Today we are busy building another two raised beds, which will be just in time for quick-growing summer vegetables this year – but will provide us with lots more space for next year’s growing season.
The best news is that we have had our first strawberry harvest, and some are even making it from the garden to the kitchen … but not very many!
Last year I bought a little daisy plant at our village plant sale, which consisted of three tiny flowers on a single long stem. My green-fingered friend confidently told me to give it lots of space as it would transform into an abundant plant this year, and she was not wrong!
We inherited four yukka plants when we moved here, and they have flourished in the current heatwave, producing long purple stems out of the centre, with exotic red buds.
When we came back from our holiday, the geraniums had spread across several feet of borders, and I’m going to go and release the lavender that is somewhere beneath them this afternoon.
Our mint seeds were very slow to germinate, but once established, they spread very quickly. I’ve learnt from experience and confine mine to pots! This hand-sown plant is only a few month’s old.
The courgettes were transplanted from pots in the kitchen to the new raised beds, in a sun-drenched position. More and more flowers burst into life every day.
By gently pulling back the leaves, you can just make out the first few courgettes starting to grow.
Several of our cabbages are ready to be harvested – we are going to pick one for our dinner tomorrow night, and have another marked out for homemade slaw and stir fries later in the week.
Some plants prefer to take their time. These parsnips have been growing since February. Sweetened by many frosts, they are now in another new raised bed. Once ready, we are planning to freeze them and keep them for Christmas.
Also for our winter feast, are the brussels sprouts. These are growing by the garden wall, where their towering stems will be protected from high winds.
Looking closely, you can spot the tiny nodules of baby brussels, just starting to grow.
If you have any recipes for the above produce, please feel free to post a link in the comments, we would love to see them 🙂
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