them on. Here are the ones I've been waiting to put on since 27th of June:
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| Patty Pan squashes (27 June 2014) |
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| Newly created greens bed with rescued spinach self-seedlings from all over the plot. Near the front, a blackcurrant grown from a broken-off stick two years ago, with some monardas. At the far end, some beetroot seedlings (27 June 2014). Update: Now also in there, as of 13 July, lettuce Kagraner Sommer, basil Genovese, radishes, spring onions. |
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| Potatoes doing fabulously well on that side. Always have done. 27 June 2014 |
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| This is what happens to The Sun round our house. |
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| A carrot from the box. |
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| Aubergines behind windshield. 27 June 2014 |
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| Pigeon-proofed broccoli, romanesco and cavolo nero seedlings in newly edged bed. 27 June 2014. |
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| Bolted lettuces, spring onions, borecole (kale). To the left, bolted Bavarian radish. |
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| First catch of Lady Christl potatoes this year. |
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| OH's vines on 27th of June, with the new fruitcage behind. |
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| 27 June 2014: the old compost and general scrap heap. The wood has now been transferred and largely denailed and many boards have already been used up in bed edging. Getting there! |
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| Work to do at the far back -- the currants and gooseberries are buried somewhere beneath the weeds. 27 June 2014 |
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