I took a few photos in the evening just to keep track of how everything is going in the veggie plot…
I grew this for fun from seed years ago, but we’ve never actually eaten it. It’s still quite pretty though (not to mention enormous). I guess I should harvest a few if we are going to try eating them this year.
The entire length of the polytunnel:
Aubergines on the left hand side, and behind them dill and coriander that I’m allowing to run to seed, and in the back corner butternut squash, loofah gourds and cucumbers. On the far right are peppers that are really not doing well. Tomatoes in the middle, along with calendula that have run rampant. They’re supposed to get to 60cm tall according to the packet. They’re about twice that. Nice to pick the petals off to have in salads though.
A better look at the squash and other cucurbits. On the right is wild rocket. I gave it a savage prune when it started flowering about a month ago and it’s grown back very nicely.
Plum tomatoes, waiting to ripen.
And some Costoluto Fiorentino:
One of the cucumbers. These ones (Marketmore, I think) have little spiky bits on the skin that need rubbing off.
And a baby butternut squash.
Ripe tomatoes this time. If I recall correctly these are a small plum variety called Floridity, but they might be Apero. I can’t recall which I took the photos of off the top of my head.
These are Orange Paruche, planted specifically for the in-laws.
In the no dig greenhouse, most of the vegetation you can see here is basil. A few melons are trying to escape across the path and need tidying up.
And out in the main plot, this is a Uchiki Kuri squash growing amongst the sweet corn.
And finally, yellow courgettes, not far off being ready to pick.
