Sunday 16 July 2017

July

Hi All!

Well, it's been over a month since I last posted.  We have been busy!  Everything is bursting into life and we have started to harvest some of the crops. 



We have already had a good crop of cucumbers, peas broad beans and strawberries.  The blueberries are coming thick and fast as are the courgettes. We tried our first carrots, and they taste so much better than shop bought carrots.  We are the only people on the site with the ability to grow them here.  We must be doing something right!

The tomatoes are beginning to change colour in the greenhouse, so we are expecting a bumber crop of these soon.  The sweet peas we have planted around the arch are coming into bloom and we pick a bunch everyday! They smell so sweet and look amazing!  Flowers have been a new thing this year.  And they have certainly done their job!  The nasturtiums have kept the black fly away from our sprouts and kohl rabi.  And the sweet peas have drawn away all the aphids. 

We have unfortunately suffered blight to our potatoes again this year, and our rhubarb didn't survive! 

All in all it is busy season now! So much needs to be harvested and the weeds need to be kept under control.  We are hoping for a successful crop this year!