We have harvested the last of the peas - except for the very late sawing we put in. They are growing quiet nicely, but the weather is turning colder and I don't think we'll get a harvest from them. Next year I think we'll just keep planting through to mid-August. On the other hand, the leeks are going great guns and the brussells sprouts that The Under-Gardener shoved in a corner are producing small sprouts! He has also now dug up all the potatoes and sorted through them. We have all four drawers down in the cellar full, and four hessian sacks full up in the cupboard on the landing.
The cabbages and sprouts and other brassicas in the kitchen garden are also doing well. They are beginning to recover from the recent caterpillar attack. The chard is amazing. And we have now pretty much had the last of the runner beans. Not a huge harvest this year, but not bad.
And finally, the courgettes and cucumbers and squashes are beginning to fruit in abundance. We are harvesting them small, to encourage further fruits
And the grapes, though small, and mostly pip, are sweet and tasty. Well, the black ones are. The green ones aren't ready. The chickens love them!!
Speaking of the chickens, they have been doing very well. We are mostly getting four eggs a day and the birds seem happy and settled. We did have a short time when one of the black ones was a little unhappy and was laying soft shelled eggs. But we bought some grit and add that to their food once or twice a week, and that seems to have fixed that. The chickens are now all happy and laying nicely formed eggs.
So far - so good!
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| The makings of Sunday lunch |
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| A thriving grape vine |
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| and lots of grape bunches |
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