Weeding Session

I had a big weeding session on Saturday. There were some weeds (including bind-weed) to remove from the cabbages, but the main task was to weed the new plot which is taken up with the Squash, Courgette, Pumpkin and Tomato plants. As you can see above, the plants have really taken off now and it all looks a lot better now that it's been weeded. There are more courgettes to pick every time I visit, the squash plants are just starting to form squashes and the pumpkins are starting to get quite big - take a look at the biggest one so far, below.



We've been picking french beans for about a week now, and there's at least a good handful every visit at the moment. Various salad crops are also being picked and things are generally growing well. The biggest disappointments this year were the broad beans (just not very many of them) and the Parsnips. Completely disaster with the Parsnips as there is only 3 seedlings out of a total of 4 rows. They usually do so well, so I'm disappointed about that.

Back home, the first runner beans are nearly ready for picking, a few tomatoes have appeared and the cucumber has loads of flowers and small cucumbers. There are also a few peppers growing (see below left) and the aubergenes have some amazing purple and yellow flowers (below right).