I've harvested a couple of handfulls of sugarsnap peas, eaten immediatley. and I've picked a few of the savoy cabbage leaves, leaving the plant to still grow, just cooked with potatoes and butter. lovely. also eating chard , kale and collard leaves.
very much a jungle, the aubergine has flowers but no fruit, the peppers not even flowered, the lemon cucumber is taking over, and I've eaten a few of the small round cucumbers it produces, the tomatoes are flowering but no fruits yet.... and I've two friends report that they have tomatoes growing... so I don't know why its all so different.
the potatoes looked healthy enough but only produced three small potatoes from the bag... think a bucket would have been better as the soil that came out of the bag was very wet. i'll leave the oustide potatoes for about another month or so before seeing whats in there.
the cougettes and pumpkin in the garden have failed totally... being eaten from underground and the tops. they started off well but can't cope with the slug population. slug nematodes are not available to buy anywhere and i won't use chemicals. there's a couple of beer traps out and i go hunting with a pair of scissors, lifting bricks to see whats under ,,,, also in the evening if its wet/cool and i can find them out and about.... cut them in half. leave the bits for the birds.... i've seeded another courgette and pumpkin , the pumpkin planted out this morning, not sure if i want to plant the courgette out or try to stuff it into the greenhouse in a bucket.
using the temporary coldframe..carrots and beetroot sown directly have done reasonably well, peas and beans that were sown directly under the coldframe are looking good , it was lifted off them when they started to touch the glass. the beans planted out.. gifted... haven't grown at all. the broccoli , cabbage, all the greens... all looking reasonalby good... have been eating a few chard and kale leaves.
