Yes, a first harvest of broad beans – I managed to find just enough on Sunday to mean we were able to have some whole pods steamed with our dinner. There seem to be quited a few pods coming along so the broad bean season is well and truly started.
Broad Bean HarvestThe pen in the picture is for scale only....Broad bean Pods
The picture above shows some of the growing pods
We’ve had sunny weather for a few days which has helped get things moving in the garden, which has meant watering for the laast couple of days. Today we’ve had a helpful shower to save me from having to water – and a thunderstorm is rumbling around at the moment.
Elsewhere, the extra peas are now planted – in between the existing peas and the broad beans, and they seem to be happy enough.
I’ve planted a short row of red mustard as the existing row is close to flowering, and they are through already.
All the outside tomatoes look pretty good now, some in flower and even the ‘runt’ in front of the kitchen has grown into a real plant.
Everything else is doing well apart from the salad rows in sections B & C which aren’t really all that good. See the broccoli plants below – coming on well.
Row of Broccoli
In the greenhouse, the tomatoes are almost up to the roof, and tiny tomatoes are growing fast (see below).
Baby Tomatoes
The pepper plants in a growbag have got over the initial shock of replanting and are coming on (see below)
I’ve pricked out some of the celery seedlings into pots and they seem to have survived ok. The basil and coriander now have recognisable leaves. I’ve added some more seed to the top of the pot that had seed in which hasn’t made a show – so maybe that will get some growing.
I’ve even done some weeding – especially round the beans and peas.
Wildlife – well another squirrel has been evicted, I saw a hedgehog ambling down the path in daylight the other day and toads have taken up residence in the greenhouse growbags as usual – just 2 so far (see below).
Toad in growbag
The blackbirds are being very noisy, alarm calls in the morning and evening probably for the cat next door. The male still comes down often to investigate what I am doing in the garden – gets disappointed though as I’m not digging. We still got goldfinches turning up from time to time on the nyjer seed, and the ’sparrow gang’ is pretty active.
