Still hot and sunny. Still no rain and lots more watering.
Our first brassica bed is starting to look depleted and will shortly need clearing. Will the watering of the plants mean that the ground will be more diggable. Who knows?
At the moment it is still providing a harvest. This week we have had cauliflowers, cabbage and some sprigs of calabrese. More coleslaw was made and some cauliflower is destined for piccalilli.
At the moment it is still providing a harvest. This week we have had cauliflowers, cabbage and some sprigs of calabrese. More coleslaw was made and some cauliflower is destined for piccalilli.
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| 9 July |
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| 12 July |
The first lot of peas are now coming to an end. Most have gone into the freezer to give us homegrown garden peas into winter. Pods on the second planting are now starting to swell so shortly we will be picking those.
We had our first picking of Oregon Sugarpod mangetouts. This is the best harvest of mangetout that we have ever had. The Nairobi mangetout that we also planted are a complete flop.
Another addition to our berry harvest were a punnet of blackcurrants. These and the blueberries seem to be responding to the dry weather by producing smaller berries. Maybe these should have been included in our watering regime but there is only so much you can do.
The sweet peas are keeping us busy with fresh flowers to pick on every plot visit. Last week I picked a few other flowers too.
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| 14 July |
This week I am linking to harvest Monday hosted on
Dave's blog Our Happy Acres
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Look like you are still getting nice harvests despite the lack of rainfall. And I can imagine the berries would be smaller with less rain. I am sure you are weary of all the watering! It has finally dried out here but who knows what the rest of the growing season will bring.
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DeleteBeautiful flowers! Our dahlias are lagging behind a bit this year, but hopefully we shall have enough to cut soon. Your brassicas look really healthy, obviously due to your watering as I'm sure they would have given up otherwise
DeleteI’m sure that they would have too, Kathy.
DeleteWhat a lovely harvest Sue with all this draught weather we are having and blessings to you both
ReplyDeleteWe have tried to make sure that the plants haven’t noticed, Linda
DeleteOne would never know from the look of your harvests that you are in the middle of a drought. Nice work!
ReplyDeleteThanks, Michelle. It’s certainly keeping the weight down.
DeleteGood gracious! What a haul, again! I'm all exclamation marks over your fabulous produce - congratulations! xx
ReplyDeleteThanks, Carrie most things are doing better than expected.
DeleteThat is a magnificent harvest, especially during a drought! I'm looking forward to sweet peas, I only sowed mine about a month ago but they are growing at speed now.xxx
ReplyDeleteEach plot visit the last task is to cut all the sweet peas, Dina. This is taking longer each time.
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