Monday, July 14, 2025

A few from the garden

 

A couple of tubs of sweet peas, love the smell, brings back memories of childhood xx



Our potatoes have been splendid this year, a decent crop that we have enjoyed nearly every day.....and we still have a few left xx


We have grown purple dwarf beans this year which are going to give us a bumper crop. Pity that they turn green when put in boiling water.......feel a bit conned !









Just a few of our spectacular planters, they look beautiful despite the scorching heat. We have over 100 pots and planters around the garden so you can imagine the watering.......at the moment it's a full time job !





Pixi taking a snooze in a pallet !!


We have grown peppers planted in the greenhouse this year......they are laden, a fantastic crop. It is 40 degrees most days in the greenhouse with the maximum 50 degrees being reached one day this year. They obviously like it hot !
We have planted some out in the garden and they all have decent peppers on them. Who would have thought you could grow peppers outside in northern Britain. A sign of our ever warming world.


A small amount of our onions drying before being put into storage. We planted around 500 onion sets, so we will be ok for onions for the next year !


Sweet corn growing away, it's about a foot taller now and all with cobs forming. Love home grown sweetcorn with a decent knob of butter.

5 buckets of carrots

Inundated with courgettes this year......not the tastiest veg and we have a bumper crop. Keep giving them to neighbours !  Beans going in the freezer.

Peppers in the greenhouse, now waiting for them to ripen

Just a smittering of our tomatoes, recon we have at least 150 plants, now all laden with fruits. Good job we like them but still have some left in the freezer from last year !
Can't beat fresh tomatoes on toast for breakfast. Picked, cooked and eaten within 10 minutes, freshness at its very best !

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