The new garden is doing well this year. Little by little, the ground is improving. I am not displeased with the cropping so far this year either. In thisa first pic you can see Beets in the foreground. There are three different sorts of beet(root): White ones, red ones and red & white ones, they are on the foreground. Here are Choggias and the "Albino"(white ones) drying on the hedge. Behind these are the onions with their foliage broken and flattened. (there are two beet plants that must have blown out of my hand whilst sowing...so I left them--"waste not, want not", they say, right?) Beyond that is perpetual spinach, Swiss chard and runnerbeans. There are also courgettes, but they are not very visible. The runner bean wigwams are doing very well. The scarlet flowers of the "Lady Di" are more visible than the "Sunset"-look alikes because they were planted three later to drag-out the harvesting season. Here are the two types of corn plants doing their thing. The two types were planted 3+ weeks after the first ones so that they would not cross-pollinate. The younger plants seem to be growing taller than the first-planted ones. I pulled the kapucijners down and left them to keep birds from creeping under the protective nets. Plums are in abundance this year and these Opals will be pickable in about 2 weeks depending upon the weather--perhaps sooner. The courgettes are putting-out plenty of fruit but they can do better and will do so, once the weather becomes dryer and warmer. The French climbing beans are also doing fine but are expected to improve once the weather warms and dries a bit. We are having more rain and wind here today which are not good for the toms either--what a crazy ole season this is this year.
The runner bean wigwams are great. I have never seen so many plums on one tree. You will be up to your knees in plum jam, yummy. Your veggies make me wish I had time for a bigger garden.
Your vegies and the garden are wonderful. I really have to get some Scarlet Runner beans going next year, I want them on an arbor out front I think.
All looks wonderful. I especially like the photo of the plums -- very striking. This must keep you hopping busy. So glad that you will take the time to show us all the bounty. I totally love to see the pics.
Thanks Sharon, I know...I'm tickled pink about how well the trees are plumming this year. Those Opal plums are a very sweet and juicy type. I will make jam out of them, but a large majority of those will be consumed 'on site'. Thanks Droopy. They will be totally ripe in another couple of weeks at these temps; however, the rain will help them to swell a bit. Thank you, G'gater. I'll let you know how they taste when they are properly ripe. Toni, I would absolutely recommend them--whether you use them for the flowers or for eating... those blooms really are an eye-opener. They can be so red that they almost hurt one's eyes. Daisy, I'm glad that you like seeing the pics. You are right about the harvests keeping me busy, but it truly is a labour of love. I get so much out of gardening, and the very nice comments on here are the icing on the cake! Thank you.
Everything looks fantastic Sjoerd. I notice that your garden looks weed free. I could barely FIND my veggies thru the weeds that have grown since all this rain started!!
Thanks alot Netty. Well, I like to try and keep on top of the weeds--sometimes it is just plain too wet to weed, but if it isn't too bad, I weed when it's drizzling cause they pull-up easily when the ground is nice and moist. I prefer schoffeling them, but the soil must be dryish for that.
