A Californian poppy sheds its cap in the hot sunshine
Tomato plants ready to go into the new 'tomato frame'
I’ve also installed another two pepper plants up on the bank, where they get maximum heat. Olga grew these from Peruvian seed she scooped out of a chilli pepper she was cooking with. She’s a very green-fingered woman.
Remember my rather tragic butternut squash, thoroughly decimated by slugs? Well, after sowing more at home to replace them, which are now in the ground and doing well, I was delighted to discover that two of the original plants have in fact made a remarkable recovery!
The recent heatwave in London has had my plot looking and feeling like a vegetable garden somewhere in the Mediterranean! Having completely given up on the climbing beans, the bean frame has now become a tomato frame, if there is such a thing. It’s a good bonus for me though as it appears we may just avoid the blight this year and I have 7 other tomatoes on the plot. With these additions I now have another 8 plants so, with 13 plants in total, of 3 different varieties (beef, vine and heritage types) all growing away happily, I am hoping for bumper crop.
Tomato plants ready to go into the new 'tomato frame'I’ve also installed another two pepper plants up on the bank, where they get maximum heat. Olga grew these from Peruvian seed she scooped out of a chilli pepper she was cooking with. She’s a very green-fingered woman.
Remember my rather tragic butternut squash, thoroughly decimated by slugs? Well, after sowing more at home to replace them, which are now in the ground and doing well, I was delighted to discover that two of the original plants have in fact made a remarkable recovery!
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