Friday, July 10, 2009

Summer update

I can't believe it's been nearly two months since I posted anything to this blog! Very remiss of me. As you can imagine there have been a lot of changes in the garden in this time. The broad beans have been harvested - I froze three kilos of beans and ate loads. The runner and French beans have now been planted although they're smaller than they should be due to being confined in pots for too long. However, hoping they'll romp away once they recover. I lost quite a few to slugs but I popped in more seeds when I planted them out so hopefully these will extend the season and fill in the gaps.

I've have a bad year for salad for some reason. Either the seeds I sow don't germinate or the seedlings just disappear or, those that do grow, bolt and go to seed in a matter of weeks. The only lettuce I've managed to grow is in a pot! Don't really know what the problem is but I'm going to try again this weekend.

Tomato plants finally planted out

Beans

Pea and bean bed

Overview of veg plot - I need more space!!