Well, for the most part, the vegetables are doing well. The recent rainy weather has been great, saved me loads of watering, but has also meant the tomatoes are taking their time in ripening. Still, can’t have it both ways I suppose.
The carrots are looking really good, very tall, bushy green leaves, just hope under the surface carrots are growing. I did have a bit of a sneaky dig and saw a glimpse of orange, so I am fairly sure there are carrots there. The remaining parsnip plants are looking good too, they have been really tricky to grow. The beans in pots have had a spurt recently, and today I saw they have some pale purple flowers. So optimistic for them now too.
The pumpkins are a tough one. They grew really quickly from seed, and once planted in the raised bed have just gone mad. I have completely underestimated how much room they will need/take. Reading on some vegetable websites, you can let one plant spread itself over about 100sq feet. Sadly, I have about five squashed into a small space so not sure how they will do. Have already got some female flowers on their, but once the fruit start to grow it is stopping them from rotting which is the next problem.
And finally the peas. They have done pretty well. Although not quite as tall or as leafy as I thought they would get, they have had a fair few pods on. And the peas inside are perfectly form, and without disease, which is good. I have been picking a few when they look ready, and immediately freezing the peas to preserve taste and quality. Except now the children have decided they much prefer eating raw peas straight from the pod – they are very sweet. See more about my peas in the next post.
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