Me and my pal..........

Went out yesterday with Lynn my best mate of 35 years!!!!

We took our 12 year old daughters with us and I must admit that they behaved far more grown up than we did! We laughed till we cried from beginning to end.

When we used to go out when we were young (er) we would always have our picture taken in a photo booth so we just had to do it again didn't we...................time just hasn't changed us has it?

Ha ha ......................

I've only tried 8 sweetcorn, 'Mini-pop' and so far they seem to be doing okay, considering they are in tubs. I shan't bother with these again though as they tend to take quite a bit of space up. We'll see anyway, I may be impressed with the amount of sweetcorn that I get..............but I doubt it.

I must admit that until I saw these furry tufts I had no idea where the sweetcorn grew from on the plant, from the top, middle or bottom, am I daft or what?

These are my chillies, I don't like them and neither does my family so I give them to Amanda, she likes them and eats them raw!

Yuk..............................

I have three pepper plants and they are all doing really well, I tend only to water them a little every few days and they respond very well to this. I may grow them again next year.

Here's my two butternut squashes (Hunter), I have another two plants on the garage roof, they don't have any fruits on yet but plenty of flowers so here's hoping they all do well.

Did you know that they are nil points if you eat them on weightwatchers? Eh..... did you know that? See you learn some things on this blog don't you, useless things I know, but still..................

I have been really pleased with the tomatoes that I have grown in my greenhouse, they have and still are fruiting really well. I have grown Red Cherry and although they are prolific growers they are a little too tart for my taste. Next year I shall try Gardeners Delight or Moneymaker as I have these seeds already. The Sungold have also grown well and taste so sweet, they will be grown again next year. I have grwon some Tumbling Tom in my hanging basket and they are just about ripening now early August.

No diseases to report on any of the greenhouse tomatoes, I think the marigolds have a lot to do with that, detering pests like greenfly etc. Sadly my outdoor Roma tomatoes suffered from blight due to the sunny....rainy....sunny....rainy weather!!!

What a flippin' busy month

I just don't know how people with allotements cope! I only have my garden and it takes quite a bit of my time up, I pop out for a 'few minutes' potter and when I come back in I realise that I've been out for an hour!

These pictures were taken on 17th May, so as you can imagine things have grown since then, especially with the lovely sunny weather that we've all been having.

I have grown far too much stuff as Amanda tells me, (when she can find me amongst the undergrowth.)

It's all been a big learning curve so far, but one that I've enjoyed immensely xx.

Strawberry pot

Strawberry basket

Butternut squash plant called 'Hunter'

Peanut plant

Aw pretty nasturtium

Beetroot radish and carrot box

!st early swifts

Oops bought too many maincrop, won't buy any next year!

Strawberry plant

Tumblin' Tom tomato plant

Double oops..............maincrop tatties again!

Ah pretty dahlia

Ah, er pretty...purpley flower

Yawn ........................ another Dahlia

Aw this is ridiculous now!

Phew.......Raspberry bush, Autum Bliss

Erm ........ Paris Market carrots I think.

6 cabbage my pal Linda bought me for my birthday...............I didn't just get the cabbage though :)

Another Butternut Squash ........ just remind me how much space these buggers need again, I have three romping away nicely.

Cuke again, I have four of these

First tomato

Managetout, mangetout methinks

Sweetcorn on left, mini pop.

Runner beans probably...... methinks

Makes note in diary .... LABEL STUFF !!!!

Organic Dwarf French Beans

My first harvest of Swift potatoes delicious