Having not posted on my blog much recently, I must apologise but I have been up to my eyes with web work and things. I’m almost starting to recover now from our holiday and catching up with a few things – well not quite so overloaded.
Minimal time has been spent in the garden this year – much of the work in late spring has had to carry through to now. The vegetable garden had mixed results:
– Rasberries / Strawberries – new section, went well but all fruit eaten by something, the strawberries are sending out runners so need to do something with them other than mow them
– Runner beans – worst ever year – probably not picked enough when we were away and has been too dry for them – and they caught rust again – despite the fact I changed all the poles and things
– Red Cabbages – grew really well but were just holes by the end of August with masses of caterpillars on it so pulled them out
– Potatoes – very good
– Onions – I think they’ve grown well but are now covered in weeds – whoops
– Peas – very good will be expanded
– Artichoke – good but waste of time takes too much room up
– Carrots – good again in their pots
Greenhouse
– Cucumbers – not very good at all for some reason
– Tomatoes – best year in ages – no blight this year so the cleaning worked – and the diligence of opening the greenhouse
– Peppers – best ever but still quite small peppers – only green ones
The lawn has been looking fabulous – but very brown now.
Anyway, I finally got round to pruning the fir trees in the back of the garden – cut down half in size – I didn’t realise until I went in the shower that i’d shredded my arms and legs and were burning. Had to laugh – there will be quite a difference when I’ve finished – I couldn’t do a few as didn’t fancy balancing at the top of a ladder with the chainsaw.