It’s been a great month, gorgeous weather, armfuls of cut flowers, delicious vegetables and soft fruit. I’m just going to let the pictures tell the tale this month.
The greenhouse
Tomato ‘Sungold’, the sweetest and best cherry tomato, ever!
Tomato ‘Black Krim’ – a lovely colour, hearty flavour and my favourite beefsteak tomato
Tomato ‘Pomodoro’ – another gorgeous beefsteak tomato, growing with basil
Mini cucumbers, my first year of growing cucumbers, a huge hit with the kids
A tomato jungle!
The Vegetable patch
The courgettes and pumpkin bed is no-where to be seen!
Green courgette
Yellow courgette
Cut and come again salad, a lunch time essential
Runner bean flowers, I forgot to take the picture before picking!
A pumpkin, sown from last years halloween pumpkins, I only need three, one for each child. I think we’ll end up with lots more!
Onions, seed 39p from Lidl, sown direct. My best crop ever.
For some reason we only got one pear last year, the tree is laden this year
Borlotti beans, they’ll be left to dry and saved for winter stews
The cut flower borders
Malope, a lovely long vase life, and when the petals drop you’re left with stunning acid green buds
Cosmos ‘Purity’ – my top cut flower, long stems and keeps flowering all season
Cosmos ‘Rubenza’ – a stunning colour
Calendula – Another must have cut flower
Centaurea cyanus ‘Black Ball’, corn flower, unlike the blue variety this dark colour doesn’t fade
Clary, the pink and blue varieties are both very useful in flower arrangements
Dahlia – the queens and princesses of the cut flower world
Dahlia, one more day and it will be perfect for cutting