My plants survived a holiday. Mind you, it was rainy here. I put the peppers outside in a big tray of water. All but one (which has been a bit eaten) lasted well. I picked the last of this year's peas and broad beans. I used the peas and froze two bags of green beans. I think that I could have got more peas, but I suspect that Gill and Esther have been eating them. The green beans look about done, but I picked a whole load before we went on holiday and froze them. The old variety potatoes are not cropping that well, but they're ok.

The cabbages and cauliflower are being somewhat eaten by whitefly, but I've been spraying and watering them (and picking off caterpillars). I'm wondering what to plant as we slide into autumn.

Tags: blog, legumes

It's all happening in the garden. Clockwise from top left:
tomato
potatoes
green beans, peas, turnip
asparagus
turnip
strawberries
peppers
beetroot, shallots, parsnips, broad beans, carrot, onions

In the middle is garlic, onion, spinach and swede

Tags: root vegetables, legumes

The golden bell are growing nicely, no sign of the rosso.

Now that I have a heated propagator, I decided to sow some sweet peppers (they need a warm soil to germinate). These are Quadrato d'asti Rosso and Golden Bell (which Gill got free with some flower seeds). I will be growing these in the greenhouse.

Pepper Quadrato d’Asti Rosso.

The most highly prized sweet pepper in Italy which ripens to red. Comes from Piemonte.

Golden Bell F1 Hybrid

This pepper matures to a large, 4-lobed, blocky fruit. These shiny, medium-green peppers are very thick walled and turn a golden yellow when fully ripe.