The summer harvest continues. Gardeners Delight, Galina, odd Ethel Watkins best and Millefleur tomatoes are being regularly picked along with cucumbers, courgettes, lettuce, haricot vert and Troubadour melons! Onions have now been gathered in and sweet peppers are close to being big enough to cut. Aubergines and chili's are now ready to cut. I still have potatoes to dig up. The biggest disappointment this season has been the Gigante runner beans. I had high hopes for these but the chickens thought otherwise.
In the poly tunnel the cucumbers are coming to an end as are the tomatoes. The sweet peppers are very close to being able to be picked. Of course Nigel's Green chili's are thriving! Beetroot and lettuce is now well established. I have sowed some winter lettuce seed in the hope to continue having lettuce available at least into the autumn. Bought cauliflower plants have also been planted.
In the outside garden more Great Lakes lettuce has been transplanted. I am eating these lettuce before they are mature but hey ho there is enough of them. Winter vegetables have now been planted which included winter leeks and two varieties of savoy type cabbage. My winter cabbage and swedes grown from seed have been a total loss.
On the animal front the sheep are now more happy having been moved to better pasture. The geese continue to grow. At least one of the cockerels amongst the meat chickens is trying to crow. Processing date is about two weeks away. The hens are going through a non laying phase and the average egg laying is down to about five a day. One hen has now been broody for about two weeks despite being thrown of the nest regularly.
The steady march to autumn continues. Our wood man has called and we will no doubt get the wood delivered in a week or two. My back aches are the thought of having to move it into the hanger.
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