Saturday, 19 August 2006
The middle of August now and the heatwave is finally over and we've had plenty of rain. I'm cropping potatoes, cabbages, tomatoes and courgettes as well as sweetcorn and carrots. About half the onions have been harvested for storing and there's plenty of cut flowers. Plenty of fruit too, the autumn raspberries are cropping as are the blackberries, and the plums are almost ready. The only disappointment has been the runner beans, the heat was just too much for them, though there's more flowers on them now so I should get some by next month.
Saturday, 8 July 2006
In July now and still hardly any rain, save for one downpour which broke the heatwave we've just been having. I try not to water my crops, relying instead on incorporating plenty of compost and manure to conserve moisture in the soil, although I have been watering the peas as the pods are forming. The early peas are mostly harvested now just as the maincrop are ready; I've also been harvesting the early potatoes and the first cabbages, courgettes and tomatoes. The onions are a really good size despite not being watered. The soft fruit has also done well, the strawberries are about finished now but the raspberries and gooseberries are ready for picking. None of the cut flower crops have been watered either but despite this both the sweet peas and snapdragons have been producing well and the rudbeckias are just coming into flower.
Sunday, 18 June 2006
By the middle of June most of my crops are doing quite well even though the weather has been hot and dry. The broad beans, lettuce and strawberries have been cropping for about a week now and the early peas will soon be ready. The early potatoes are flowering and the brassicas are coming along nicely, as are the onions and carrots. I've been picking African daisies and the first sweet peas although the hot weather has forced the dahlias to flower early rather than putting on more growth.
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